QUEPO 18 - 2004 Contents:

• 1.1 Glossary "S". Latinlover. Cacti and succulents genera and species beginning with the letter "S" and related words are explained here.
• 1.2 About monsters and fasciations. C. Ostolaza. A comparative review of the monsters in Literature and My thology with those in Cacti and Succulents.
• 1.3 Ethnobotany. W. Piso and Brazilian Cacti. O. Pardo. Willem Piso (1611 - 1678), a naturalist and physician from Holland, visit Brazil for seven years studying the plants and local medical treatments and publishing them in some books. The author comments on the cacti described in them.
• 1.4 Cactus Garden at UNALM. A. Ceroni et al. At the National Agrarian University La Molina (UNALM), in Lima, Perú, the Botanical Garden has now a small area dedicated to cacti. This is a report about that garden.
• 1.5 Chirau-Mita, a Cactus Garden in La Rioia, Argentina. P Granillo. In La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina, exists a cactus garden that is an example of what should be done to preserve and to show the local and introduced species to the visitors.
• 1.6 SLCCS Meeting. C. Ostolaza. This is a report of the last meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Cactus & Succulent Society in Guadalajara, Mexico.
• 2.1 Art. Ricardo Flórez. G. Arakaki. Ricardo F1órez was an excellent Peruvian landscape painter and the only one using the pointillism technique in his painting
• 2.2 Philately. Peruvian Cacti in Stamps. Cactofilico. The Peruvian Postal Service (Serpost) edited this year a three issues series depicting some Peruvian ornamental cacti. This article goes in Spanish and in English languages.
• 2.3 Literature. Gabriela Mistral. Craso. Craso gives us a fragment of a poem related to cacti from the Chilean Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral. The watercolour belongs to Carmen Avendano.
• 2.4 Art in School. N. Calderon. Natalia Calderon in charge of Specs' Cultural Committee organized a drawing contest called "Paint a Peruvian Cactus" among some schools in Lima. Learn the results and the winners.
• 2.5 Succulent Illustration 1. L. Russo. This is the first part of an article dealing with the history of the artists who illustrated the succulent plants in botanical books.
• 3.1 Succulent Peperomias. G. Pino et al. Dr. Guillermo Pino et al. described three new succulent Peperomias from Cajamarca, Perú.
• 3.2 A new species of Espostoa from Peru. G. Charles. Graham Charles et al. described a new Espostoa species from Utcubamba valley in Amazonas Dpmt, in northern Perú.
• 3.3 Cacti of northern and central Peru 1. N. Calderon. This is the first part of a 21 days trip through 8 Departments in northern and central Peru, which saw many cacti species. This article is in both Spanish and English.
• 3.4 Cacti of Yura, Arequipa, Peru. L. Marino et al.Yura is a district of Arequipa Province, having many interesting cacti species. This is the report about this valley.
• 4.1 Growers. Dr. Guillermo Pino. Carmen Rosa. Dr. Guillermo Pino is a Peruvian plastic surgeon but also a keen cacti and succulents grower, and he tells us how to have nice and healthy plants.
• 4.2 Confidential. SPECS activities. Specstador. Specs' main activities during the second semester of last year and the first semester of this year, are reported here.
• 4.3 Book Reviews. E. Garcia. Two new good books "Cacti and Succulents" by Graham Charles and "Cacti, biology and uses" edited by Park S. Nobel are reviewed here.