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<div class="heading"><h1>International Succulent Introductions<br />
Plant Introductions of the Huntington Botanical Gardens</h1>
<span class="pubinfo">(published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal) 
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Vol. 84 (2), March - April, 2013</span>
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<span id="linkleft"><a href="catalogintro.html">About the  
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<h2 class="cathead">Cacti</h2>
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<li><a href="2014-01.html" target="_blank">ISI 2014-1<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-01.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Coryphantha  
cornifera</i><br />(DC) Lemaire</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-02.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-2<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-02.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Echinocactus  
grusonii</i> Hildmann fa. <i>brevispinus</i></a></li>
<li><a href="2013-03.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-3<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-03.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Echinopsis  
densispina</i> Werdermann</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-04.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-4<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-04a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Eriosyce  
taltalensis</i> ssp. <i>paucicostata</i> (Ritter) Kattermann</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-05.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-5<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-05a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Parodia  
mammulosa</i> (Lemaire) N. P. Taylor</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-06.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-6<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-06.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Parodia  
mammulosa</i> (Lemaire) N. P. Taylor</a></li>
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<h2 class="cathead">Succulents</h2>
<ul class="itemlist Succulents">
<li><a href="2013-07.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-7<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-07.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Agave margaritae</ 
i> Brandegee</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-08.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-8<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-08.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Agave zebra</i>  
'Superspiny'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-09.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-9<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-09.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Albuca hallii</i>  
U. Müller-Doblies</i></a></li>
<li><a href="2013-10.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-10<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-10.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Albuca villosa</ 
i> U. Müller-Doblies ssp. <i>villosa</i></a></li>
<li><a href="2013-11.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-11<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-11.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe</i> 'Brown  
Betty'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-12.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-12<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-12.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe</i>  
'Chameleon'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-13.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-13<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-13a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe</i> 'Evil  
Twin'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-14.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-14<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-14.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe</i> 'Kujo'</ 
a></li>
<li><a href="2013-15.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-15<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-15a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe</i> 'Oik'</ 
a></li>
<li><a href="2013-16.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-16<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-16.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Aloe veseyi</i>  
Reynolds</a></li>
<li ><a href="2013-17.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-17<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-17.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Bulbine torta</i>  
N. E. Br.</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-18.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-18<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-18a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Dauphinea  
brevilabra</i> Hedge</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-19.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-19<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-19.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Fouquieria</i>  
'Pink Instead'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-20.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-20<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-20a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Furcraea  
macdougallii</i> Matuda</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-21.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-21<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-21.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>×Graptoveria</i>  
'Accolade'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-22.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-22<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-22a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Haworthia</i>  
'Three-Cornered Hat'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-23.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-23<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-23a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Huernia</i>  
'Stretched Hide'</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-24.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-24<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-24a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Kalanchoe  
glaucescens</i> Britten</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-25.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-25<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-25.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Kalanchoe  
schizophylla</i> (Baker) Baillon</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-26.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-26<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-26.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Kalanchoe  
streptantha</i> Baker</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-27.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-27<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-27.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Ornithogalum  
fimbrimarginatum</i> F. M. Leighton</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-28.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-28<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-28.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Orthophytum  
toscanoi</i> ssp. <i>atropurpureum</i> Braun &amp; Esteves</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-29.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-29<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-29.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Oxalis flava</i>  
L.</a></li>
<li><a href="2013-30.html" target="_blank">ISI 2013-30<br />
<img src="pix/thm_isi2013-30.jpg" alt="" /><br /><i>Sedum  
dendroideum</i> 'Colossus'</a></li>
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<p>* A selection of more than 100 of the popular <i>Echinopsis</i>  
hybrids, created by Bob Schick and offered by the ISI since 1996, are  
still available. <a href="http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/ 
Schick/catalogintro.html" target="_blank"><br />
Click here to enter the Schick catalog.</a></p>
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