<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style=""><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="2"><b>[<font color="#ff0000"><u>Note</u></font>: do not respond to this email, use</b></font><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext">benkamm@monitor.net</a> </b></span></span><font size="2"><b> ]</b></font></font></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">Greetings,</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif" style=""><div style="">Our first Fundraiser auction of the year ends tonight at 6pm PST. After the damage we've sustained the last 2 winters, and the current extreme heat, this auction is a big help in raising the support the nursery so vitally needs -- know that your auction purchases directly fund these much needed nursery repairs, essential renovations, ongoing irrigation installation, etc., as well as our continual research & conservation work. We are deeply grateful for your love of plants and support of our work!</div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><br></div></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="4"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="5"><u><b><font color="#38761d">2024's first </font><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#auction"><font color="#0000ff">Plant Auction-Fundraiser</font></a><font color="#38761d"> ends at 6pm PST tonight!</font></b></u></font></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29); line-height: 21px;"><font size="5"><u><b><br></b></u></font></span></div></span></span></span><font size="3" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"></span></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><font size="4" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The auction closes this evening at 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time, </font></b></font><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Friday, July 12</font></b></font></span></font></span></span></span><font size="4" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><b>.</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><font size="4" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><font size="4">See partway down our homepage for the auction terms and listings: </font></span></font><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#auction"><b style="font-size: large;"><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/</font></b><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><font size="4"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff"><b>#auction</b></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></font></span></font></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b style="color: red; font-size: large;">Please read the full terms before bidding.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><font size="6"><font size="4">Due to ongoing adversities, a <i>number of plants will only be available via auction for some time, and many of these only as a single offering</i>. </font></font></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: large;"><i><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u>All bids should be directed to our other email</u>:</font></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext">benkamm@monitor.net</a></b></div></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
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<div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so if we
don’t respond right away—do not worry, we will honor your bid in the
order/time it was received. </b></div><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><font color="#ff0000"><u>Note</u>:</font> <font color="#008000">the
last hour 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 final
phase</font> – so the last hour <font color="#ff0000">we recommend checking the website periodically to see the current high bids and respond accordingly</font>.</b></div><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">After the auction closes you will be contacted by email later that
evening <i>or</i> the following morning for the auction plants you have won.</b></div><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">The winning bids should all be posted on the website no later than
7:30pm (PST), tonight. <br><br></b></div></span></font></span></span></span><font style=""><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3" style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-align: center;"><b>____</b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">To reduce the excessive number of plants we care-for, and to free up space, we've reluctantly decided to begin offering some of our large, seed grown hybrid <i>Trichocereus</i> specimens and mother plants to new homes via our <a href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list"><font color="#0000ff">Specimen Plant List</font></a> and future auctions. These have all been grown hard, exposed to the full range of seasonal extremes for years. They're a bit weathered, but hale and hardy. This is a rare chance to add these one-of-a-kind specimens to your collection!<br></font><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><font color="#38761d">The</font> </b><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><font color="#008000">SPECIMEN PLANT LIST</font></b><font color="#0000ff" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"> </font><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">has </b><font size="4" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><b>been updated for July, with <font color="#ff0000">many choice plants on sale</font>:<br></b></font><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list"><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list</font></a><br>___</b></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b style=""><font color="#008000" style="">BOOKS</font><font color="#008000" style="">: </font></b>several </font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">of</span><font color="#cc0000" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> </font><a href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#ott-books" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Jonathan Ott's titles</b></font></a><font face="times new roman, serif"> are <font style="font-weight: bold;" color="#ff0000">on sale</font>, </font><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">along with others:</span><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;"><font color="#008000"> </font></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><u><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#books"><font size="4"><b><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/#</font></b></font><font size="4"><b><font color="#0000ff">books</font></b></font></a><br></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">Some of the singular rarities we've listed come from the library of our late friend, the celebrated ethnobotanist</span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"> </b><a href="https://www.desertfoodplants.org/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#0000ff">Richard Felger</font></a><br>____</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; text-align: start; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="4" color="#008000"><b>BOTANICAL PRODUCTS: </b></font><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#products"><b><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/#products</font></b></a></font></div></div></span></font></span></span></span></font>
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">___</div></span></div><p style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">Note: Sacred Succulents is currently operating at reduced capacity, we are still not taking seed & PDF catalog orders.</font></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><u>__</u></font></p></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Perpetual gratitude for your support,</font></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><p style="font-family: Arial;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span></font></p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="4" face="times new roman,serif">Ben Kamm & family<br><br></font></p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="5"><b>Sacred Succulents</b>: </font><font size="4">Rare & Endangered Beneficial Plants & Seeds</font><br class=""><font size="4"><em class=""><span class="">Conservation of Resilient Biodiversity through Propagation, Dissemination and Education</span></em><br></font><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 27px;">PO Box 781<br>Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.sacredsucculents.com</font></a></span><b><font color="#990000"><br></font></b></font></font></p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><b><font color="#990000">We do not take Paypal or other online payments. Still just cash, check or money order to our PO box.</font></b><font color="#990000"><b><br></b></font></font></p><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font face="times new roman, serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/"><font size="4"><span style="color: blue;">MICROCOSMS: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas</span></font></a></b><br>A stunning hidden dimension of plants revealed through confocal microscopy.<i><br>Ben Kamm is a contributing researcher and photographer to this unique science-art project.</i><i><br>His commentary on the project</i> -<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/commentary/ben-kamm"> <b><font color="#0000ff">https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/commentary/ben-kamm/</font></b></a><i><br>His article on the Andean keystone tree</i> <i>Polylepis</i> -<b> </b><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/plant/polylepis-spp/"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/plant/polylepis-spp/</font></a></b></font></p><div style="font-family: Arial;"><b><font color="#990000" face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>If you wish to be removed from this list, please unsubscribe the same you signed up: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/sacredsucculents">http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/sacredsucculents</a></font></span></div></span>