February 13th at 7pm PST
Redlands Church of the Nazarene
1307 East Citrus Avenue
Redlands, CA 92374
Speaker Biography
Tom McCoy, born in Long Beach, California, developed a deep passion for natural history from a young age, collecting fossils, seashells, reptiles, birds, and plants. His love for botany led him to travel extensively across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Arabia, and Madagascar. For over 30 years, McCoy has lived in Saudi Arabia, balancing his career with a focus on the genus Aloe. He has published extensively on the subject, naming over 50 species, and maintains one of the world’s largest documented live collections of Aloe. McCoy is also an accomplished aviculturist and bibliophile. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and holds memberships in numerous scientific organizations, including the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Botanical Society of America.
Program Description: “The Aloes of Saudi Arabia”
Tom will be speaking about the aloes native to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and his personal experiences with them. He has been researching and visiting aloes in Saudi Arabia for almost 35 years, and during that time he has even had the good fortune to discover and describe several species new to science.He has published many scientific articles related to this subject and wrote the book The Aloes of Arabia.
Gates Cactus and Succulent Society 