Mini-Show Results May 14th, 2017

Cactus of the Month: Mammillaria (clumping), Succulent of the Month: Euphorbia (African, not from Madagascar)

Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Jim Tanner

Open Cactus

1st: Jim Gardner – Mammillaria parkinsonii
2nd: Gary Duke – Mammillaria geminispina
2nd: Gary Duke – Mammillaria crinita f. monstrosa
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Mammillaria bocasana

Open Succulent

1st: Jim Hanna – Euphorbia stellata
2nd: Jim Gardner – Euphorbia lactea f. cristata
2nd: Maria Capaldo – Euphorbia pubiglans
3rd: Laurel Woodley – Euphorbia schoenlandii

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Dale LaForest – Mammillaria bocasana
2nd: William Wilk – Mammillaria karwinskiana subsp. collinsii
2nd: William Wilk – Mammillaria plumosa
3rd: Dale LaForest – Mammillaria geminispina

Intermediate Succulent

1st: William Wilk – Euphorbia horrida var. striata
2nd: William Wilk – Euphorbia meloformis subsp. valida
3rd: Mike Short – Euphorbia anoplia

Novice Cactus

1st: M.A. Bjarkman – Mammillaria decipiens
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Mammillaria bocasana
3rd: Sally Fasteau – Mammillaria plumosa
3rd: M.A. Bjarkman – Mammillaria plumosa

Novice Succulent

1st: Sally Fasteau – Euphorbia mammillaris f. variegata
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Euphorbia bupleurifolia
3rd: Bernard Johnson – Euphorbia – Medusoid Hybrid

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

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

• anoplia [a-NO-plee-uh]
  Without a spine; spineless.
• bocasana [bo-ka-SAY-na, bo-ka-SAH-na]
  Named for the Sierra de Bocas Mountain range in Mexico.
• bupleurifolia [boo-plur-ih-FOH-lee-uh]
  Having foliage like Bupleurum (genus name meaning ox-rib, given to another plant).
• crinita [krin-EE-tuh]
  Long hair.
• decipiens [de-SIP-ee-enz]
  Deceptive, false.
• Euphorbia [yoo-FOR-bee-uh]
  Named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania.
• geminispina [jem-in-ih-SPIN-uh]
  Having twin or many spines.
• horrida [HOR-id-uh, hor-ID-uh]
  Prickly, bristly.
• lactea [lak-TAY-uh]
  Milky.
• Mammillaria [mam-mil-AR-ee-uh]
  Nipple- or teat-like.
• mammillaris [mam-mil-LAIR-iss]
  Having nipples or breasts.
• plumosa [plum-OH-suh]
  Has plume or feather.
• schoenlandii [skoen-LAND-ee-eye]
  Named for Dr. Selmar Schonland (Schoenland), 20th century distinguished botanist in South Africa, where the Rhodes University herbarium and botany department are named in his honour.
• stellata [stell-AY-tuh]
  With spreading star-like rays,starry.
• striata [stree-AH-tuh]
  Striped or fluted.
• valida [val-EE-duh, VAL-ih-duh]
  Well-developed.
• variegata [var-ee-GAY-tuh]
  Variegated.