Mini-Show Results July 17, 2022

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

Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Maria Capaldo – Matucana intertexta
2nd: Gary Duke – Matucana aurantiaca
3rd: Gary Duke – Matucana haynei

Open Succulent

1st: Maria Capaldo – Trichodiadema bulbosum
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Delosperma echinatum
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Pleiospilos simulans
3rd: Laurel Woodley – Aloinopsis schooneesii

Intermediate Cactus

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Lemono Lott – Mestoklema tuberosum
2nd: Bernard Johnson – Rhombophyllum ‘Elkhorn’, Hybrid
3rd: Lemono Lott – Mestoklema macrorrhizum

Novice Cactus

1st: Terri Straub – Oroya peruviana
2nd: Terri Straub – Matucana ritteri
3rd: Terri Straub – Matucana madisoniorum

Novice Succulent

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

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

• Aloinopsis [al-low-in-OP-sis]
  Aloe-like.
• aurantiaca [aw-ran-ti-AYE-kuh]
  Orange-red colored.
• Delosperma [del-oh-SPUR-muh]
  Obvious seed.
• echinatum [ek-in-AY-tum]
  Prickly.
• haynei [HAYN-ee-eye]
  For 19th century German botanist and pharmacist Friedrich G. Hayne.
• hybrid [HY-brid]
  A cross between two plants resulting in a plant that differs in one or more genes from the parent plants; sometimes Latinized to hybridus, -a, or -um.
• intertexta [in-ter-TEKS-tuh]
  Intertwined.
• macrorrhizum [mak-roh-RY-zum]
  Large root.
• 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.
• Oroya [or-ROY-uh]
  Named for La Oroya, near Lima (Peru).
• peruviana [per-u-vee-AN-uh]
  Of or from Peru.
• Pleiospilos [plee-oh-SPIL-os]
  Many spots.
• Rhombophyllum [rom-bo-FIL-lum]
  Rhomboid (diamond) shaped leaves.
• ritteri [RIT-ter-ee]
  Named for Friedrich Ritter, early 20th century German cactus collector.
• simulans [sim-YOO-lans]
  Similar, resembles.
• tuberosum [too-ber-OH-sum, tew-ber-OH-sum]
  Tuberous.