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No. 1 - May 2020 https://www.dropbox.com/s/udohex6hszkmm0c/Carpophyma%201%20-%20May%202020.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Why the need for Carpophyma? (A kind of Editorial)
2. Eduart Zimer - Sydney Parkinson: a Quaker in pursuit of botanical explorations
3. Ian Menkins - What are the REAL environmental weeds?
4. Elton Roberts -
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides change in growth pattern
5. Eduart Zimer - The Gathering Place (O’ahu Island, Hawaii)
No. 2 - July 2020https://www.dropbox.com/s/7jyhfnqv2v2kbem/Carpophyma%202%20-%20July%202020.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer – Is Greta Thunberg a modern Jeanne d'Arc?
2. Dr. Phil Maxwell – The
Rhipsalis Riddle
3. Elton Roberts –
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus4. Eduart Zimer – Orere Point
No. 3 - September 2020 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx81vnzkjzbmqmv/Carpophyma%203%20-%20September%202020.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Satisfying the Crowd!
2. Eduart Zimer - CSSNZ Auckland Show 2019
3. Attila Kapitany - Desert Jewels: the Australian
Calandrinia4. Elton Roberts -
Mammillaria caerulea R.T. Craig
5. Eduart Zimer -
Ulex europaeus: a wicked trespasser in New Zealand
No. 4 - November 2020https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwyiakh8e1w7gup/Carpophyma%204%20-%20November%202020.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - You had me at free ponies for all!
2. Malcolm A. Grant - Recent revisions in
Sulcorebutia: a NZ amateur’s view
3. Derrick J. Rowe - An Introduction to Myrmecophytes (part 1)
4. Elton Roberts - Grafting
Mammillaria theresae5. Eduart Zimer - The Blue Spring
No. 5 - January 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecz5wxjk9aa86i4/Carpophyma%205%20-%20January%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - The Great Divide
2. Bruno Dölz and Erich Werdermann – On
Echinocactus Reichei K. Schum.
3. Eduart Zimer - New Zealand native
Peperomia species 24
4. Elton Roberts - To Kill a Mealy Bug / Hot house air movement
5. Xerophilia – A Response to Dr. Pablo Guerrero M.
6. Eduart Zimer - Geoff Etherington, the magical
Aloe master
No. 6 - March 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/bdu9lck2yl60ef3/Carpophyma%206%20-%20March%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer – It’s a Republic, (but only) if you can keep it
2. Timeless Music with Abby the Spoon Lady
3. Gustaf Anders Lindberg – Rhipsalids in Africa
4. Eduart Zimer - 50 Shades of Dry: Tongariro National Park
5. Elton Roberts -
Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) Lawr. 1841
6. Eduart Zimer – Growing
Opuntia polyacantha var.
erinacea in New Zealand
7. Eduart Zimer – The Final Reply
No. 7 - May 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zttmx1mqan11ey/Carpophyma%207%20-%20May%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer – Langue de bois: hollow, artificial, tasteless and colourless
2. Timeless Music with Seasick Steve
3. Eduart Zimer – Whakāri (White Island)
4. Elton Roberts –
Wilcoxia schmollii – normal and crested
5. Eduart Zimer – Hawke’s Bay (Part 1 – Free for all: The Bluff, Napier)
No. 8 - July 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/lftg01esl8u3ryz/Carpophyma%208%20-%20July%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Sex and Race
2. Timeless Music with Billy Strings
3. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Pachypodium Lindl (Part 1)
4. Elton Roberts -
Weingartia longigibba KK 867
5. Timeless Music with Princess Chelsea
6. Elton Roberts -
Opuntia polyacantha with magenta flowers
7. Eduart Zimer - Hawke’s Bay (Part 2 – Napier City, Old Napier Prison, Rail Trail)
No. 9 - September 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/r25yelvzv0qibdw/Carpophyma%209%20-%20September%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - The Brotherly Genocide (Maori vs. Moriori)
2. Timeless Music with Michael Cleveland
3. Eduart Zimer – The Genus
Pachypodium Lindl (Part 2)
4. A Glimpse of Uncompromised New Zealand History (linked documentary)
5. Elton Roberts –
Echinocactus parryi Engelm.
6. Timeless Music with Juzzie Smith
7. Eduart Zimer –
Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.
8. Eduart Zimer – Hawke’s Bay (Part 3 – Te Awanga, Te Mata Peak)
No. 10 - November 2021https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yvki94lma292m3/Carpophyma%2010%20-%20November%202021.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer – The White Island Tragic Eruption in 2019 – Whose Fault was it?
2. Timeless Music with Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
3. Karl Moritz Schumann – Planning of an Overall Description of Cacti
4. Eduart Zimer – The Genus
Pachypodium Lindl (Part 3)
5. Elton Roberts –
Weingartia neumanniana (Backeb.) Werderm.
6. Timeless Music with Tuba Skinny
7. Eduart Zimer – New Zealand alpine flora:
Ranunculus buchananii8. Eduart Zimer – Hawke’s Bay (Part 4 – Bay View, Ahuriri Estuary)
No. 11 - January 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/6etogxc1kt2b66m/Carpophyma%2011%20-%20January%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Why is Aunty Cindy enjoying life in Aotearoa?
2. Timeless Music with Delaney Davidson
3. Eduart Zimer -
Solanum jasminoides Paxton (
Solanum laxum Spreng.)
4. Elton Roberts - Sand, Rock, Perlite, Charcoal and Pumice
5. Eduart Zimer - Beautiful Cactus Flowers: E
chinocereus subinermis var.
luteus6. Timeless Music with Tami Neilson
7. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Pachypodium Lindl (Part 4)
8. Eduart Zimer - Whakatāne / Ohope Beach
No. 12 - March 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/tq6v7gn4e9ewebq/Carpophyma%2012%20-%20March%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - 2022: If an unfortunate event has already occurred twice (WW1 & WW2), a third unfortunate event is likely to occur (WW3?)
2. Timeless Music with Larkin Poe
3. Eduart Zimer -
Tillandsia L. (Intro)
4. Elton Roberts - Various Short Articles
5. Eduart Zimer -
Kumara plicatilis (L.) G.D. Rowley
6. Timeless Music with Marlon Williams
7. Eduart Zimer - Growing
Albuca bracteata in New Zealand
8. Eduart Zimer - The Stone Wall of Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill, Cornwall Park)
No. 13 - May 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qccvdoh3pxi2lf/Carpophyma%2013%20-%20May%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - (Transsylvania) Phoenix – Turning 60 Years of Unrestricted Career!
2. Eduart Zimer - Under the Russian Boot? I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride!
3. Timeless Music with Joanna Connor
4. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Tillandsia (Part 1)
5. Elton Roberts -
Cumulopuntia tumida F. Ritter
6. Timeless Music with Mel Parsons
7. Karl Moritz Schumann - The genus
Ariocarpus (
Anhalonium) - Part 1
8. Eduart Zimer -
Beaucarnea recurvata (Asparagaceae) - a very popular species in New Zealand
No. 14 - July 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7hcquasu6c0coo/Carpophyma%2014%20-%20July%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Jacindamania, the Rise of Socialism in New Zealand (Part 1)
2. Eduart Zimer - Russian warship, go fuck yourself!
3. Timeless Music with Nickel Creek
4. Thoughts from the Past (Archives New Zealand) - Part 1
5. Eduart Zimer - Trying to get the Names Right
6. Elton Roberts -
Cumulopuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) E.F.Anderson
7. Timeless Music with Tommy Emmanuel
8. Eduart Zimer -
Calibanus hookeri (Lem.) Trel.
No. 15 - September 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/72hqz4ai48rqitb/Carpophyma%2015%20-%20September%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Jacindamania, the Rise of Socialism in New Zealand (Part 2)
2. Eduart Zimer - Moscow: Hunger is Our Last Hope
3. Timeless Music with Kimbra
4. Thoughts from the Past (Archives New Zealand) - Part 2
5. Elton Roberts -
Cumulopuntia tumida compared to
Cumulopuntia sphaerica6. Timeless Music with Suzanne Vega
7. Eduart Zimer - Beautiful Cactus Flowers: Various Opuntias
8. Eduart Zimer - Wellington
No. 16 - November 2022https://www.dropbox.com/s/uz45mati858jzab/Carpophyma%2016%20-%20November%202022.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Jacindamania, the Rise of Socialism in New Zealand (Part 3)
2. Eduart Zimer - Read My Lips: Without You!
3. Thoughts from the Past (Archives New Zealand) - Part 3
4. Timeless Music with Aldous Harding 22
5. Eduart Zimer -
Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f.
6. Elton Roberts - Mealybugs
7. Timeless Music with Elliott Murphy
8. Dag Panco & Valentin Posea - About the unexplainable dynamic of some cacti
9. Eduart Zimer -
Brunsvigia josephinae (Redouté) Ker Gawl.
10. Eduart Zimer - From Long Bay to Devonport: 23 kilometres of coastal happiness
No. 17 - January 2023https://www.dropbox.com/s/1102x20voa11fpc/Carpophyma%2017%20-%20January%202023.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Ukraine: Rasputitsa time
2. Timeless Music with Greg Johnson
3. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Tillandsia (Part 2)
4. Elton Roberts -
Mammillaria wrightii ssp.
wrightii Engelm.
5. Timeless Music with Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams
6. Eduart Zimer - CSSNZ Auckland Cactus & Succulent Show 2022
7. Thoughts from the Past (Archives New Zealand) - Part 4
8. Eduart Zimer - Alpinarium (2008)
9. Eduart Zimer - Whangamata Beach
No. 18 - March 2023https://www.dropbox.com/s/istxaalley7kojj/Carpophyma%2018%20-%20March%202023.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Before and After (Русский мир)
2. Eduart Zimer - Remove the Halo and Jacinda Becomes Ordinary
3. Timeless Music with The Dead Brothers / Alain Croubalian
4. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Tillandsia (Part 3)
5. Elton Roberts -
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides L723 - trash plants
6. David Crosby (14 August 1941 – 18 January 2023)
7. Eduart Zimer -
Cleistocactus winteri D.R. Hunt
8. Timeless Music with Justin Johnson
9. Eduart Zimer - New Zealand: The Land of the Vintage Cars (Part 1)
10. Eduart Zimer - Scarborough Reserve / From Godley Head to Taylors Mistake
No. 19 - May 2023https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzmjr9wzrl2t9ei/Carpophyma%2019%20-%20May%202023.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - The Pyrrhic victory in Bakhmut
2. Timeless Music with Kokomo
3. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Tillandsia (Part 4)
4. Elton Roberts - Various Short Articles
5. Eduart Zimer - A New Zealand endemic:
Clematis paniculata J.F. Gmel.
6. Timeless Music with Ray Wylie Hubbard
7. Eduart Zimer -
Solandra maxima (Sessé & Moc. ex Dunal) P.S. Green
8. Eduart Zimer - New Zealand: The Land of the Vintage Cars (Part 2)
9. Eduart Zimer - Mount Zion and Karekare Beach
No. 20 - August 2023https://www.dropbox.com/s/rf38ukn8aincv2r/Carpophyma%2020%20-%20August%202023.pdf?dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Ukraine – Where is the Counter Offensive?
2. Miklós Ficzere - Cacti and succulents growing at -23 C
3. Timeless Music with Tal Wilkenfeld
4. Elton Roberts -
Coryphantha roederiana Bödeker 1929
5. Eduart Zimer -
Brugmansia x
candida Pers. – the Angel’s Trumpet
6. Timeless Music with Flatland Cavalry
7. Eduart Zimer - New Zealand: The Land of the Vintage Cars (Part 3)
8. Eduart Zimer - Nelson and Abel Tasman
No. 21 - September 2023https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/39sd28yvd9ejp4wynt7t3/Carpophyma-21-September-2023.pdf?rlkey=x23tm7psvx1iutf3e3rhwgycb&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Election Time (Fox or Frog?)
2. Eduart Zimer - Ukraine: The time for REAL support has come
3. Timeless Music with Hamilton County Bluegrass Band
4. Eduart Zimer - The Bid for Succulence:
Calystegia soldanella5. Elton Roberts -
Puna subterranea ssp.
pulcherrima (R.E.Fr.) R.Kiesling
6. Timeless Music with Xavier Rudd
7. Eduart Zimer - Holdens were as Aussie as Vegemite, Qantas and Bondi Beach
8. Eduart Zimer - The succulent corner at Yankee Wharf, Rangitoto
9. Eduart Zimer - Karangahake Gorge (Part 1)
No. 22 - November 2023https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r4c2amk8c57slnfmodfxb/Carpophyma-22-November-2023.pdf?rlkey=jjn33potbgw4nk27lqji0i6gh&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - It’s complicated…
2. Timeless Music with C.W. Stoneking
3. Elton Roberts -
Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler
4. Timeless Music with Mike Dawes
5. Eduart Zimer - Carl Spitzweg (1808 – 1885), the Succulent Plants Lover
6. Eduart Zimer - Karangahake Gorge (Part 2)
7. Eduart Zimer - Kaitōrete Spit
No. 23 - January 2024https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/giskpwl0aq1e4qu09x2y6/Carpophyma-23-January-2024.pdf?rlkey=rbu1m4wr5lrj905w8kn05qamg&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
2. Eduart Zimer - Lucky Bastard! (Or how Adolf Hitler cheated certain death dozens of times) Part 1
3. Eduart Zimer - New Zealand alpine flora:
Celmisia Cass.
4. Timeless Music with Darren Hanlon
5. Albert Leroy - Palm trees on the Canary Islands (and why not in our gardens)
6. Elton Roberts - A small lesson /
Ariocarpus growing season
7. Timeless Music with Natalie Merchant
8. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Adenia cultivated in New Zealand
No. 24 - March 2024 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/38todz4lzh1ok76jqo29h/Carpophyma-24-March-2024.pdf?rlkey=g210bjj1a3xng3lf2z0antpwx&dl=01. Eduart Zimer – Ukraine – Two years after the Russian invasion
2. Eduart Zimer - Lucky Bastard! (Or how Adolf Hitler cheated certain death dozens of times) Part 2
3. Eduart Zimer -
Eucomis comosa (Houtt.) H.R.Wehrh.
4. Timeless Music with Geoff Achinson
5. Eduart Zimer - Derrick J. ’Didge’ Rowe (05.08.1940 - 24.06.2023)
6. Eduart Zimer - The Genus
Tillandsia (Part 5)
7. Elton Roberts -
Austrocylindropuntia inarmata Backeb.
8. Timeless Music with Sarah Jarosz
9. Eduart Zimer -
Dudleya brittonii D.A. Johans.
10. Eduart Zimer - The northern tip of the Bridle Path & Aotea Terrace
No. 25 - May 2024https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jrofc28idyl2lud8ik5ns/Carpophyma-25-May-2024.pdf?rlkey=6e5rcnsqe17tqc3pogg158jc3&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - All it takes is a spark!
2. Eduart Zimer - Lucky Bastard! (Or how Adolf Hitler cheated certain death dozens of times) Part 3
3. Timeless Music with Fanfare Ciocărlia
4. Eduart Zimer - Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt. Coot-tha (Part 1)
5. Elton Roberts -
Ariocarpus retusus Scheidw. growing shoots
6. Timeless Music with Dirty Three
7. Eduart Zimer - The Mini turned 65 years old!
8. Eduart Zimer - Tutukaka Coast
No. 26 - July 2024https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vas3n4ohzb0gcrh6apymm/Carpophyma-26-July-2024.pdf?rlkey=1dmbredow9ise20stbbmc4es0&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - The true value of a Russian soldier's life
2. Eduart Zimer - Lucky Bastard! (Or how Adolf Hitler cheated certain death dozens of times) Part 4
3. Timeless Music with 2CELLOS
4. Eduart Zimer - Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt. Coot-tha (Part 2)
5. Eduart Zimer - Beautiful Cactus Flowers:
Echinopsis bruchii (
Soehrensia bruchii)
6. Elton Roberts - A
riocarpus retusus v.
scapharostroides Halda & Horáček
7. Timeless Music with Farfarello
8. Eduart Zimer - Western Springs (Part 1)
No. 27 - September 2024 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tifs5gsmeaxfaag3i9d4e/Carpophyma-27-September-2024.pdf?rlkey=jik41m9oi5519rg20st80lhuz&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Russia is Complete Lawlessness
2. Eduart Zimer - The Sultans of Swing: Joey vs. Donnie (+ Mrs. Momala)
3. R.I.P – Nicu Covaci (19.04.1947 - 02.08.2024) & John Mayall (29.11.1933 - 22.07. 2024)
4. Timeless Music with Dead Can Dance
5. Derrick J. Rowe - An Overview of Ant-Plant Cultivation
6. Alain Laroze - The Chilean Raid (Part 1)
7. Elton Roberts - Ariocarpus aff. trigonus / Ariocarpus aff. trigonus resolved
8. Timeless Music with Crooked Still
9. Eduart Zimer - Western Springs (Part 2)
No. 28 - November 2024 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2p128naa40ozb3x8dhig0/Carpophyma-28-November-2024.pdf?rlkey=7b3f2tdxfvh0fj69yms1my0u2&dl=01. Eduart Zimer - Russia is the second best army in… Russia
2. Eduart Zimer - Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. – fam. Psilotaceae
3. Timeless Music with Darren Watson
4. Alain Laroze - The Chilean Raid (Part 2)
5. Elton Roberts - Ariocarpus retusus and its many faces
6. Timeless Music with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
7. Eduart Zimer - First 100 Years of MG: from a Morris Garages sports car to a Chinese washout (Part 1)
8. Eduart Zimer - Alfriston Road Roundabout