[Sacred Succulents] Auction-fundraiser ends tonight! + Tricho companions

[Sacred Succulents]

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Greetings,
The Autumnal Plant Auction-Fundraiser, ends tonight at 6pm PST!
The auction closes this evening at 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time,
Sunday, October 20.See the Auction-Fundraiser page for the auction
terms and listings:
https://sacredsucculents.com/auction-fundraiserPlease read the full
terms before bidding._All bids should be directed to our other email:_
benkamm at monitor.net
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. Note: 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 – therefore, we recommend checking the website
periodically during this final phase to see the current high bids and
respond accordingly.After the auction ends, you will be contacted by
email later in the evening _or_ the following morning for the auction
plants you have won.The winning bids should all be posted on the
website no later than  7:30pm (PST), tonight. __
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!__
The updated SPECIMEN PLANT LIST has a wide array select plants on sale
until 10/31:
https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list__
Trichocereus Companions:Recently, there has been a surge of interest
in the horticultural merit of _Trichocereus_ cacti, not just the
famous "San Pedros" (_T. pachanoi, T. bridgesii, T. peruvianus, T.
santaensis_, 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 '_Trichomania'_, 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 _Prosopis_ and _Anadenanthera_ dry forests
to_ Polylepis_ cloudforests.     In habitat, _Trichocereus_ 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 Specimen Plant List): small
succulents such as the aromatic, multifarious _Peperomia_ spp., or
_Sedum, Ephedra_, and _Pilea_ species, to larger succulent companions
like _Agave cordillerensis_, floriferous _Puya_ & other terrestrial
bromeliads (_Abromeitiella, Deuterocohnia_, etc.), or the caudiciform
papaya _Jacaratia_; flowering bulbs—_Cypella, Eustephia,
Stenomesson_; ferns like _Blechnum_; climbers such as _Bomarea_ spp. &
_Ipomoea pubescens_; low shrubs like the rare perennial tobacco
_Nicotiana benavidesii_, _Begonia boliviensis_, the furry leafed
_Lessingianthus asteroflorus_, _Pernettya_ & other neotropical
blueberries (_Distergima, Cavendishia, Macleania_, etc.), fruiting
_Myrteola_ & _Ugni_; tall shrubs & trees like _Colletia, Luma,
Aristotelia, Sambucus, Podocarpus Polylepis, Escallonia_, etc. Or use
your imagination and choose plants from other regions of the world to
fit a similar companion niche! __
BOOKS: We have a few new and used collector's titles on sale until
10/31, see https://sacredsucculents.com/#books
We recently sold the last of our remnant stock of the first edition
hardcover of Ott's _Pharmacotheon_, though we just discovered an
untouched case of the 1st edition _softcover_, which had originally
sold out in the mid-1990s! We have a handful of these historical
artifacts available for the serious collector. Get one before they are
gone! See Jonathan Ott titles __
BOTANICAL PRODUCTS: https://sacredsucculents.com/#products
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Note: Sacred Succulents is currently operating at reduced capacity, we
are still not taking seed & PDF catalog orders.
__

Perpetual gratitude for your support,

	Ben Kamm & family

	Sacred Succulents: Rare & Endangered Beneficial Plants & Seeds
Conservation of Resilient Biodiversity through Propagation,
Dissemination and Education
PO Box 781
Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA
http://www.sacredsucculents.com

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	MICROCOSMS: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas
A stunning hidden dimension of plants revealed through confocal
microscopy.
Ben Kamm is a contributing researcher and photographer to this unique
science-art project.
His commentary on the project -
https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/commentary/ben-kamm/
His article on the Andean keystone tree _Polylepis_ -
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