<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style=""><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="3" color="#cc0000"><b style=""><u style="">The current <font style=""><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">PLANT MINI-AUCTION FUNDRAISER</a></font> closes this evening at 6:00 pm PST, Thursday, July 28th</u></b><u style="">.</u> </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="3" style=""><br></font><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3" style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="6" style=""><font size="4" style=""><font size="4" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3" style=""><font size="4" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" style="">Due to an unexplained power outage 7/25 to late 7/26 here, we've extended the auction closure until tonight.</font></font></font></span></font></font></font></span></font></span></span></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="6"><font size="4"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b style=""><font color="#990000">This is the first auction in some time to list </font><font color="#cc0000">Seed--<i style="">which is open to international bidders</i>!</font></b> <b>Plants remain for US bidders only.</b> </font></font></font></span></font></font></font></span></font></span></span></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3" style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></span></font><font size="3" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><b>See partway down our homepage for the </b><b>auction terms and listings</b>: </font><font size="4"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff"><b><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">www.sacredsucculents.com</a></b></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></font></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3">
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<div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><font size="4"><font color="#ff0000"><b>Please read the full terms before bidding.</b></font> <b><i><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" color="#9900ff">All bids should be directed to our other email:</font></i></b> <b>benkamm@monitor.net </b><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><font size="3" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">we will honor your bid in the order/time it was received. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Towards the end of the auction can get hectic and we may not be able to notify you in a timely manner if you’ve been outbid during this last phase</span> – <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">so the last hour <i>we recommend checking the website periodically</i> to see the current high bids</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">.</span> <i>After the auction closes you will be contacted by email late evening</i> or<i> the following morning for the auction plants you have won</i>. The winning bids should all be posted on the website no later than 7:30pm (PST), July 27. We request payment (cash, check, or money order) be mailed promptly on Friday, July 28 (and any international winners of seed contact us to arrange payment). We ship your plants <i>after</i> receiving payment.</font><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Know
that auction purchases directly fund current nursery repairs and renovations as
well as our continual research and conservation work.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Our <b>Specimen Plant List</b> has just been further updated this morning, see just below the auction on the homepage</font><font size="4" style=""><font color="#0000ff">.</font><br>___</font></div></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
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</span></p><div style=""><font face="Arial" size="3">We are all feeling the vicissitudes of climate change lately -- even cacti. Here's a report on the unfortunate effect of the current extreme temperatures on Saguaro: </font><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Carnegiea gigantea </i><font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/">https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/</a></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">regards,</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium;">Ben Kamm and family,</div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><br>Sacred Succulents<br>
PO Box 781<br>
Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA<br>
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