Mini-Show Results January, 2020

Cactus of the Month: Mammillaria straight spine (clumping). Succulent of the Month: Aloe.

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Jim Tanner

Open Cactus

1st: Jim Gardner – Mammillaria geminispina
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Mammillaria orcuttii
2nd: Gary Duke – Mammillaria crucigera ssp. tlalocii
3rd: Gary Duke – Mammillaria geminispina
3rd: Jim Gardner – Mammillaria hahniana

Open Succulent

1st: Gary Duke – Aloe castilloniae
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Aloe dorotheae
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Aloe ‘Safari Rose’
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Aloe ‘Jeff Karsner’
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Aloe ‘Prime Time’

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Coni Nettles – Mammillaria gracilis
2nd: Coni Nettles – Mammillaria spinosissima
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Mammillaria plumosa

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Bernard Johnson – Aloe ‘Hellskloof Bells’
2nd: Coni Nettles – Aloe castilloniae
2nd: Ted Johnson – Aloe sp.
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Aloe KG hybrid
3rd: Ted Johnson – Aloe brevifolia variegata

Novice Cactus

1st: Jim Tanner – Mammillaria spinosissima
2nd: Diane Cottrell – Mammillaria gracilis fragilis
3rd: Jacob Youssefzadeh – Mammillaria carmenae
3rd: MA Bjarkman – Mammillaria

Novice Succulent

1st: Jacob Youssefzadeh – Aloe conifera
2nd: Martin Dorsey – Aloe laeta
2nd: Jacob Youssefzadeh – Aloe rauhii
3rd: John Nisewanur – Aloe
3rd: John Nisewanur – Aloe

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

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

• Aloe [AL-oh]
  From the Arabic Alloeh.
• brevifolia [brev-ee-FOH-lee-uh]
  Short leaves.
• carmenae [KAR-men-ay]
  For Professor Carmen Gonzalez Castaneda, wife of 20th century cactus enthusiast M. Castaneda.
• conifera [koh-NIH-fer-uh]
  From the Latin, cone-bearing.
• crucigera [kru-SEE-ger-a]
  Cross-bearer.
• dorotheae [dor-uh-THEE-ay]
  Named for Dr. Dorothea Christina van Huyssteen.
• fragilis [FRAJ-ih-liss]
  Brittle.
• geminispina [jem-in-ih-SPIN-uh]
  Having twin or many spines.
• gracilis [GRASS-il-is]
  Graceful; slender.
• hahniana [hahn-ee-AY-na, hahn-ee-AH-na]
  Named for Hahn; the specific honoree is unknown.
• laeta [LEE-tuh, LAY-tuh]
  Happy, vivid.
• Mammillaria [mam-mil-AR-ee-uh]
  Nipple- or teat-like.
• orcuttii [or-KUT-ee-eye]
  Named for Charles Russell Orcutt, early 20th century American plant collector in the western desert areas.
• plumosa [plum-OH-suh]
  Has plume or feather.
• rauhii [RAU-ee-eye]
  Named after Werner Rauh, 20th century German professor of Botany at the University of Heidelberg, and plant collector.
• spinosissima [spin-oh-SIS-ee-muh]
  Most spiny, spiniest.
• variegata [var-ee-GAY-tuh]
  Variegated.