<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style=""><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><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: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:benkamm@monitor.net">benkamm@monitor.net</a> </b></span></span><font size="2"><b> ]</b></font></font></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="2"><b><br></b></font></font></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif" style="">Greetings,</font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="5"><b>The<font color="#38761d"> </font><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/auction-fundraiser/"><font color="#0000ff">Autumnal Plant Auction-Fundraiser</font></a>, ends tonight at 6pm PST</b></font></span><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="5" style=""><b style="">!</b></font></span></div></span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-size: 14px;"><font size="6"><font size="4"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><font size="4"><br></font></font></span></font></font></font></div></span></font></span></span></span></font><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><div style="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="4" style="font-size: large; 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; 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">Sunday, October 20</font></b></font></span></font></span></span></span><font size="4" style="font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><b>.</b></font></span></span></span></span></div><div style="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 the Auction-Fundraiser page for the auction terms and listings: </font></span></font><b style="font-size: large;"><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/auction-fundraiser/"><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/auction-fundraiser</font></a></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="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="font-size: large;">Please read the full terms before bidding.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div><b style="font-size: large;"><i><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All bids should be directed to our other email:</font></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:benkamm@monitor.net">benkamm@monitor.net</a></b></div></span></font></span></span></span></font><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><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="#ff0000">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 </font>– <font color="#ff0000">therefore,</font> <font color="#ff0000">we recommend checking the website periodically </font></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><font color="#ff0000">during this final phase </font></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><font color="#ff0000">to see the current high bids and respond accordingly</font>.</b></div></span></font><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">After the auction ends, you will be contacted by email later in the 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. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">__</b></div></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><b style="font-size: large;"><br></b></div><div><b>After the damage we've sustained the last 2 winters, and extreme heat spikes in summer taking a toll, these auctions are 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 [after 20 years of hand-watering, we can no longer keep up -- we've lost over 25% of our rare & endangered plant collection in the last 5 years due to the climatic shift towards hotter & drier], equipment repair & replacement [for instance, the refrigerator we use exclusively for our seed bank died during the worst summer heat], as well as our continual research & conservation work. We are deeply grateful for your love of plants and support of our work!</b></div></span></font></span></span></span></font><font face="times new roman, serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><font size="4">__</font></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><b><font color="#38761d" face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">The updated<b> </b><b><font color="#008000">SPECIMEN PLANT LIST</font></b><font color="#0000ff" style="font-weight: 700;"> </font>has <span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font size="4">a wide array<b> </b></font></span></span></span><font size="4"><b><font color="#ff0000">select plants on sale until 10/31</font>:<br></b></font><b><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list"><font color="#0000ff">https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list</font></a></b></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">__</font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" style=""><div style=""><font size="4"><b><u>Trichocereus Companions:</u></b></font></div><div style=""><font size="4">Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the horticultural merit of <i>Trichocereus</i> cacti, not just the famous "San Pedros" (<i>T. pachanoi, T. bridgesii, T. peruvianus, T. santaensis</i>, etc.), but many other species and the hundreds of hybrids we've produced in the last 3 decades. In what we have come to think of as '<i>Trichomania'</i>, the number of collectors has skyrocketed in the past decade from a couple hundred worldwide to many thousands! Species in this diverse Andean genus are often mistakenly thought of as sun-baked desert plants, yet many are in fact integral members of forest ecosystems—from <i>Prosopis</i> and <i>Anadenanthera</i> dry forests to<i> Polylepis</i> cloudforests.</font></div><div style=""><font size="4"> In habitat, <i>Trichocereus</i> occur with a diverse array of companion plants and we encourage you to try growing them with associated Andean species: in grouped plantings, in pots side by side, or even in the same pots—many associates are low growing or groundcovers that can be planted around the base of the columns. We currently have many such ally plants available (see the Succulent and the Andean sections of the <a href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list"><font color="#0000ff">Specimen Plant List</font></a>): small succulents such as the aromatic, multifarious <i>Peperomia</i> spp., or <i>Sedum, Ephedra</i>, and <i>Pilea</i> species, to larger succulent companions like <i>Agave cordillerensis</i>, floriferous <i>Puya</i> & other terrestrial bromeliads (<i>Abromeitiella, Deuterocohnia</i>, etc.), or the caudiciform papaya <i>Jacaratia</i>; flowering bulbs—<i>Cypella, Eustephia, Stenomesson</i>; ferns like <i>Blechnum</i>; climbers such as <i>Bomarea</i> spp. & <i>Ipomoea pubescens</i>; low shrubs like the rare perennial tobacco <i>Nicotiana benavidesii</i>, <i>Begonia boliviensis</i>, the furry leafed <i>Lessingianthus asteroflorus</i>, <i>Pernettya</i> & other neotropical blueberries (<i>Distergima, Cavendishia, Macleania</i>, etc.), fruiting <i>Myrteola</i> & <i>Ugni</i>; tall shrubs & trees like <i>Colletia, Luma, Aristotelia, Sambucus, Podocarpus Polylepis, Escallonia</i>, etc. Or use your imagination and choose plants from other regions of the world to fit a similar companion niche! </font></div><div style="font-size: large;">__</div></font></div><div style="text-align: start; font-size: large;"><font style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><font color="#008000" style="" face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></b></font></div><div style="text-align: start; font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><font color="#008000" style="">BOOKS</font><font color="#008000" style="">: </font></b></font></font><font style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;">We have a few new and used collector's titles <font color="#ff0000" style="font-weight: 700;">on sale until 10/31</font><font style="">, see</font></font><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><font color="#008000"> </font></b><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center; 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></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">We recently sold the last of our remnant stock of the first edition hardcover of Ott's <i>Pharmacotheon</i>, though we just discovered an untouched case of the 1st edition <i>softcover</i>, which had originally sold out in the mid-1990s! We have a handful of these </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">historical artifacts</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;"> available for the serious collector. Get one before they are gone! See</span><font color="#cc0000" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center; font-weight: 700;"> </font><a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#ott-books" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Jonathan Ott titles</b></font></a><font style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"> </font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>__</b></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="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></span></span></span></div><p style=""></p><p style=""><span style="line-height: 21px;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span></font></span></p><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>__</b></font></div><div style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Note: </b>Sacred Succulents is currently operating at reduced capacity, we are still not taking seed & PDF catalog orders.<br></span>__<br><br></font></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><div style=""><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">Perpetual gratitude for your support,</font></span></div></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ben Kamm & family</font></span></p></span></span></div></span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><p style=""><font face="times new roman, serif"><font size="5" style=""><b style="">Sacred Succulents</b>: </font><font size="4" style="font-weight: 700;">Rare & Endangered Beneficial Plants & Seeds<br></font><em class="" style="font-size: large;"><span class=""><b>Conservation of Resilient Biodiversity through Propagation, Dissemination and Education<br></b></span></em><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PO Box 781<br></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA</b><br></span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/" style="font-size: large;"><font color="#0000ff" style="">http://www.sacredsucculents.com</font></a></font></p><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><h5 align="left"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><p><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><font face="times new roman, serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><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 class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">__</font></span></div><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></h5><h5 align="left"><b style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;">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" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;">http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/sacredsucculents</a></h5><h5 align="left"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><div></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></h5><h5 align="left"><br style="font-size: 11.62px;"></h5></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span>