Mini-Show Results January 13, 2019

Cactus of the Month: Mammillaria – Single Headed. Succulent of the Month: Lithops, Conophytum.

Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Jim Tanner

Open Cactus

1st: William Wilk – Mammillaria matudae
2nd: William Wilk – Mammillaria rhodantha
3rd: Jim Gardner – Mammillaria spinosissima

Open Succulent

1st: Maria Capaldo – Lithops hookeri
2nd: Laurel Woodley – Lithops sp.
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Lithops fulviceps aurea

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Sally Fasteau – Mammilloydia candida (= Mammillaria candida)
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Mammillaria spinosissima
2nd: Coni Nettles – Mammillaria hahniana
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Mammillaria

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Sally Fasteau – Lithops
2nd: Coni Nettles – Lithops salicola
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Lithops
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Lithops

Novice Cactus

1st: Nancy Mosher – Mammillaria marksiana
2nd: Nancy Mosher – Mammillaria mystax
2nd: Jim Tanner – Mammillaria uberiformis
3rd: Ted Johnson – Mammillaria ritteriana
3rd: Suzanne Sover – Mammillaria hahniana

Novice Succulent

1st: Nancy Mosher – Conophytum bilobum
2nd: Martha Bjerke – Lithops sp. viridis oliverlea
3rd: John Nisewanur – Lithops

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

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

• aurea [AW-re-uh]
  Golden flower.
• bilobum [bi-LOW-bum]
  Two lobes.
• candida [KAN-did-uh, kan-DEE-duh]
  White, glittering.
• Conophytum [koh-no-FY-tum]
  From the Grek konos (cone) and phyton (plant), referring to the cone shape of the plant.
• fulviceps [FUL-vih-keps, FUL-vih-seps]
  Tawny-headed.
• hahniana [hahn-ee-AY-na, hahn-ee-AH-na]
  Named for Hahn; the specific honoree is unknown.
• hookeri [HOOK-er-ee]
  Named for Sir William Jackson Hooker, 19th century botany professor & director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew; or his son Joseph Dalton Hooker, 19th century British botanist & plant collector.
• Lithops [LY-thops]
  Like stone.
• Mammillaria [mam-mil-AR-ee-uh]
  Nipple- or teat-like.
• marksiana [marks-ee-AH-na]
  Named for Dr. C.F. Marks, amateur plant collector in Queensland.
• mystax [MY-staks]
  From the Latin, meaning moustache.
• rhodantha [rho-DAN-tha]
  With rose-colored flowers.
• ritteriana [rit-ter-ee-AY-nuh]
  Named for Friedrich Ritter, early 20th century German cactus collector.
• salicola [sal-ih-KOH-luh]
  Salt-dweller.
• spinosissima [spin-oh-SIS-ee-muh]
  Most spiny, spiniest.