Mini-Show Results March, 2025

Cactus of the Month: Thelocactus
Succulent of the Month: Aeonium and Greenovia

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Thelocactus bicolor
2nd: Gary Duke – Thelocactus macdowellii
3rd: Gary Duke – Thelocactus hastifer
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Thelocactus bicolor

Open Succulent

1st: Laurel Woodley – Aeonium ‘Sunburst’, crested
2nd: Laurel Woodley – Aeonium ‘Kokino’
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Aeonium ‘Short Black’
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Aeonium tabulaeforme
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Aeonium ‘Schwarzkopf’

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Terri Straub – Thelocactus rinconensis
2nd: Terri Straub – Thelocactus macdowellii
3rd: Anita Kaplan – Thelocactus macdowellii

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Bonnie Ikemura – Aeonium ‘Mardi Gras’
2nd: Mike Short – Aeonium lavronosii-newtonii
2nd: Anita Caplan – Aeonium ‘Sunburst’, crested
3rd: Anita Caplan – Aeonium ‘Sunburst’
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Aeonium

Novice Cactus

Novice Succulent

1st: Martha Bjerke – Aeonium
2nd: Martha Bjerke – Aeonium goochiae

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

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

• Aeonium [ee-OH-nee-um]
  An ancient name used by Dioscorides for one of the species in the genus.
• bicolor [BY-kul-ur]
  Of two colors.
• goochiae [GEW-chee-ay]
  For Mrs. Gooch, maiden name of the mother of 19th century English naturalist and geologist Philip B. Webb.
• tabulaeforme [tab-yoo-LAY-form-ee]
  Variant of tabuliforme, meaning formed like a tablet or flat shaped.
• Thelocactus [thel-oh-KAK-tus]
  From the Greek theles (nipple) and cactus.