Mini-Show Results July, 2023

Cactus of the Month: Melocactus.
Succulent of the Month: Bromeliaceae (other than Tillandsia).

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Sally Fasteau – Melocactus conoideus
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Melocactus ernestii
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Melocactus matanzanus

Open Succulent

1st: Maria Capaldo – Dyckia marnier-lapostollei
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Dyckia Hybrid
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Deuterocohnia brevifolia
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Dyckia ‘White Whiskers’

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Bernard Johnson – Melocactus matanzanus
2nd: Terri Straub – Melocactus violaceus
3rd: Terri Straub – Melocactus curvispinus

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Anita Caplan – Deuterocohnia brevifolia
2nd: Bernard Johnson – Dyckia Bill Baker Hybrid
2nd: Jackie Johnson – Guzmania sanguinea
3rd: Anita Caplan – Dyckia Hybrid
3rd: Jackie Johnson – Neoregelia ‘Milagro’

Novice Cactus

No Entries.

Novice Succulent

1st: Carlos Aburto – Dyckia Hybrid
2nd: Carlos Aburto – Billbergia ‘Darth Vader’
2nd: Martha Bjerke – Dyckia ‘Brittle Star’
3rd: Martha Bjerke – Dyckia remotiflora

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

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

• Billbergia [bil-BERG-a]
  Named for Gustav Johannes Billberg, 19th century Swedish botanist.
• brevifolia [brev-ee-FOH-lee-uh]
  Short leaves.
• conoideus [ko-NOY-dee-us, ko-no-ID-ee-us]
  Cone-like.
• Deuterocohnia [doo-ter-oh-KON-ee-uh]
  Second Cohnia (acknowledging the existing genus Cohnia); named for Ferdinand Julius Cohn, 19th century German botanist.
• Dyckia [DY-kee-uh, DIK-ee-uh]
  Named for Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, 19th century botanist and author of book on succulents.
• Guzmania [guz-MAN-ee-uh]
  Named for Anastasio Guzman, an 18th century Spanish naturalist.
• Melocactus [mel-oh-KAK-tus]
  From the Greek melo (apple-shaped melon) and cactus; refers to the shape of these cacti.
• Neoregelia [nee-oh-reg-EL-ee-uh, nee-oh-re-JEE-lee-uh]
  New Regelia (genus named for Eduard August von Regel, 19th century German botanist superintendent of the botanic garden at St. Petersburg, Russia).
• remotiflora [re-mo-tee-FLOR-uh]
  Flowers apart from each other, presumably on stems.
• sanguinea [san-GWIN-ee-a]
  Blood red.
• violaceus [vy-oh-LAH-see-us, vy-oh-LAH-say-us]
  Violet-colored.