Journal Vol 76-1

Jan - Feb 2004   An amazing species of Hildewintera (Cactaceae) - characters and systematic positionRoberto Kiesling & Detlev Metzing Introducing: The 2003 CSSA FellowsSteven Hammer Columnar cacti of the Rio Marañon region, northern PeruDavid Yetman Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: AsclepiadaceaeBook review by Dylan P. Hannon Three recently described Conophytum speciesPetr Pavelka Under Discussion: AdromischusFred Dortort The Color Encyclopedia of Cape BulbsBook review by Jeff Shipley  Superb SucculentsDuke Benadom  Succulents on StampsPeg Spaete   On the cover: While this specimen of Crassula tomentosa was wonderfully red in habitat, John Trager, who collected and photographed it, reports that shade was required to get it through the summer at the Huntington. Plants this color are virtually unknown in pot culture, which tends to induce a cloying green. In habitat, perhaps by assimilating nocturnal dew, and perhaps via great temperature flux, the plants end