Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society
Next meeting: FIRST THURSDAY of the Month
Doors open 6:15PM
One Generation, 18255 Victory Blvd, Reseda, CA
Next meeting: FIRST THURSDAY of the Month Doors open 6:15PM One Generation, 18255 Victory Blvd, Reseda, CA
Come and Visit!
Welcome to the website of the Los Angeles Cactus and Succulent Society. Our nearly 200 members come from throughout the southland and share a passion for cacti and succulents. Throughout the history of LACSS, many of the most prominent researchers, authors, and collectors of the succulent world have been leaders and members of our society.
LACSS meets monthly in the San Fernando Valley to enjoy stimulating presentations, hands-on workshops, plant sales, mini-shows, drawings, trading, and other activities. In addition, LACSS offers field trips to member gardens, nurseries, and private collections. We serve the greater community by offering free educational activities, and presenting an exciting annual Spring and Winter Sales.
In order to share the joys and benefits of collecting and cultivating cacti and succulents, we invite you to check out our general meetings on the 1st Thursday of each month at ONEgeneration Senior Enrichment Center at 18255 Victory Blvd in Reseda California.
Doors open at 6:15 for the Social Hour, Ask an Expert, and much more. The business meeting starts promptly at 7pm. Attendance is FREE and open to the public. Each new visitor receives a free plant! We hope to see you at a meeting soon.
Program: Aloes of Arabia with Tom McCoy
Tom McCoy, born in Long Beach, California, developed a deep passion for natural history from a young age, collecting fossils, seashells, reptiles, birds, and plants. His love for botany led him to travel extensively across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Arabia, and Madagascar. For over 30 years, McCoy has lived in Saudi Arabia, balancing his career with a focus on the genus Aloe. He has published extensively on the subject, naming over 50 species, wrote the book The Aloes of Arabia, and maintains one of the world’s largest documented live collections of Aloe. McCoy is also an accomplished aviculturist and bibliophile. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and holds memberships in numerous scientific organizations, including the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Botanical Society of America. Tom will be speaking about the aloes native to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and his personal experiences with them.
April Program
Plants of the Month
April 2026
Cactus
Rebutia, Sulcorebutia, Weingartia
Succulent
Stem-type Euphorbia