CSSA VOL.78, May-June 2006 No.3 Research & Conservation Report Donna Woodward Ankarana: a haven for xerophytes and crown lemurs among the tsingy of Madagascar Gavin Hart & Sharelle Hart Home Grown: Cactus tips from a master grower Elton Roberts Succulents for most gardens: Part 4 Mesembryanthemums Ray Stephenson Book Review: Haseltonia 11 - Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America Colin Walker Book Review: Echeveria cultivars by Lorraine Schulz and Attila Kapitany Myron Kimnach Agave guadalajarana Brian Kemble Hiking New Mexico's Achenbach Canyon Root Gorelick Succulent closeups in focus Irwin Lightstone Cyphostemma segmentatum in Sekhukhuneland Charles Craib Coryphantha recurvata at Sycamore Canyon Root Gorelick Succulents on Stamps: Cereus, Part 1 Peg Spaete

Cover illustration: Under high magnification, the spine pattern at the apex of Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus is revealed in its full intricacy. Tight rows of pectinate spines and white bristles nearly hide the body, even at high magnification. Irwin Lightstone captured this compelling image of approximately 1.5 cm of this plant in his greenhouse in Dallas, Texas, using an enlarging lens mounted on a bellows. With the camera and bellows unit affixed to a steady tripod, Irwin took 49 separate shots, varying only the point of focus, and combined them into this infinite depth of field image. See p137 to learn more. Like all other species of Turbinicarpus, T.pseudopectinatus is internationally protected under Appendix I of CITES. It grows in grasslands and pinyon-juniper woodlands in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. With its small size, beautiful spination and easy growing habit, Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus is a welcome addition to the greenhouse.