Mini-Show Results August, 2025

Cactus of the Month: Epithelantha, Frailea, Aztekium.
Succulent of the Month: Dyckia, Hechtia.

Click/tap here for help on viewing photos

Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Maria Capaldo – Frailea sp.
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Frailea pygmaea
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Epithelantha micromeris

Open Succulent

1st: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Dyckia platyphylla
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Dyckia Hybrid
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Dyckia Hybrid

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Terri Straub – Frailea sp.
2nd: Terri Straub – Frailea schilinzkyana subsp. schilinzkyana
3rd: Terri Straub – Frailea pumila

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Terri Straub – Dyckia ‘Kaz’
2nd: Lemono Lott – Dyckia platyphylla
3rd: Terri Straub – Hechtia epigyna

Novice Cactus

No entries.

Novice Succulent

No Entries.

LATIN LOOKUP – Loquerisne Latine (Do you speak Latin)?

The meanings of latin plant names on this page – from https://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/

• Dyckia [DY-kee-uh, DIK-ee-uh]
  Named for Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, 19th century botanist and author of book on succulents.
• epigyna [ep-ih-GY-na]
  From the Greek epi (over) and gyne (ovary).
• Epithelantha [ep-ith-el-LAN-tha]
  From the Greek epi (upon), thele (nipple), and anthos (flower); nipple-like flowers.
• Frailea [FRAY-lee-uh]
  Named for Manuel Fraile, 19th century Spanish gardener, responsible for the cactus collection of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• Hechtia [HEK-tee-uh]
  Named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht, 19th century counsellor to the King of Prussia.
• platyphylla [plat-TY-fil-uh]
  Broad leaved.
• pumila [POO-mil-uh]
  Small, dwarf.
• pygmaea [pig-MAY-uh]
  Dwarf.