Mini-Show Results September, 2023

Cactus of the Month: Ariocarpus, Obregonia. Succulent of the Month: Adenium, Adenia.

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Ariocarpus fissuratus
2nd: Gary Duke – Ariocarpus retusus
3rd: Gary Duke – Ariocarpus scaphirostrus

Open Succulent

1st: Gary Duke – Adenia spinosa
2nd: Jim Gardner – Adenium obesum ‘Shada’
2nd: Jim Gardner – Adenium arabicum
3rd: Laurel Woodley – Adenium arabicum

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Bernard Johnson – Ariocarpus fissuratus

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Mike Short – Adenium obesum
2nd: Anita Caplan – Adenium multiflorum
3rd: Anita Caplan – Adenium arabicum ‘Fat Guy’ × ‘Squat’

Novice Cactus

Novice Succulent

1st: Shane Mullen – Adenium socotranum
2nd: John Nisewaner – Adenium obesum
3rd: John Nisewaner – Adenium multiflorum
3rd: Braulio Mena – Adenium obesum

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

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

• Adenia [a-DEE-nee-uh, a-DEN-ee-uh]
  Named for Aden, a small country south of Saudi Arabia, where the species is native.
• Adenium [a-DEE-nee-um]
  Named for Aden, a small country south of Saudi Arabia, where the species is native.
• arabicum [a-RAB-ih-kum]
  Of or from Arabia.
• Ariocarpus [ar-ree-oh-KAR-pus]
  From the Greek aria (sorb) and karpos (fruit), referring to the similarity to the fruit of the Ario genus.
• fissuratus [fis-zhur-RAY-tus]
  From the Latin fissura, to split or crack.
• multiflorum [mul-tih-FLOR-um]
  Many flowers.
• obesum [oh-BEE-sum]
  Fat.
• retusus [re-TOO-sus]
  Rounded and notched tip.
• scaphirostris [skay-fee-ROS-tris]
  From the Greek skaphe (boat) and the Latin rostrum (beak); in reference to the shape of the tubercle tips.
• socotranum [so-koh-TRAY-num]
  Of Socotra, a Yemen island in the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.
• spinosa [spy-NO-suh]
  With spines.