Program: Panayoti Kelaidis’s “Looking for Succulents in All the Wrong Places"

Arranged and Contributed by 2010 CSSSN Vice President, Donnie Barnett.

The January program features Panayoti Kelaidis's talk on "Looking for Succulents in All the Wrong Places.” Panayoti is a world renowned speaker on succulents and rock gardens. He is Curator of Plant Collections at the Denver Botanical Gardens and Vice President of the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society (CCSS). P.K. has traveled throughout the world searching for succulents and new alpine plants.

Panayoti has been a great inspiration to me. I remember meeting him when I was 12 years old at a CCSS cactus sale. Later down the road he visited my parent’s rock garden in Pueblo, Colorado. He was able to spout off nearly every species of plant in the yard. He showed me that a man with his kind of knowledge could help gardeners and hobbyists improve the horticultural world. This January meeting should be epoch!

Important Discussion: “CSSSN’s Location, Location, Location!”,  and other items

brought to you by 2010 CSSSN President, Victor Lindsey.