by Diane Hall Elections were held at the December 8 RGVC TMN meeting…drum roll, please… Robert Gaitan was elected President, Carolyn Cardile will be our new Secretary, and the rest of the officers remain the same. The President will appoint Directors and Standing Committee Chairs. Diane Hall is continuing as the new Chachalaca Editor.

Painted leaf, fire on the mountain, Mexican fire plant, Texas poinsettia, wild poinsettia. By whatever name you know it, Euphorbiaceae cyathophóra is a North and South American native and cousin to the commercially important December poinsettias.