Xerophilia

05/06/2020

Xerophilia magazine will no longer appear in the already known format.
In the last two years, the publication of the magazine - a quarterly magazine - has become, by force of circumstances, an annual publication.
Of course we are not happy and we believe that you, our readers, are just as unhappy with this. Fewer and fewer people are interested or have the time to devote themselves to writing articles in online magazines for the general public. Some write only in scientific journals, paying the price of months of waiting, before being published or even paying the price of receiving refusals after these months of uncertainty; others prefer to post photos on social networks, commenting here and there. It is much easier.
The general online magazines in our field had their moments of glory, after which they began to ... etiolate, more and more. Social networks are killing them slowly, just as surely as they have killed most cactus and succulent forums.
Thus, some faithful authors came to give us articles in time, with their usual promptness. Others are just late. There are also those who send us incomplete materials ... We write a summary, we build a page based on some photos and the text, well the text doesn't come. We do not admonish - everyone's work is voluntary and without any obligations to us, but we just want to give an explanation.
For these reasons we have come to the conclusion that we will move the magazine to another format: we will follow the principle of "first come, first served". At the end of the year we will build a volume with everything that appeared in the past year. Also, when it comes to long and complex articles or species descriptions, we will continue to publish special issues.
We hope that this system will satisfy more than the expectation of a magazine that does not seem to want to appear.

31/08/2019

We are online!

Searching for a hidden cactus; The cactus that disappeared and resurfaced; The beautiful surroundings of Tucson

12/03/2019

The photo below, by Pedro Najera, is taken from our journal without authorization from us or from the author.
http://xerophilia.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Xerophilia_-V_04_No_-314_November_2015.pdf

27/02/2019

It is for today! Our Special Issue 9 will be online in few hours. The article, written by our colleague Eduart Zimer, is about the tragedy caused by invasive plants in New Zealand, particularly in Banks Peninsula. Here you have the summary.

26/02/2019

A new Special issue is scheduled for February 28! Again a very interesting material about disastrous human intervention in native environments: invasive aliens in the flora of Banks Peninsula!

30/12/2018

Xerophilia No 24 is online. Enjoy!

Conophytum bilobum, Echinofossulocactus, Stenocactus, Mammillaria erythrosperma and other interesting topics in over 100 pages and tens of photographs

25/10/2018

Some friends, readers, fans, have asked us about when the 24th issue of Xerophilia will be online. Now I hope it will be soon...
Like a preview, I want to share with you the Editorial I have written in March:
"We are now in the seventh year since we started publishing Xerophilia. Its history may seem short, but when it comes to the speed of the online world, we can say that we have shown a certain steadiness compared to other stars that have dawned, shone, but have also rushed into twilight in the meantime. Do not wonder that I’m talking about the past! Since our last two or three issues, completing the summary became quite a challenge, if not a fight, and keeping to the editorial plan, almost an impossibility. Yes, of course, there are promises. Yes, of course, our long time collaborators remain equally benevolent. Yes, of course, the new collaborators are more kind and joyous than ever ... but there is an incredible distance between a promised article and published material. Therefore, exactly one year ago, I was wondering how to reschedule the articles planned for the end-of-year number. They seemed to be too many!
Now, at the end, I’m going to laugh: as far as they were supposed to be, in the end, “December issue” appeared at the beginning of February this year with a scarce number of pages. And now, the current number is suffering from the same disease. Today, when I am writing the editorial, I only know Xerophilia will appear sometime in an unknown future... Of course, delays are not a tragedy. Of course, as we expect to offer something to read, readers can expect to wait a bit until we gather all the material needed for a magazine. Of course, as one of our friends said, we should not be bothered by a delay of only one month, when other magazines are late now and again ... even a year! It is possible to be so and I am not contesting this, but for me, a publication that cannot respect its self-imposed deadlines is just the fantasy of some who want to be in the job. Will it be raining tomorrow? We do not know, but there is a chance for Xerophilia to appear! ... Seriously ...?
Dear readers, as Editor, I promise you that we will do everything in our power to continue. However, also as Editor, I underline that we will not turn a quarterly magazine, which for six years has emerged with minor deviations from a fixed publication date, in a magazine that appears as fluctuations of the unpredictable interpretations of Nostradamus quatrains.
Honestly, we want from our heart to continue. We have two special issues in preparation. We have many promises and even some good materials for the future. But we no longer have the certainty of tomorrow, as we had before. And if the next issue is an abortion, or born too late and too deformed, it will be the last. So, will Xerophilia become a falling star ...? Possible.
It depends only on those who want and can submit articles."

02/02/2018

At least Xerophilia No 23 is online!

Pe**te: worship and restriction, Mammillaria orcuttii, Ariocarpus and other interesting topics in 100 pages and tens of photographs

28/12/2017

We are sorry to announce you the airing of our 23rd issue is postpone for January 2018. Happy new year!

16/11/2017

Ca si prima editie, aceasta a doua publicare este scoasa in amintirea regetatului meu prieten Basarab "BB" Popa. In egala masura ea este un dar pentru fiul meu adoptiv Mihai Crisbasanu.

O abordare neconvențională despre cultura cactușilor - practică si teorie - în 334 de pagini A4 și peste 800 de fotografii