Mini-Show Results September, 2019

Cactus of the Month: Variegated Cactus. Succulent of the Month: Variegated Succulent.

Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Jim Tanner

Open Cactus

1st: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Opuntia vulgaris variegata
2nd: Gary Duke – Mammillaria hahniana
2nd: Gary Duke – Ferocactus wislizeni
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Opuntia Variegate
3rd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Opuntia Variegate

Open Succulent

1st: Laurel Woodley – Euphorbia milii ‘Fireworks’
2nd: Jim Gardner – Agave ‘Kichijokan’
2nd: Jim Gardner – Euphorbia lactea Crest Variegate
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Hoya kerrii variegata albo marginata
3rd: Jim Gardner – Agave ‘Snow Glow’

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Coni Nettles – Opuntia monacantha f. monstruosa variegata
2nd: Barnard Johnson – Opuntia vulgaris variegata

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Sally Fasteau – Cryptanthus bivittatus ‘Pink Star’
2nd: Sally Fasteau – Agave isthmensis medio alba
2nd: Coni Nettles – Sansevieria hahnii
3rd: Dale La Forest – Sansevieria kirkii ‘Silver Blue’
3rd: Coni Nettles – Agave ‘Kichiokan’

Novice Cactus

1st: Ted Johnson – Opuntia vulgaris variegata
2nd: Jim Tanner – Gymnocalycium mihanovichii ‘Moon Cactus’
3rd: Diane Cottrell – Opuntia monacantha

Novice Succulent

1st: Ted Johnson – Aloe brevifolia variegata
2nd: Diane Cottrell – Agave quadrifolia
3rd: Ted Johnson – Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

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

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

• Agave [a-GAH-vee]
  Noble, handsome.
• alba [AL-ba]
  White.
• Aloe [AL-oh]
  From the Arabic Alloeh.
• bivittatus [biv-it-TAY-tus]
  Two-banded.
• brevifolia [brev-ee-FOH-lee-uh]
  Short leaves.
• Cryptanthus [krip-TAN-thus]
  Hidden flower.
• Euphorbia [yoo-FOR-bee-uh]
  Named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania.
• fedtschenkoi [fed-tscheng-koh-eye]
  Named for Alexei Fedtschenko 19th century Russian botanist and plant collector.
• Ferocactus [fer-oh-KAK-tus]
  From the Latin ferus, (fierce) and cactus, referring to its heavy spines.
• Gymnocalycium [jim-no-kal-LISS-ee-um]
  From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kalyx (covering; calyx); the flower buds are naked.
• hahniana [hahn-ee-AY-na, hahn-ee-AH-na]
  Named for Hahn; the specific honoree is unknown.
• hahnii [HAHN-ee-eye]
  Named for Hahn; the specific honoree is unknown.
• Hoya [HOY-a]
  Named for Thomas Hoy, early 19th century botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland at Syon House.
• isthmensis [isth-MEN-sis]
  Of or from an isthmus, a narrow strip of land bounded by water on both sides (i.e., the Isthmus of Tehuantepec).
• Kalanchoe [kal-un-KOH-ee]
  From the Chinese name for one of the species.
• kerrii [KER-ee-eye]
  Named for Arthur Francis George Kerr, 20th century Irish physician and botanist in Thailand.
• kirkii [KIR-kee-eye]
  Named for Kirk; the person commemorated depends on the specific epithet.
• lactea [lak-TAY-uh]
  Milky.
• Mammillaria [mam-mil-AR-ee-uh]
  Nipple- or teat-like.
• marginata [mar-jen-AY-tuh, mar-jeh-NAH-tuh]
  Margined.
• mihanovichii [me-han-oh-VIK-ee-eye, my-han-oh-VIK-ee-eye]
  Named for Nicolas Mihanovich, 20th century Yugoslavian shipping magnate and patron of botany.
• milii [MIL-ee-eye]
  Named for M. le baron Milius, Governor of Isle Bourbon, present-day Isle de la Reunion (Reunion Island).
• monacantha [mon-ah-KANTH-uh]
  From the Greek monos (one, only) and akantha (thorn, spine).
• monstruosa [mon-stru-OH-sa]
  Strange, wonderful; monstrous; also spelled monstrosa.
• Opuntia [op-UN-shee-a, op-UN-tee-a]
  Named after Opus (Greece), an area where other cactus-like plants were grown.
• quadrifolia [kwad-ree-FOH-lee-uh]
  Four-leaved.
• Sansevieria [san-se-VEER-ee-uh]
  Named for Prince Raimond de Sansgrio de Sanseviero, 18th century patron of botanical expeditions.
• variegata [var-ee-GAY-tuh]
  Variegated.
• vulgaris [vul-GAIR-iss]
  Common.
• wislizeni [wis-LIZ-en-ee]
  Named for Frederick Adolf Wislizenus, 19th century German physician and amateur botanist who collected in the southwestern U.S..