THE TEESSIDE BRANCH WEBSITE

About This Site

This Teesside Branch site was created by John Ellis - and is now maintained by Martin Brown, with technical advice from Tony Mace and with pictorial assistance from the photographers credited in the Photo Gallery - particularly Martin Brown, Alan Craig and John Gamesby. The site is hosted by the Cactus Mall.

What's New?

The following 'Change Log' provides a reference to enable visitors to easily find out what has altered as this site is updated and developed without the need to search every page for possible changes:-

 

7 Jan 2020	Headlines, Commitee & programme updated
26 Aug 2019	Headlines updated
26 Jun 2019	Headlines updated - Martin Brown now webmaster
18 Feb 2019	Headlines & programme updated.
10 Jan 2019	Headlines & programme updated.
18 Dec 2018	Programme updated.
13 Dec 2018	2019 programme added, headlines and committee updated.
15 Nov 2018	Headlines, Branch facts and committee updated.
11 Oct 2018	Headlines updated.
22 Sept 2018	Headlines updated.
14 June 2018	Headlines updated.
12 Apr 2018	Headlines, programme & committee updated. Photo competition winners added.
23 Mar 2018	Headlines & programme updated. 60th anniversary symposium added to fact pages and picture gallery.
23 Feb 2018	Programme updated.
16 Feb 2018	Headlines & programme updated.
14 Dec 2017	2018 programme added, headlines and Branch facts updated.
11 Nov 2017	Headlines updated. 2018 anniversary symposium info added. Additional picture of Stokesley Show display added.
23 Sept 2017	Headlines updated.
23 July 2017	Headlines updated. Additional picture added to the Hoya carnosa 'Tricolor' page.
09 June 2017	Headlines & programme updated.
25 May 2017	Headlines updated.
08 May 2017	Notes added to the Hoya gallery re taxonomy of H. cembra/H. odorata and H. parasitica v citrina.
30 Apr 2017	Hoya gallery extended, updated and reformatted to match the rest of the site (part of the ongoing conversion of picture galleries). Picture of rot added to problems page.
13 Apr 2017	Headlines & programme updated.
09 Mar 2017	Headlines & programme updated.
11 Feb 2017	Headlines updated. Historical information about the formation of the Branch added.
12 Jan 2017	Headlines & programme updated.
15 Dec 2016	2017 programme added, headlines, Branch facts and committee updated. 2017 photo competition added.
14 Oct 2016	Headlines & programme updated.
20 Sept 2016	Headlines updated.
30 June 2016	Headlines updated.
12 May 2016	Headlines updated.
22 Apr 2016	Headlines & programme updated.
05 Apr 2016	Site map and gallery index pages enlarged to better suit modern higher resolution monitors. Links to Bravenet features deleted.
04 Apr 2016	General update and tidy up of the branch information pages. Links checked and updated.
10 Mar 2016	Headlines & programme updated.
10 Dec 2015	2016 programme added, headlines & Branch facts updated.
16 Oct 2015	2016 symposium details added.
15 Oct 2015	Headlines updated.
29 June 2015	Headlines updated (including link to photo competition).
31 May 2015	Headlines & programme updated.
02 Feb 2015	Headlines & programme updated.
12 Dec 2014	2015 programme added, headlines & Branch facts updated.
26 Oct 2014	Link to Branch Facebook page updated on both homepage and links page. Facebook co-ordination role added to committee page. Meeting times modified.
11 Oct 2014	Headlines updated.
13 July 2014	Headlines & programme updated.
18 Apr 2014	Headlines updated. 2013 Cleveland and Stokesley Show pictures added to the sales, shows and displays gallery pages. Pictures of Branch sales plants' greenhouse added.
02 Feb 2014	Link to Branch Facebook page added to both homepage and links page.
25 Jan 2014	Headlines & programme updated.
13 Dec 2013	2014 programme added, headlines, Branch facts & committee updated.
11 Oct 2013	Headlines updated.
31 July 2013	Headlines updated.
21 July 2013	Headlines updated.
24 June 2013	Headlines updated.
19 May 2013	Headlines updated.
14 Apr 2013	Headlines & programme updated.
30 Mar 2013	Headlines & programme updated.
16 Mar 2013	Headlines, committee & programme updated.
30 Jan 2013	Headlines, symposium details & programme updated.
12 Jan 2013	Headlines & programme updated.
17 Dec 2012	Committee updated.
14 Dec 2012	2013 programme added & headlines updated. 2013 symposium details added.
17 Nov 2012	Committee, Branch facts & headlines updated.
22 Oct 2012	Headlines updated.
15 Aug 2012	Headlines updated. 'Bring & Buy Auction' page replaced by 'Members' Plant Sales and Auctions' page and additional photographs added.
07 July 2012	Headlines & programme updated. Cleveland Show cancelled.
17 June 2012	Headlines & programme updated.
26 May 2012	Headlines updated.
16 Apr 2012	Programme updated.
15 Apr 2012	Headlines updated.
29 Jan 2012	Headlines & programme updated.
16 Dec 2011	2012 programme added, committee, Branch facts & headlines updated.
5 Nov 2011	Headlines updated.
17 Sep 2011	Headlines updated.
14 July 2011	Headlines, programme and Branch trips picture galleries updated.
04 June 2011	Headlines, member's collections & open days picture galleries updated.
29 May 2011	Headlines & programme updated.
15 Apr 2011	Headlines & programme updated.
19 Feb 2011	Programme updated.
12 Feb 2011	Headlines & programme updated.
31 Jan 2011	Programme updated.
23 Jan 2011	Headlines & programme updated.
08 Dec 2010	2011 programme added, headlines updated.
06 Dec 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
11 Nov 2010	Committee, Branch facts & headlines updated.
15 Oct 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
9 Oct 2010	Headlines updated. BCSS logo changed on 'links' page.
27 July 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
12 July 2010	Headlines updated.
10 May 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
20 Apr 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
04 Apr 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
17 Feb 2010	Headlines & programme updated.
10 Jan 2010	Programme updated following cancellation of January meeting.
21 Dec 2009	2010 programme added, Branch facts updated, headlines updated.
21 Oct 2009	Headlines & programme updated, 2010 symposium data added.
05 Aug 2009	Headlines updated.
11 June 2009	Headlines & programme updated, Guisborough Town Fair photograph added.
05 June 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
15 May 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
09 Apr 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
07 Mar 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
01 Mar 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
17 Jan 2009	Headlines & programme updated.
03 Jan 2009	Christmas greetings page removed.
22 Dec 2008	Minor tweaks and corrections. Welbury map updated to reflect opening of new access from A19..
21 Dec 2008	Cultivation pages updated, notably larger images on problems page and changeover to Arial font. Advice link changed to BCSS Forum. Reference to Whitestone Gardens removed.
20 Dec 2008	2009 programme added, branch facts updated, headlines updated. Thumbnails increased in size & background logo colour made more subdued on Branch pages. Links page checked and updated. Christmas greetings page added.
01 Nov 2008	Teesside Branch picture gallery thoroughly updated with additional images, a revised layout and increased image sizes to suit the higher resolution monitors now in common usage. Headlines updated.
19 Oct 2008	Headlines updated.
30 July 2008	Headlines & programme updated.
01 June 2008	Programme updated.
17 May 2008	Headlines & programme updated.
20 Apr 2008	Headlines & programme updated.
22 Mar 2008	Headlines, programme & Zone One Rep. updated.
10 Jan 2008	Directions to meeting place, headlines and programme updated.
04 Jan 2008	Christmas greetings page removed.
23 Dec 2007	2008 programme added, branch facts updated, headlines updated, number of hits deleted. Christmas greetings page added.
30 Oct 2007	Headlines updated and 2008 Symposium pages added.
08 Oct 2007	Headlines and number of hits updated.
19 July 2007	Headlines and programme updated.
01 July 2007	Headlines and number of hits updated.
14 June 2007	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
10 May 2007	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
01 Apr 2007	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Awards for All logo and link added. Hoya webring link removed.
06 Mar 2007	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
15 Feb 2007	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
09 Jan 2007	Link to cactiandsucculents.toplisted.net added.
05 Jan 2007	Number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page removed.
20 Dec 2006	2007 programme added. Formatting standardised on previous year's programmes. Headlines and number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page added. Branch fact-file updated for 2006/7. CactusPlaza link updated.
17 Nov 2006	Plant sale picture gallery updated, pictures of Hartlepool Horticultural Show added. Changeover to Arial font ongoing.
12 Nov 2006	Headlines and number of hits updated.
19 Sept 2006	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
02 Aug 2006	Headlines and number of hits updated.
02 Aug 2006	Headlines and number of hits updated.
25 June 2006	Headlines and programme updated.
08 June 2006	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
26 May 2006	Headlines and programme updated.
20 May 2006	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
02 Apr 2006	Symposium gallery page added and publicity removed. Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Changeover to Arial font ongoing.
12 Mar 2006	Programme and headlines updated. Links page updated. Changeover to Arial font commenced.
04 Mar 2006	Programme, headlines, number of hits and committee page updated.
24 Jan 2006	Headlines and symposium details updated. Links to Hoya webring removed.
06 Jan 2006	Number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page removed.
16 Dec 2005	2006 programme added. Headlines and number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page added.
18 Nov 2005	Headlines and number of hits updated. Symposium pages added. Committee names and Branch fact-file updated for 2005/6. Number of BCSS Branches amended. Extra pictures added to the Plant Sales gallery. References to Stomatium covadii changed to S. geoffreyi (?). Speaker info page updated.
19 Sept 2005	Headlines and number of hits updated.
04 Aug 2005	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Additional photographs added to Branch Member's Collections gallery. New gallery added for Bring and Buy Plant Auctions.
11 July 2005	Date of Chairman's At Home corrected on 'Headlines' page.
08 July 2005	Programme updated.
04 July 2005	Headlines and programme and number of hits updated.
28 June 2005	Headlines and programme and number of hits updated.
24 May 2005	Headlines and programme updated. Redundant links to Equafor and Terry Edney cacti deleted.
01 May 2005	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Grafting page added to cultivation section. Teesside Branch speakers page revised.
01 Apr 2005	Headlines, programme, committee and number of hits updated.
05 Feb 2005	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
04 Jan 2005	Number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page removed.
09 Dec 2004	Headlines and number of hits updated. 2005 programme added. Christmas greetings page added.
11 Nov 2004	Headlines and number of hits updated. 2004/5 committee and other Branch statistics updated.
05 Sept 2004	Headlines and number of hits updated. Per Bünger's and Cactus Plaza's web site link added to links page.
12 Aug 2004	Headlines and number of hits updated. Additional pictures of Branch member's collections added. David Angus (http://www.botanica.uk.net) added to links page. Acrobat Reader download image restored on cultivation page.
01 July 2004	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Additional pictures of open days and Branch member's collections added.
10 June 2004	Headlines and number of hits updated. Additional pictures of Branch member's collections added.
25 May 2004	Headlines and programme updated.
19 May 2004	Pictures of Branch member's collections updated.
13 May 2004	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated. Reciprocal link added to "Send Flowers Online".
16 Apr 2004	Headlines, programme and number of hits updated.
12 Mar 2004	Headlines and programme updated. Terry Edney cacti is no longer selling plants via mail order.
06 Mar 2004	Cultivation pages replaced by .pdf files to aid printing, site map and associated links updated to suit. Reference to Orbea added to the Diplocyathia ciliata page. Wording amended on Fockea crispa page. Pictures of Branch member's collections added.
03 Mar 2004	Headlines & number of hits updated.
08 Feb 2004	Headlines & number of hits updated.
04 Jan 2004	Christmas greetings page removed.
10 Dec 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated. 2004 Programme added. Christmas greetings page added.
16 Nov 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated. Reciprocal link to Garden Blethers added. Haworthia Society link updated. Field collection number questions added to FAQs. 2003/4 committee and other Branch statistics updated. Postcode and OS grid reference added to meeting place map.
09 Oct 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated. Reciprocal link to emilycompost.com added.
15 Sept 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated.
17 Aug 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated. Reciprocal link to flower-delivery-flowers.com added.
20 July 2003	Link to the guestbook restored.
05 July 2003	Headlines & number of hits updated.
06 June 2003	Programme and headlines & number of hits updated. Broken link on cultivation page corrected. Reciprocal link to the Cactus & Succulent Society of Queensland added.
26 May 2003	Programme and headlines updated. Terry Edney Cacti pages & associated links added.
06 May 2003	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
01 Apr 2003	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated. Error in link fixed on cactus cultivation page.
03 Mar 2003	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated. Pictures of poor handling and 'stopping' added to cultivation problems page.
02 Feb 2003	Programme and number of hits updated. Links page thoroughly updated. Problems page added to site map and links put in correct sequence on cultivation contents page.
16 Jan 2003	Programme updated. Directions modified on meeting map page. Committee duties revised.
10 Jan 2003	New pictures added to Branch Gallery page. Directions added to meeting map page. Headlines updated.
02 Jan 2003	Christmas greetings page removed. Number of hits updated.
12 Dec 2002	Meeting place venue changed in text and on map. Headlines and number of hits updated. 2002/3 committee and other Branch statistics updated. 2003 Programme added. Problems page added to "Cultivation" section. Thumbnail pictures resized in cultivation section to improve presentation. John Gamesby's link updated. Christmas greetings page added.
04 Nov 2002	Headlines, committee and number of hits updated.
14 Sept 2002	Programme and headlines updated. Photographs from Durham Botanic Gardens added to Plant Sales page. Thumbnail pictures improved on Branch Gallery page. Hoya Webring link updated.
05 Sept 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated. Note about deletion of guestbook entries added.
11 July 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated. E-mail address corrected on contact page.
16 June 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
26 May 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
11 Apr 2002	Programme and headlines updated. Previous programmes now accessed via a drop down list.
02 Apr 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
02 Mar 2002	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
21 Feb 2002	Branch e-mail address changed to mail@teessidecacti.org on various pages and in headlines.
16 Feb 2002	Headlines and number of hits updated.
04 Jan 2002	Christmas greetings page removed. Number of hits updated.
13 Dec 2001	2002 programme added. Committee and other Branch statistics updated. Links page thoroughly updated. Headlines and number of hits updated. Christmas greetings page added.
01 Nov 2001	Frequently asked questions feature added. Bravenet services now accessed by separate page. Bravenet services reformatted to be more uniform. Headlines and number of hits updated.
02 Sept 2001	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
05 Aug 2001	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated. Reference to Alan Craig's collection added on gallery page.
05 July 2001	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
17 June 2001	Programme and headlines updated.
07 June 2001	Programme, headlines and number of hits updated.
20 Apr 2001	Programme and headlines updated.
14 Apr 2001	Headlines and number of hits updated.
31 Mar 2001	Programme updated. Hoya bandaensis corrected to H. Carnosa cv Sweet One and H. Macgillivrayi corrected to H. onychoides.
15 Mar 2001	Programme and headlines updated. Number of hits updated.
19 Feb 2001	Programme and headlines updated. Guestbook and site search feature added to site map page. Asclepiad gallery split into two. Pages for Huernia bayeri and Stapelia divaricata added to the Asclepiad gallery. Text updated on the Huernia confusa page. Pages for Ariocarpus agavoides, Neoporteria gerocephala and Wilcoxia poselgeri added to the cactus gallery. Rebutia haagei v crassa added to the R. Haagei page. Pages for Drosanthemum hispidum and Ebracteola candida added to the Mesemb. gallery. Pages for Haworthia coarctata v chalwinii, H. nigra and H. truncata added to the General Succulent gallery. Picture of group of Haworthia species replaced and text updated on general Haworthia and H. retusa v dekenahii pages. Thumbnail sizes rationalised in modified galleries. Title added to Asclepiad cultivation page. References to Alan Craig amended. Number of hits updated.
14 Jan 2001	Headlines updated. January speaker and "today's date format" amended on the programme. Links page thoroughly updated.
03 Jan 2001	Various links updated. Christmas greetings page removed. Number of hits updated.
14 Dec 2000	2001 Programme added. 2000 programme added to "Previous Programmes" page. Headlines updated. Christmas greetings page added.
03 Dec 2000	Additional item added to programme. Headlines and number of hits updated.
23 Nov 2000	Branch attendance statistics corrected. Various links updated. Minor update to headlines.
12 Nov 2000	Headlines and number of hits updated. Committee and Branch statistics updated. Minor changes to wording on welcome page. Minor update to programme.
01 Nov 2000	Links to Amateur Digest and Filifoo's Cactus pages updated. Today's date added to current programme page. Hoya webring feature updated.
29 Oct 2000	Site moved to www.teessidecacti.org and several pages modified accordingly to accomodate the change. Particularly the deletion of the Rainforest Friends pages, the removal of the 'hit' counter and revisions to the mail form. After submitting a mail form, users are now directed via a confirmation page to the site map. In addition minor updates were made to many pages to correct minor typographical errors, aid clarity, and/or improve readability. Site map colours changed to assist in distinguishing Branch information pages. Headlines updated. Links to Rainforest Friends and Equafor moved to the "Miscellaneous Links" section. Link to Icones Cactearum Epiphyticum added.
07 Oct 2000	Headlines and programme updated. BCSS and CSSA URLs updated. Durham University Botanic Garden and National Science Week sections added to the Branch Gallery. Additional pictures added to the 'Open Days' section of the Branch Gallery. 'Sales' section of the Branch Gallery updated with additional pictures. Cactus Gallery enlarged (now in six parts) : picture of Astrophytum capricorne flower added; second picture of Astrophytum myriostigma added; Echinocereus knippelianus, Rebutia horstii,Sulcorebutia verticillacantha v aureiflora (LAU389), Thelocactus bicolor v bolaensis, Trichocereus hybrids, Uebelmannia pectinifera added. Hoya sp. (IPPS0166) added to the Hoya Gallery. Epiphytic Cactus Gallery corrected, the Lepismium pictures previously had their captions transposed, the Selenicereus pictured is now tentatively identified as S. spinulosus. Additional picture added to cultivation advice for seedraising.
14 Sept 2000	Current programme and headlines updated.
10 Aug 2000	Additional item added to current programme, programmes for 1982 and 1985 added, headlines updated, "About..." page re-organised, list of available talks updated.
04 July 2000	Additional habitat picture gallery (the Galapagos Islands) added, headlines updated, reciprocal link to "Scented Nectar" added.
20 June 2000	Additional item added to programme, headlines and list of committee members updated.
18 May 2000	Minor amendments to programme, headlines updated, link to Filifoo's Home Page Cactus Zone added. Pictures from the recent trip added to the Branch gallery. Stapelia grandiflora and S. leendertziae added to the Asclepiad gallery.
14 April 2000	Addition details added to event on 14 May 2000, headlines updated.
03 April 2000	Minor corrections, venue added to event on 14 May 2000, comment about the cactus webring added, headline about recent file errors added.
15 Mar 2000	Minor corrections, additional events added to year 2000 programme.
09 Mar 2000	Programme and headlines updated. Additional historical programmes added.
03 Mar 2000	Minor corrections, additional events added to year 2000 programme, the additional of Hoya Circle webring ring to Hoya Gallery page, gallery page colour changed to aid readability during loading
12 Feb 2000	Minor bug fixes and corrections, references to Apocynaceae added to Asclepiad pages, an extra talk added to the "speakers" page, headlines page updated, additional event added to year 2000 programme, the additional of links to the Hoya Circle webring.
31 Jan 2000	Major update with new features including Photo Galleries, better Links and a Site Map for easier navigation, plus the introduction of this Change Log.
(Various)	Minor updates, most notably the Branch programme and statistics.
16 Dec 1997	Web site first published.
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