Mini-Show Results July, 2019

Cactus of the Month: Matucana, Oroya. Succulent of the Month: Mesembs, NO Lithops or Conophytum.

Results submitted by: Jim Tanner
Photography by: Laurel Woodley

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Matucana celendinensis
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Matucana aurantiaca
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Matucana myriacantha
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Matucana hystrix
3rd: Gary Duke – Oroya peruviana

Open Succulent

1st: Jim Hanna – Trichodiadema bulbosum
2nd: Jim Hanna – Mestoklema arboriforme
2nd: Laurel Woodley – Faucaria tuberculosa
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Aloinopsis rubrolineata

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Sally Fasteau – Matucana weberbaueri

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Sally Fasteau – Aloinopsis lodewykii
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Machairophyllum brevifolium
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Faucaria tuberculosa ‘Sato’

Novice Cactus

1st: Diane Cottrell – Oroya
2nd: Terri Straub – Oroya
3rd: Terri Straub – Matucana madisoniorum

Novice Succulent

1st: Jacob Youssefzadeh – Dinteranthus pole-evansii
2nd: Martin Dorsey – Faucaria tigrina
3rd: M A Bjarkman – Fenestraria ‘baby toes’

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

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

• Aloinopsis [al-low-in-OP-sis]
  Aloe-like.
• aurantiaca [aw-ran-ti-AYE-kuh]
  Orange-red colored.
• brevifolium [brev-ee-FOH-lee-um]
  Short leaves.
• bulbosum [bul-BOH-sum]
  Bulbous.
• Faucaria [fow-KAR-ee-uh]
  Jaw or throat; referring to the leaves resembling an open mouth.
• Fenestraria [fen-es-TRAY-ree-uh]
  From the Latin fenestra (window), referring to the transparent area at the tip of the leaves.
• hystrix [HIS-triks]
  From the Greek word for hedgehog; bristly.
• Machairophyllum [mak-ee-ro-FILL-um]
  From the Greek machaira (dagger, sword) and phyllon (leaf).
• Matucana [mat-oo-KAN-uh]
  Named for the Pervuian city of the same name.
• Mestoklema [mes-toh-KLEM-uh]
  From the Greek words mestos (full) and klema (a small branch); dense branching.
• myriacantha [my-ree-uh-KAN-tha]
  From the Greek myrios (many) and kantha (spines).
• Oroya [or-ROY-uh]
  Named for La Oroya, near Lima (Peru).
• peruviana [per-u-vee-AN-uh]
  Of or from Peru.
• rubrolineata [roo-bro-lin-ee-AY-tuh]
  Red Lined.
• tigrina [tig-REE-nuh]
  Like a Tiger.
• Trichodiadema [try-koh-dy-uh-DEE-ma]
  From the Greek thirix (hair) and diadema (band around the head); referring to the crown of bristles on the leaf tips.
• weberbaueri [web-er-BAUER-eye]
  Named for August Weberbauer, 20th century German botanist who studied cactus from the Peruvian Andes.