Mini-Show Results March, 2024

Cactus of the Month: Echinocereus. Succulent of the Month: Dudleya, Cotyledon.

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii
2nd: Gary Duke – Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. baileyi
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Echinocereus rigidissimus

Open Succulent

1st: Maria Capaldo – Dudleya pachyphytum × anthonyi
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Dudleya farinosa
2nd: Gary Duke – Dudleya pachyphytum
3rd: Gary Duke – Dudleya nesiotica
3rd: Gary Duke – Dudleya gnoma

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Bernard Johnson – Echinocereus reichenbachii
2nd: Terri Straub – Echinocereus triglochidiatus
3rd: Terri Straub – Echinocereus maritimus

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Bernard Johnson – Dudleya brittonii
2nd: Anita Caplan – Dudleya farinosa
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Dudleya brittonii
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Dudleya Hybrid

Novice Cactus

1st: Martin Dorsey – Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus

Novice Succulent

1st: Linda Ohara – Dudleya pachyphytum
2nd: Martin Dorsey – Dudleya gnoma
2nd: Martha Bjerke – Dudleya brittonii
3rd: Martha Bjerke – Dudleya brittonii

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

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

• anthonyi [anth-OH-nee-eye]
  For A. W. Anthony, 19th cntury American botanical collector.
• baileyi [BAY-lee-eye]
  1. Named for Frederick Manson Bailey, 19th century Australian botanist; or Frederick Marshman Bailey, 20th century explorer of Asia.
  2. Named for Vernon Bailey, 20th century cactus collector, or Liberty Hyde Bailey, 20th century American professor of Horticulture at Cornell University.
• brittonii [brit-TON-ee-eye]
  Named for Nathanial Lord Britton, or his wife Elizabeth Gertrude (Knight) Britton; both were early 20th century botanists.
• Dudleya [DUD-lee-yuh]
  Named for William Russel Dudley, 19th century botany professor at Stanford University in California (U.S.).
• Echinocereus [ek-in-oh-KER-ee-us, ek-in-oh-SER-ee-us]
  From the Greek echinos, (porcupine) and cereus, referring to the shape of the floral tube.
• farinosa [far-ih-NOH-suh]
  Mealy or powdery.
• gnoma [NOHM-uh]
  Dwarf.
• maritimus [muh-RIT-tim-mus, mar-ih-TEE-mus]
  Of or from the sea.
• nesiotica [nes-ee-OH-tih-kuh, nee-see-OH-tih-kuh]
  From the Greek nesos (island).
• pachyphytum [pak-ee-FY-tum]
  Thick plant.
• reichenbachii [ry-ken-BAHK-ee-eye]
  Named for Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 19th century German botanist, ornithologist, author and botanical artist.
• rigidissimus [rig-id-ISS-ih-mus]
  Very rigid, most rigid.
• rubispinus [roo-bih-SPIN-us]
  Red-colored spines.
• triglochidiatus [try-glo-ky-dee-AY-tus, try-glo-kid-ee-AY-tus]
  From the Greek tri (three) and glochis (a point), referring to the fruit of some species.