CSSA VOL.84, September-October 2012 No.5 Tiny Stars: four cryptic Cacti of Northern Arizona Peter Breslin How to combine responsible species description, Biodiversity protection and the activities of Amateur Botanists Maurizio Dioli The New Black and White Irwin Lightstone Euphorbia antiquorum and James Bond Root Gorelick An Unusual Epiphytic Succulent: Aichryson tortuosum Ray Stephenson Opuntia fragilis in Minnesota Eric Ribbens & Henry Fieldseth Old News from Comondu: Interesting news from Baja California Wolfgang H. Blum & Michael J. Lange On the cover: Peter Breslin captured the extravagant spines of Pediocactus peeblesianus subsp. fickeiseniae in fruit, near House Rock Valley, AZ.