CSSA VOL.69 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1997 No.5 New discoveries in Pachypodium (Apocynaceae) from Madagascar J.J. Lavranos & S.H.J.V. Rapanarivo Gibson, Hammer, Maddams, and Pilbeam receive the Fellow Award Larry W. Mitich Echeveria cante, a new species from the mountains of Zacatecas Charles Glass & Mario Mendoza-García Melocactus intortus subsp. domingensis Areces, subsp. nov. A.E. Areces-Mallea Mammillaria crinita - a new look at old names W.A. & Betty Fitz Maurice Valley View Succulent Notes Gerald S. Barad Cacti & Succulents for the Amateur Duke Benadom Spotlight on Round Robins Braden Engelke & Rita Fleischmann

Cover illustration: The Costa Rican Weberocereus tunilla is certainly not among the most popular of cacti. However, while the principal players (sulcos, pachypodiums, for example) may dominate center stage, there often are delightful, charming or mysterious succulents on the sidelines that deserve our attention as well. The Cactaceae are such a diverse group that we deprive ourselves in not cultivating some of the lesser known genera. Weberocerei are a small group of eipiphytes from Mexico to Ecuador with short, nocturnal flowers having a most peculiar odor, now known to attract nectar-sipping bats that involuntarily effect pollination. The flowers may be small but they are usually numerous and novel enough to attract us too. This lovely photo was taken by Ralf Bauer of Offenburg, Germany, one of the editors of EPIG, the German-language bulletin devoted to epiphytic cacti.