CSSA VOL.79, September-October 2007 No.5 Knowing echeverias Attila Kapitany The story of a cactus, two men, and a mission Catherine Phillips Myron and his mesembs Steven Hammer "Are you planning a book on Echeveria?" John Pilbeam Some succulent memories Part I; The early years Myron Kimnach Echeveria lyonsii, a new species from Tamailipas, Mexico Myron Kimnach Cactus tips from a master grower Thelocactus Elton Roberts Argentina's Paper Spine Cacti and notes on Tephrocactus cultivation Zoya Akulova-Barlow Succulents on Stamps Mammillaria, Part I Peg Spaete On the cover. Gerhard Marx's cover painting shows several facets of Myron Kimnach: the phytolatrous ambassador/curator; the botanist poring over minutiae; the eager explorer. These facets have been intertwined so successfully and for so long that we thought it high time to celebrate the man and his career This special issue features articles on echeverias, including a new description, an examination of Selenicereus chrysocardium, part one of Myron's memoirs, and personal appreciations by John Lavranos and Steven Hammer. There is also a time-line to remind us of our distance from and proximity to 1922, the birth year of Myron Klinnach and also, incidentally, of Conophytum, the one emerging in Los Angeles, the other in London