SACRAMENTO BROMELIAD
&
CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY

3330 McKINLEY BLVD
SACRAMENTO, CA 95816

Meeting Time/Place

The Sacramento Bromeliad & Carnivorous Plant Society will hold meetings on the third Wednesday, with the exception of the months of December, January and May.

Next meeting: Wednesday April 16th, 7:00 PM

Meetings start at 7:00 pm and are held at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center
located in McKinley Park at 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, Ca.

Guests and questions are welcome.


Program for Wednesday April 16th, 7:00 PM

An Expedition to the Tepuis of Venezuela

PRESENTER: Francisco Oliva-Esteve, noted Venezuelan author and researcher.

Mountain Plants of Venezuela - The Coastal Range, the Andes and the Tepuis (Bromeliaceae IV) (2006)
Bromeliaceae III (2002), Bromeliads (2000)
Bromeliaceae of Venezuela, with Julian A.Steyermark (1987)
Garden Plants of The Tropics (1986)

Along the southern Venezuelan border with Brazil are groups of massive plateaus and steep-sided mesas, known as tepuis, capped with erosion-resistant sandstone and covered with intermingled savanna and semideciduous forest. They belong to one of the earth's oldest geologic formations, the "Guayana Shield". As the climate on their plateaus differs so much from the climate of the surrounding areas, the flora and fauna on the plateaus became isolated and, as a consequence, many of the tepuis developed their own species in a kind of microevolution. We will explore these tepuis to find some of the rare and unusual bromeliads and other plants that grow there.


Meeting Dates for 2008

Apr 16
Jun 18
Jul 16

Future dates to be announced.

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Comments and inquiries may be directed to sacbrom@gmail.com