[Sacred Succulents] New Offerings & the 1st Auction-Fundraiser of 2025

Tue May 20 13:00:12 PDT 2025

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                                 The first Auction-Fundraiser of      
                                  2025 is now underway!               
                                            See our                   
                         Auction-Fundraiser page for                  
                          the auction terms and                       
                     listings:
https://sacredsucculents.com/auction-fundraiser                       
     Please read the full terms before                                
        bidding.                                                      
 The auction closes next Monday, May 26, at 6:00pm                    
            Pacific Standard Time.This is an exclusive opportunity
support Sacred Succulents and obtain completely new introductions,
magnificent one-of-a-kind specimens, and awesome rarities that are not
available anywhere else!    Know that auction purchases directly fund
much needed nursery repairs to damage from the last several winters'
storms and summer extremes, essential renovations to our aging
infrastructure, ongoing irrigation installation [after 20 years of
hand-watering, we can no longer keep up and continue to lose plants
due to a climatic shift towards hotter & drier], etc. Purchases also
support our research and writing projects, as well as our continual
conservation work—which includes propagating an untold number of
rare and endangered plants that we've had waiting here for years, but
have not had the time to multiply and distribute...__
The SPECIMEN PLANT LIST: is updated for May with a medley of new      
                        offerings such as_ __Trichocereus, _rare
_Ephedra_ species, Frankincense (_Boswellia_) treelets, _Agapetes_,
Mandrake, the Giant Himalayan Nettle _Girardinaria diversifolia_, and
plenty more! We also have dozens of choice offerings on sale this
month! _Many plants                               have been selling
out, so take advantage                               of these
offerings while you can._                                             
                                                        See
https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list__
ANDEAN TUBER CROPS: the page is updated for May, see
https://sacredsucculents.com/andean-tuber-crops/. While Oca, Ulluco
and Mashua tubers won't be available until December, we have a limited
number of other Andean tuber plants and seed of Andean crops
available, while supplies last. After several difficult years, our
stock remains _very_ limited. To honor ongoing requests, we also list
[after the tubers] a small quantity of seed of other Andean Food Crops
(kiwicha, kaniwa, quinoa, caigua, tarwi, etc.) to grow in your garden
this coming season! This and the Specimen Seed is the only retail seed
we are offering this year; _international seed orders are welcome_!__
BOOKS: A number of our books are on on sale for May, both New and Rare
& Used titles - https://sacredsucculents.com/#books. This includes
some still-in-print titles by the legendary Jonathan Ott.__

The Jonathan Ott Book Project:
We are collaborating with ethnobotanist Jonathan Ott on the
publication of a deluxe series of his books, including completely new
and long-out-of-print titles. These hand-made limited editions will be
leather-bound, signed & numbered collector’s volumes with original
art by renowned painter Donna Torres.www.jonathanottbooks.com
The launch to this unparalleled series is a two-book box set of the
long out-of-print _Ayahuasca Analogues_ [densified 2nd edition!] and_
Shamanic Snuffs_—currently, only 6 of these deluxe sets are
available to purchase:
https://jonathanottbooks.com/product/limited_edition_ayahuasca_book/
_Ayahuasca Analogues_ and _Shamanic Snuffs_ have been out of print for
decades. The original editions of each title have sold online for more
than the price of the _entire_, deluxe, new two-book set. Handmade
with an exceptional level of artistic craftsmanship, this magnificent
set is more than just beautiful new editions of these important
ethnobotanical monographs, but a work of art in itself. A worthwhile
investment—made to last for generations, destined to become coveted
by collectors and ever more valuable with time. _Don’t pass up your
chance to invest in this historical set now!_ 
To stay informed about the latest book releases, possible pre-orders,
as well as current news, articles and interviews with Jonathan Ott,
sign up for the email list at -
https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/jonathanottbooks_____
Classes with Mateo Magee:Our dear friend and companion on many of our
Andean expeditions, Mateo Magee, is offering an educational retreat in
Wimberly, Texas, May 24–25, to share some of what he’s learned
during the course of his unparalleled 27 years of apprenticeship in
the healing systems of Andean curanderismo. See
https://www.livingtheceremony.com/sacred-temple-gathering for more
information and to reserve your place. Mateo also has a number of
amazing online classes and courses available:
https://www.livingtheceremony.com
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A new page with full descriptive and photographic accounts of our
distributed _Trichocereus_ BK accessions remains under construction,
we added more to it today! See
https://sacredsucculents.com/trichocereus-bk-accession-info/
    We're aware there is some confusion out there around our
_Trichocereus_ BK_ _accessions distributed over the years. For
clarity, we recently began work on a document that catalogs all 40+ of
these field accessions together in one place. While fleshing out the
descriptions more thoroughly, we're incorporating greater detail about
the Andean habitat of each collection, including companion plants
associates, plus additional ethnobotany and regional history. We also
recognize the value in sharing information about distribution -- what
year we originally introduced an accession into cultivation, what it
was (seed, cuttings, seedlings), what has been distributed over the
ensuing years, and approximate quantities. It turns out that all this
is a _much_ larger undertaking than we'd first anticipated! In our
scant 'spare' time, we've been looking over _thousands_ of photos,
reading through our old field notes, two decades of _Sacred
Succulents_ catalogs, and hundreds of pages of _SS_ supplements, rare
plant lists, etc, not to mention additional reference material. We now
endeavor to work on this in stages, updating the webpage periodically,
with the goal to have the entire project completed later in 2025.
Expect more descriptions and images to be posted soon!
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A new study in Nature Communication confirms a global increase in the
frequency and severity of rapid temperature flips and the negative
impacts this is having on agriculture, communities and ecosystems in
general. We’ve increasingly experienced the hazards of this first
hand, overnight spikes from cool to hot have been particularly
damaging to many plants we grow, contributing to the devastating loss
of about 1/4 of the species in our nursery and gardens over the last 8
years. Mitigating against extremes is no easy task, especially with
the broad diversity of plants we grow, yet we continue to endeavor.__
Note: _Sacred Succulents_ is currently operating at reduced capacity,
other than what's listed among the Specimens and Andean tuber page, we
are still _not_ taking seed orders or plant orders from the PDF
catalog.
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_Gratitude for your ongoing 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_ -
https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/plant/polylepis-spp/__LITTLE,
BIG
In addition to caring for thousands of plants, the last few years I've
assisted in publishing the anniversary edition of my friend John
Crowley's 1981 award winning novel,_ Little, Big_. Erik Davis recently
posted an essay about the book in which I make an appearance:
https://www.burningshore.com/p/big-little-big
Stock is running low, but books can still be purchased:
https://store.deepvellum.org/products/little-big__If you wish to be
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