Mini-Show Results February, 2024

Cactus of the Month: Coryphantha, Pelecyphora (=Escobaria), Acharagma, Cochemiea, Sclerocactus
Succulent of the Month: Gasteria and hybrids

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Cochemiea maritima
2nd: Gary Duke – Pelecyphora strobiliformis
3rd: Gary Duke – Cochemiea halei

Open Succulent

1st: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Gasteria obliqua Hybrid
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – × Gasteraloe ‘Green Gold’
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Gasteria Hybrid
3rd: Gary Duke – Gasteria batesiana

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Terri Straub – Coryphantha pycnacantha
2nd: Terri Straub – Coryphantha cornifera
3rd: Terri Straub – Coryphantha pycnacantha

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Mike Short – Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
2nd: Mike Short – Gasteria batesiana
2nd: Mike Short – Gasteria batesiana
3rd: Anita Caplan – Gasteria ‘Little Warty’
3rd: Terri Straub – Gasteria glomerata

Novice Cactus

1st: Martin Dorsey – Coryphantha elephantidens ‘Tanshi Zougemaru’
2nd: Liz Ying – Coryphantha
3rd: Joe Tillotson – Coryphantha octacantha

Novice Succulent

1st: Martin Dorsey – Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii
2nd: Braulio Mena – × Gasteraloe ‘Green Ice’
3rd: Martin Dorsey – Gasteria rawlinsonii
3rd: Martha Bjerke – × Gasteraloe

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

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

• armstrongii [arm-STRONG-ee-eye]
  Named for Joseph Beattie Armstrong, 20th century plant collector from Kew who botanized in New Zealand with his father, Joseph Armstrong.
• batesiana [bate-see-AH-nuh, bate-see-AY-nuh]
  Named for George Latimer Bates, 20th century American ornithologist and botanist in West Africa..
• carinata [kar-IN-uh-tuh]
  Keeled.
• Cochemiea [ko-ke-MEE-a]
  From the name of an Indian tribe that inhabited southern California, where the plants are native.
• Coryphantha [kor-ry-FAN-tha, kor-rif-AN-tha]
  From the Greek koryphe (summit, top), and anthos (flower), referring to the position of the flowers on these cacti.
• elephantidens [el-ef-FANT-id-enz]
  Elephant’s tooth.
• Gasteria [gas-TAIR-ee-uh]
  From gaster, (belly, stomach); referring to swollen base on flower.
• glomerata [glahm-er-AH-tuh]
  Clustered.
• maritima [muh-RIT-tim-muh, mar-ih-TEE-muh]
  Of or from the sea.
• nitida [NI-ti-duh]
  Shiny, glossy.
• obliqua [oh-BLIK-wuh]
  Diagonal.
• octacantha [ok-ta-KANTH-a]
  From the Greek okto (eight) and �kantha (thorn, spine, or spike).
• Pelecyphora [pay-lay-SIGH-for-uh]
  From the Greek pelekus (hatchet) and phoros (bearing), referring to the shape of the tubercles.
• strobiliformis [stroh-bil-IF-form-iss]
  From the Greek strobil, meaning cone-like shape.
• verrucosa [ver-oo-KO-suh]
  Wart-like.