San Antonio Cactus and
Xerophyte Society
Established in 1977
Our mission to promote the study, propagation, conservation, protection, and public awareness of cacti and other succulent plants.
San Antonio Cactus and
Xerophyte Society
Monthly Meetings are held every third Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the
San Antonio Garden Center
3310 N. New Braunfels,
at New Braunfels & Funston.
Meetings Include Educational Speakers, Plant Auction and Plant Raffle. Members are encouraged to participate in all club activities
and provide additional content in the form of
mini programs and show & tell displays.
Other Club Benefits include our monthly newsletter SACXS FACTS, club field trips, and access to national programs through our affiliation with the Cactus & Succulent Society of America.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SACXS Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7:00 PM
at the San Antonio Garden Center
January
Meeting Program:
"Opuntias of Texas"
Presented by Joe Shaw
Presentation Description:
Texas has many Opuntia species. Many are large and poorly treated in guidebooks. When they are noticed, large ones are often treated as O. lindheimeri. Small ones are often included in O. phaeacantha or O. humifusa. The goal of the talk is to describe, with pictures, many of the Opuntia species in Texas.
Visitors are Welcome!
Want to Find Out More About SACXS? Be Our Guest at the September 17, 2025 Meeting.
SACXS Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of Each Month at the San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels in San Antonio.
Meetings also feature Auction & Raffle Plants
Link to the Garden Center:
Our Speaker:
Joseph Shaw holds a B.A. in Botany and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and is a former Associate Professor of Botany at Auburn University. In the mid-1990s, he conducted pioneering research on the movement of genetically engineered bacteria around agricultural plants. Always fascinated by DNA, he contributed to human genome research at a biotechnology company in the 2000s, where his work focused on the discovery of genes of pharmaceutical interest.
For the past 15 years, Dr. Shaw has worked as a scientific and technical writer and currently serves as publisher and executive editor of Opuntia Web (www.opuntiads.com), which describes over 100 species and provides over 2,500 pictures of Opuntias. Raised in California, he traveled the deserts of that state, and he continues to travel throughout the American West to study Opuntia species and collaborate with fellow researchers.
Here's What You Will Learn at the Meeting...
General Info about SACXS events and the Legacy Project.
Interesting facts about cacti and succulents in general.
How to join and get involved in the club.
Meeting will also include a plant auction and plant raffle.
SACXS: Not Only a Club, Also a Non Profit
High School Seniors and Eligible College Students Application Deadline:
April 30th, 2025.
Click Here for Larry Murphy Scholarship
Click Here for Paul Kibler Scholarship
Current Board Members
Nominations from membership begin in September and appointments are voted in at the November general meeting
Membership
Director
Ron Andring
Recording Secretary
Virgil Duncan
Field Trips
Ron Andring
Publicity
Director
Andrew Awalt