Mini-Show Results September, 2025

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

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Photography by: Mike Short
Results submitted by: Terri Straub

Open Cactus

1st: Gary Duke – Ferocactus wislizeni
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – Opuntia monacantha
3rd: Gary Duke – Myrtillocactus geometrizans, crested

Open Succulent

1st: Laurel Woodley – Euphorbia milii ‘Fireworks’
2nd: Phyllis DeCrescenzo – × Gasteraloe ‘Green Gold’
2nd: Gary Duke – Echeveria ‘Lenore Dean’
3rd: Maria Capaldo – Haworthiopsis limifolia

Intermediate Cactus

1st: Martin Dorsey – Astrophytum myriostigma
2nd: Anita Caplan – Opuntia monacantha

Intermediate Succulent

1st: Terri Straub – Gasteria ‘Little Warty’
2nd: Terri Straub – Gasteria Hybrid
3rd: Anita Caplan – Aeonium ‘Sunburst’, crested

Novice Cactus

Novice Succulent

1st: Liz Ying – Euphorbia mammillaris
2nd: Liz Ying – Dracaena ‘Golden Hahnii’

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

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

• Astrophytum [ass-troh-FY-tum]
  From the Greek astro (star) and phyto (plant).
• Dracaena [dra-SEE-nah]
  Dragon.
• Echeveria [ech-eh-VER-ee-a, ech-eh-ver-EE-a]
  Named for Anastasio Echeverria y Godoy, 18th century Spanish botanist.
• Euphorbia [yoo-FOR-bee-uh]
  Named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania.
• Ferocactus [fer-oh-KAK-tus]
  From the Latin ferus, (fierce) and cactus, referring to its heavy spines.
• Gasteria [gas-TAIR-ee-uh]
  From gaster, (belly, stomach); referring to swollen base on flower.
• geometrizans [jee-oh-MET-rih-zans]
  Geometric; having markings in a formal pattern.
• limifolia [lim-ih-FOH-lee-uh]
  From the Latin limes (file), referring to the acicular or linear leaves.
• mammillaris [mam-mil-LAIR-iss]
  Having nipples or breasts.
• milii [MIL-ee-eye]
  Named for M. le baron Milius, Governor of �le Bourbon, present-day �le de la R�union (Reunion Island).
• monacantha [mon-ah-KANTH-uh]
  From the Greek monos (one, only) and akantha (thorn, spine).
• myriostigma [my-ree-oh-STIG-muh]
  From the Greek myrios (many, countless) and stigma (thorn, point).
• Myrtillocactus [mir-til-oh-KAK-tus]
  From the Greek myrtillus (small myrtle) and cactus; referring to the myrtle-like fruits.
• Opuntia [op-UN-shee-a, op-UN-tee-a]
  Named after Opus (Greece), an area where other cactus-like plants were grown.
• wislizeni [wis-LIZ-en-ee]
  Named for Frederick Adolf Wislizenus, 19th century German physician and amateur botanist who collected in the southwestern U.S..