PRICKLY NEWS SOUTH COAST & SUCCULENT SOCIETY NEWSLETTER | APRIL 2021

Karen ZOOM PRESENTATION SHARE YOUR GARDEN OR YOUR FAVORITE Ostler Sunday, April 14 @ 1:30 pm

“Staging”

Happy Spring! The cactus potting season is upon us. It is time to repot and spruce up Email me with photos of your garden and/or those plants that no longer fit their that we can publish as a way of staying connected. containers. [email protected] Our upcoming meeting will give you some special tips on potting and staging your plants. I always enjoy Karen Ostler’s approach to staging To learn more visit southcoastcss.org and I hope you will also. Like us on our facebook page CALL FOR PHOTOS Please E-mail photos of your favorite cacti and/or succulents to me at Follow us on Instagram, _sccss_ [email protected] by April 9th so I may present them at the upcoming Zoom meeting. If you have a plant in the ground or want to share IN THIS ISSUE your garden, those photos are also welcome.

Please join in on Sunday, April 11th at 1 PM for PRESENTER OF THE MONTH 2 social half hour and 1:30 PM for the presentation. WHAT’S IN YOUR GARDEN? 3 TIP OF THE MONTH 6 Stay well and keep in touch! MINI-SHOW PLANT CALENDAR 8 MARIA CAPALDO MINISHOW SUCCULENT WINNERS 9 MINISHOW CACTUS WINNERS 13 LATIN LOOKUP 16 MINI SHOW MARCH PLANTS 18 MINI SHOW STANDINGS 24 CANCELLED EVENTS 25 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 25

1 APRIL SCCSS Presenter of the month

“Staging”

BY KAREN OSTLER

Karen has been growing cactus since she got her first ‘real’ cactus, a Gymnocalycium friedrichii, now G. stenopleurum, in the spring of 1979. That same year, in the fall, she purchased 6 Mammillarias in 2 1/2” pots. She still has two of those plants; M. albilanata ssp. tegelbergiana and M. lloydii.

In the years since she has been involved with both the CSSA and Intercity Shows as a general helper, and has been Show Chair for the Sunset Succulent Society for at least the last 15 years.

Originally, she was living and growing both cactus and succulents in the San Fernando Valley but since moving to the high desert, she decided to concentrate on growing cactus only. She is focused on Ariocarpus and related genera, Mammillarias, North and South American Opuntias, and Gymnocalyciums.

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What’s in your garden?

Garden by Anita and Bob Caplan

Garden by Joe Tillotson

Euphorbia

Thank you for sharing! What’s in your garden?

Garden by Gretchen Davis [email protected] share by March 13, 2021

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What’s in your garden?

Aloe jucunda by Sonita Bandad variegata by Sonita Bandad

Euphorbia bupleurifolia by Sally Fasteau

Thank you for sharing! Haworthiopsis venosa ssp. tessellata by Sonita Bandad What’s in your garden? [email protected] share by April 9, 2021

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What’s in your garden?

Garden by Jim Gardner

Aloe castenaea

Aloe castenaea close up

Thank you for sharing! What’s in your garden?

Aloe castenaea flower [email protected] share by April 9, 2021

5 COURTESY OF ANNIE MORGAN Adopted from her article in the Oct 2019 Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society Newsletter

Tip of the Month

SHOWING AS A NOVICE – JUST JUMP RIGHT IN! THE BASICS OF SHOWING YOUR PLANTS & HOW JUDGING WORKS By Annie Morgan

Exhibiting plants in a show is overall fun, • However, a more common but beautifully educational, and yes perhaps a bit nerve racking grown plant may take the prize over a rare the first time, as you show specimens which but not-quite-perfect plant, especially as a you have groomed to perfection for their public novice. appearance. The joy of winning your first show STAGING ribbons is thrilling, so don’t wait another year! • Staging is the term for how the plant WHAT MAKES A SHOW-WORTHY is displayed, the pot’s top dressing, rocks PLANT? (optional) and cleanliness. Pots may be ordinary clay, stoneware, ceramic, or plastic Below is basic information about judging (not desirable in shows in the US), but guidelines and how to prepare your plants. they must be in excellent condition The judging criteria most often followed in (no chips or cracks) and they must be clean. shows is: The pot should be of a complementary size, Condition, size, degree of maturity, shape, and color for the plant. Remember, difficulty of cultivation = 80% you are displaying the plant, not the pot - Staging = 15% Nomenclature = 5%. the pot should always subtly enhance the CONDITION plant. The judges will, however, take the • The overall condition of a plant shows its overall effect into consideration. general growth. How well has it been grown • Top dressing is highly recommended and and cared for? Is the plant etiolated (leggy adds to the well-groomed effect. It may from too much shade and/or fertilizer)? Is it consist of clean gravel, small, natural-looking sunburned, scarred, discolored, or diseased? pebbles, lava rock, coarse sand or decomposed Is the growth uniform? Are there signs of granite. Here again, it should never detract mealybugs, scale, or ants? from or clash with the plant! Bare soil does not show well. SIZE/MATURITY • In addition, the plant itself should be as • Novices will not be expected to have fully immaculate as you can make it! mature plants and will start by showing See below. smaller plants. Over time they will grow into handsome, mature specimens as your skills NOMENCLATURE improve. But don’t let this stop you from • This is labeling the plant with the correct showing now! botanical name (including spelling) and when • Rarity, and how difficult the plant is in in doubt, it is better to label it - for example cultivation, are also factors in judging, - simply Mammillaria , rather than an especially when all other points are virtually erroneous specific name, or worse, an unclear equal. As your skills improve, choosing rarer common name such as “Pincushion Cactus.” plants to grow will give you better chances of winning.

6 COURTESY OF ANNIE MORGAN Adopted from her article in the Oct 2019 PALOMAR CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY Newsletter

Tip of the Month

HOW TO POT A PLANT TO SHOW – i.e. staging your plant

1 – Choose a plant that is healthy and attractive crannies around the plant so that the soil is looking. For showing, you may only have not showing, using a spoon or small scoop one plant in one pot, unless you are is helpful, as is a small artist brush. entering it as a dish garden. Make sure none is stuck between leaves. 2 – Choose a pot that will enhance the plant, 6 – Final Preparation: - helpful tools - extra or at least not distract.The plant should long 12” tweezers, a paint brush - ¼, ½, be at least 2/3 the diameter of the pot. or 1”, a spray bottle of water Colorful pots are okay if they don’t draw - gently spritz your plant with water to get all the attention. Try setting your plant rid of any dust from the top dressing or any in several different size and shape pots that is on the plant and then choose one that shows off - if your plant needs watering do so several the plant best. days before the show so that it will not 3 – Plant your pot as usual, and leave about leak on the show table As is my nature, 2/3” of room above the soil line to add I jumped right in showing 10 plants after top dressing. The root section may be being a member less than 6 months and partly covered with the top dressing was amazed at how easy, fun, and successful in place of soil. Your plant should be it was. Don’t be shy - just give it a try! As a approximately centered in the pot unless NOVICE, your plants WILL be smaller and you will be adding rocks. less mature, but can still be show worthy. Don’t let decades old show plants scare you 4 – If the plant needs cleaning - do so. Remove off, we all start somewhere. You will be dead leaves, extra soil, bugs and plant amazed at how fast your collection grows in debris, etc. from between and under the size and quality once you get started. leaves. There should be NO spider webs, So, RIGHT NOW snail tracks, dust, debris, etc., and it should – go choose your favorite plants and get be cleaned of hard water marks on the them ready to show with confidence! leaves or body. Relax, enjoy the process! What do you have 5 – Now add any rock decoration (not top to lose? dressing yet) that complements the plant. Don’t let them detract from the beauty of the plant. (Do a Google search using the term “staging succulent show plants” and study the wealth of photo examples.) Now carefully add top dressing, about a ½” layer. Subtle colors are recommended, again you want to complement, not detract. Get the top dressing in all the nooks and

7 2021 SCCSS Mini-ShowMini - Show Calendar Plant Calendar

MAY JUNE 2021 2021 South Coast APRIL Cactus & Succulent Society YOUR FAVORITE CACTUS and SUCCULENTS JULY AUG 2021 2021

Mini-Show Plants for 2021

April 2021 Your favorite Cactus (POM) Your favorite Succulent (POM)

May 2021 Coryphantha, Escobaria, Acharagma Dudleya, Cotyledon

June 2021 Gymnocalycium Pachypodium

July 2021 Lobivia, Echinopsis Sansevieria

August 2021 , Leuchtenbergia Stapeliads (, , Orbea)

September 2021 Discocactus, Uebelmania Kalanchoe

October 2021 Miniature (3 inches or less) Miniature (3 inches or less)

November 2021 North American Columnar Cacti Senecio (Saguaro, Cereus, etc.)

December 2021 HOLIDAY POTLUCK??? HOLIDAY POTLUCK???

January 2022 Mammillaria single headed Lithops, Conophytum

February 2022 Stenocactus, Echinofossulocactus Euphorbia from Madagascar

March 2022 Thelocactus Aeonium, Greenovia

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APRIL Succulent and Cactus WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

April is usually our Show & Sale so we do not assign Cactus Pick a pot that complements and enhances the plant. or Succulent of the Month genera. There being no Show The plant should be placed in the pot so that there is a & Sale this year we decided that we would make the Plants natural front and back with some space between the pot of the Month be “My Favorite Cactus” and “My Favorite and the plant. Add rocks as needed to decorate the plant Succulent”. and/or stabilize it. Finally place top dressing that brings out a color in the plant so that it too is complementary As you probably know the need for social distancing has to both the plant and the pot. meant that our monthly meetings are now virtual via Zoom. At our virtual meetings we show the photos of the Photographing the plant to show off the plant at its best Cactus and Succulent of the Month that members have sent is also important. If you have a good android or I-phone in. They are not judged, we add one mini show point per camera, this is fine. Otherwise the photo should be taken photo but a maximum of two points per member. with a high resolution digital camera. It is best to place the plant in a place by itself to minimize distraction behind or To be aligned with this month’s speaker’s topic “Staging” beside the plant. Place a background that does not compete we ask that the photos you submit be of your favorite plants with the plant. Above all, before taking the photo, clean that are nicely staged like they would be in an in-person the plant and make sure it is free of cobwebs, insects, dried show. They do not have to be recent photos. leaves, etc. (if it is newly planted for show, you would have done this already). Position the plant so that it is in the best Staging involves using ONE plant per pot (unless you are light. Sometimes, an overcast day makes the best outdoor creating a dish garden). photo by eliminating shadow.

SUCCULENT CATEGORY

Winner Novice Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Diane Cottrell Jade Neely Martin Dorsey Gary Duke Echeveria ‘Neon Breakers’ Pelargonium alternans Adromischus marianae f. herrei Adromischus marianae var. immaculatus

Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Sally Fasteau Laurel Woodley Coni Nettles Judy Unrine Cryptanthus bivittatus ‘Pink Star’ Euphorbia milii ‘Fireworks’ cymbiformis Haworthia

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APRIL SUCCULENT WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

SUCCULENT CATEGORY

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Laurel Woodley Jackie Johnson Maria Capaldo Jackie Johnson Hoodia raushii Aloe Aloe dorotheae isthmensis medio-picta

Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Sally Fasteau Jim Hanna Laurel Woodley Jade Neely Agave applanata ‘Cream Spike’ Yucca desmetiana Dudleya virens Pachypodium succulentum x bispinosum

Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Open Succulent Phyllis DeCrescenzo Mike Short Gary Duke Maria Capaldo Echeveria gibbiflora crenulata Echeveria ‘Doris Taylor’ baylissiana Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Lillian True’

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Jim Hanna Phyllis DeCrescenzo Martha Bjerke Mike Short

Opercularia decaryi Adromischus cristatus Adromischus marianae Haworthia ‘Big Band’

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APRIL SUCCULENT WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

SUCCULENT CATEGORY

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Jim Gardner William Wilk Sally Fasteau M.A. Bjarkman Haworthia viscosa Aloe ‘Sunset’ Aloe harlana Cyphostemma juttae ‘Fat Bastard’

Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Jade Neely William Wilk Sally Fasteau Coni Nettles Agave ‘Royal Spine’ Euphorbia horrida var. striata Lithops Gasteria ‘Green Ice’

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Open Succulent Maria Capaldo William Wilk Jim Hanna Phyllis DeCrescenzo

Lithops Adenium obesum ‘Cherry Bomb’ Adenium arabicum Stapelia gigantea

Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Open Succulent Bernard Johnson Terri Straub Anita Caplan Jim Gardner Aloe ‘Hellskloof Bells’ Crassula perforata Fockea edulis Bursera fagaroides

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APRIL SUCCULENT WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

SUCCULENT CATEGORY

Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Sally Fasteau Coni Nettles Phyllis DeCrescenzo Mike Short Sansevieria ‘Ed Eby’ Pachypodium lamerei Agave lophantha ‘Quadricolor’ Kalanchoe marmorata

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Jim Gardner Sally Fasteau Ted Johnson Jim Hanna Gasteria ‘Green Ice’ Senecio haworthii Senecio haworthii Agave victoriae reginae ‘White Rhino’

Winner Novice Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Novice Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Connie Nettles Maria Capaldo Martha Bjerke Carol Knight Kalanchoe humilis Kalanchoe rhombopilosa Dyckia fosteriana Euphorbia decaryi

Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Winner Open Succulent Winner Intermediate Succulent Jim Hanna Sally Fasteau Maria Capaldo Coni Nettles

Euphorbia cylindrifolia var. Lithops Lithops hookeri Echeveria ‘Black Prince’ tubifera 12 SUBMITTED BY: SCCSS MEMBERS

APRIL CACTUS WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

CACTUS CATEGORY

Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Jade Neely Jim Wood Sally Fasteau Mike Short Copiapoa cinerea Melocactus matanzanus Melocactus conoideus Echinopsis densispina

Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Gary Duke Phyllis DeCrescenzo Jim Gardner Jade Neely Neoporteria subgibbosa Ferocactus pilosus Ferocactus glaucescens Gymnocalycium baldianum

Winner Open Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Gary Duke Sally Fasteau Regina Fernandez William Wilk Gymnocalycium horstii Gymnocalycium stenopleurum Rebutia heliosa Ariocarpus trigonus

Winner Novice Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Open Cactus Bernard Johnson William Wilk Jade Neely Gary Duke Ariocarpus fissuratus Melocactus ernesti Notocactus magnificus Notocactus sellowii

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APRIL CACTUS WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

CACTUS CATEGORY

Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus William Wilk Jade Neely Gary Duke Dale LaForest Opuntia violacea Echinocactus texensis Echinocactus horizonthalonius Mammillaria bocasana

Winner Open Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Jim Gardner Terri Straub Laurel Woodley MA Bjarkman Mammillaria parkinsonii Cereus peruvianus f. cristatus Copiapoa tenuissima f. monstruosa Astrophytum myriostygma

Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Novice Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Maria Capaldo Bernard Johnson Terri Straub Sally Fasteau Astrophytum ‘Snow Storm’ Mammillaria duoformis Mammillaria bombycina Lobivia winteriana

Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Open Cactus William Wilk Sally Fasteau Gary Duke Echinopsis ‘Galaxy’ Echinocereus reichenbachii var. Echinocereus x roetteri albertii 14 SUBMITTED BY: SCCSS MEMBERS

APRIL CACTUS WINNERS from our Mini-Shows

CACTUS CATEGORY

Winner Novice Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Marthe Bjerke Laurel Woodley Maria Capaldo Coni Nettles Gymnocalycium stenopleurum Uebelmannia pectinifera Epithelantha micromeris Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus

Winner Novice Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Winner Open Cactus Winner Intermediate Cactus Terri Straub Anita Caplan Gary Duke Coni Nettles Rebutia muscula Espostoa melanistele Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele Opuntia monacantha f. monstruosa variegata

Winner Novice Cactus Winner Open Cactus Terri Straub Jim Gardner Epiphyllum laui Mammillaria geminispina

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Latin Lookup

Loquerisne Latine (Do you speak Latin)? The meanings of latin plant names on the previous pages – from http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/

CACTUS

Ariocarpus [ar-ree-oh-KAR-pus] Lobivia [low-BIV-ee-uh] Anagram of Bolivia, where the plant From the Greek aria (sorb) and karpos (fruit), referring to the is native. similarity to the fruit of the Ario . magnificus [mag-NIH-fee-kus] Magnificent. Astrophytum [ass-troh-FY-tum] Mammillaria [mam-mil-AR-ee-uh] Nipple- or teat-like. From the Greek astro (star) and phyto (plant). Melocactus [mel-oh-KAK-tus] From the Greek melo (apple- baldianum [bald-e e-AY-num, bald-ee-AH-num] shaped melon) and cactus; refers to the shape of these cacti. Named for J. Baldi of the early 20th century; no further data monacantha [mon-ah-KANTH-uh] From the Greek monos available. (one, only) and akantha (thorn, spine). bocasana [bo-ka-SAY-na, bo-ka-SAH-na] monstruosa [mon-stru-OH-sa] Strange, wonderful; monstrous; Named for the Sierra de Bocas Mountain range in Mexico. also spelled monstrosa. bombycina [bom-BEE-kin-uh] Silky. muscula [MUS-kuh-luh] Diminutive of Latin mus (mouse, or Cereus [KER-ee-us, SER-ee-us] A wax candle, torch. muscle). Notocactus [no-to-KAK-tus] From the Greek notos (south) and cinerea[sin-EER-ee-uh] Ash-colored. kaktos (cactus), referring to the plant’s native habitat in South conoideus [ko-NOY-dee-us, ko-no-ID-ee-us] Cone-like. America. Copiapoa [koh-pee-uh-POH-uh] Opuntia [op-UN-shee-a, op-UN-tee-a] Named after Opus Of or from Copiapoa (Chile). (Greece), an area where other cactus-like plants were grown. cristatus [kris-TAY-tus] Crested. pectinifera [pek-tin-EE-fer-uh] Comb-bearing. densispina [dens-ih-SPIN-uh] Densely-spined. peruvianus [per-u-vee-AN-us] Of or from Peru. Echinocactus [ek-in-oh-KAK-tus] From the Greek echinos pilosus [pil-OH-sus] Covered in soft, long hair. (porcupine, hedgehog) and cactus, referring to its spines. Rebutia [ray-BEW-tee-uh] Named for Pierre Rebut, 19th Echinocereus [ek-in-oh-KER-ee-us, ek-in-oh-SER-ee-us] century French cactus dealer and expert. From the Greek echinos, (porcupine) and cereus, referring to the reichenbachii [ry-ken-BAHK-ee-eye] Named for Heinrich shape of the floral tube. Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 19th century German botanist, Echinofossulocactus [ek-in-oh-foss-yoo-loh-KAK-tus] ornithologist, author and botanical artist. From the Latin echinos (hedgehog), fossula (little ditch) and cactus. sellowii [sel-LOH-wee-eye, sel-LOH-vee-eye]Named for Echinopsis [ek-in-OP-sis] From the Greek echinos (sea Friedrich Sello (changed to Sellow in later years), early 19th urchin or hedgehog) and opsis (like), referring to the plant’s century German explorer who collected specimens in South resemblance to sea urchins. America. Epiphyllum [ep-ih-FYE-lum] Upon the leaf, referring to the stenopleurum [sten-oh-PLOOR-um] Narrow ribs or sides. flowers appearing to bloom on the leaves. tenuissima [ten-yoo-ISS-ee-muh] Most slender. Epithelantha [ep-ith-el-LAN-tha]From the Greek epi (upon), texensis [teck-SEN-sis] Of or from Texas (U.S.). thele (nipple), and anthos (flower); nipple-like flowers. trigonus [try-GOH-nus] Three-cornered, triangular. Espostoa [es-POS-toh-uh] Named for Nicolas E. Esposto, a Turbinicarpus [tur-bin-ih-KAR-pus] From the Latin turbino botanist from Lima (Peru). (spinning) and karpos (fruit). Ferocactus [fer-oh-KAK-tus] From the Latin ferus, (fierce) and Uebelmannia [yoo-bel-MAHN-ee-uh] Named for Werner cactus, referring to its heavy spines. Uebelman, Swiss grower and collector of cacti in cacti in Brazil, fissuratus [fis-zhur-RAY-tus] From the Latin fissura, to split or Uruguay and Paraguay. crack. variegata [var-ee-GAY-tuh] Variegated. geminispina [jem-in-ih-SPIN-uh] Having twin or many spines. violacea [vy-oh-LAH-see-uh, vy-oh-LAH-say-uh] Violet- glaucescens [glaw-KES-kens] Becoming glaucous. colored. Gymnocalycium [jim-no-kal-LISS-ee-um] From the Greek winteriana [win-ter-ee-AY-na, win-ter-ee-AH-na] gymnos (naked) and kalyx (covering; calyx); the flower buds are 1. Named for Captain John Winter, one of the captains of naked. Sir Francis Drake’s expedition; also spelled winterana. horstii [HORST-ee-eye] Named for Leopoldo Horst, 21st 2. Named for Hildegarda Winter, sister of Freidrich Ritter, century Brazilian plant collector. well-known cactus expert and collector. laui [LAU-eye] Named for Dr. Alfred B. Lau, 21st century cactus collector and explorer.

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Latin Lookup

SUCCULENT

Adenium [a-DEE-nee-um] Named for Aden, a small country haworthii [hay-WOR-thee-eye] Named for Adrian Hardy south of Saudi Arabia, where the species is native. Haworth, 19th century British botanist. Adromischus [ad-roh-MIS-kus] From the Greek hadros (thick herrei [HER-ray-eye] Named for Dr. Hans Herre, 20th century or stout) and mischos (stalk), referring to the short pedicels. botanist and expert on South African succulents. Agave [a-GAH-vee] Noble, handsome. Hoodia [HOOD-ee-uh] Named for Mr. Hood, a 19th century Aloe [AL-oh] From the Arabic Alloeh. English succulent grower. alternans [al-ter-NANZ] Alternating. hookeri [HOOK-er-ee] Named for Sir William Jackson Hooker, applanata [ap-plan-AY-tuh] Flattened. 19th century botany professor & director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew; or his son Joseph Dalton Hooker, 19th century arabicum [a-RAB-ih-kum] Of or from Arabia. British botanist & plant collector. baylissiana [bay-liss-ee-AH-na] Named for Colonel Roy Bayliss, horrida [HOR-id-uh, hor-ID-uh] Prickly, bristly. a botanical explorer in South Africa and authority on succulents. humilis [HEW-mil-is, HUM-il-is] Lowest, dwarf, small, slight. bispinosum [by-spin-OH-sum] Two-spined. immaculatus [im-mak-yoo-LAH-tus, im-mak-yoo-LAY-tus] bivittatus [biv-it-TAY-tus] Two-banded. Spotless, immaculate. Bursera [ber-SER-uh] Named for Joachim Burser, 17th century isthmensis [isth-MEN-sis] Of or from an isthmus, a narrow German botanist and physician. strip of land bounded by water on both sides (i.e., the Isthmus of Crassula [KRASS-oo-la, KRASS-uh-la] Somewhat thickened Tehuantepec). foliage; diminutive of the Latin crassus (thick, fleshy). juttae [JOO-tay-ee] Named for Jutta Dinter, the wife of crenulata [kren-yoo-LAY-ta] With small, rounded teeth. Professor Kurt Dinter, 20th century German botanist and cristatus [kris-TAY-tus] Crested. collector in Africa. Cryptanthus [krip-TAN-thus] Hidden flower. Kalanchoe [kal-un-KOH-ee] From the Chinese name for one of cylindrifolia [sil-Iin-drih-FOH-lee-uh] Having leaves that are the species. cylindrical or slightly tapering. lamerei [la-MER-ee-eye] named after La Mere. cymbiformis [sim-BIH-for-miss] Boat-shaped. Lithops [LY-thops] Like stone. Cyphostemma [sy-foh-STEM-uh] From the Greek kyphos lophantha [low-FAN-tha] Crested flower. (tumor, hump) and stemma (garland, crown). marianae [mair-ee-AN-ay-ee] Named for Marian Marloth, wife decaryi [de-KAR-yee] Named for Raymond Decary, 20th of South African botanist Dr. Rudolph Marloth. century plant collector. marmorata [mar-mor-RAY-tuh] Marbled. dorotheae [dor-uh-THEE-ay] Named for Dr. Dorothea milii [MIL-ee-eye] Named for M. le baron Milius, Governor of Christina van Huyssteen. Ile Bourbon, present-day Ile de la Reunion (Reunion Island). Dudleya [DUD-lee-yuh] Named for William Russel Dudley, obesum [oh-BEE-sum] Fat. 19th century botany professor at Stanford University in Opercularia [op-er-koo-LAY-ree-a] Lidded; with a lid. California (U.S.). Pachypodium [pak-uh-PO-dee-um] Thick foot. Dyckia [DY-kee-uh, DIK-ee-uh] Named for Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, 19th century botanist and author of Pelargonium [pe-lar-GO-nee-um] From the Greek for Stork book on succulents. referring to the seed heads. Echeveria [ech-eh-VER-ee-a, ech-eh-ver-EE-a] Named for perforata [per-for-AY-tuh] Perforated, punctured. Anastasio Echeverria y Godoy, 18th century Spanish botanist. Sansevieria [san-se-VEER-ee-uh] Named for Prince Raimond edulis [ED-yew-liss] Edible. de Sansgrio de Sanseviero, 18th century patron of botanical expeditions. Euphorbia [yoo-FOR-bee-uh] Named for Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Senecio [sen-ek-ee-o , sen-NEESH-shee-oh] Latin form of old man refers to hairy parts of flowers. fagaroides [fag-ar-OY-deez] Resembles Fagara, an old genus name now generally classified as Zanthoxylum. Stapelia [sta-PEL-ee-uh] Named for Johannes Bodaeus van Stapel, 17th century Dutch botanist and physician. Fockea [FOK-ee-uh] Named for Dr. Focke Albers, modern-day German professor and expert on the Asclepiadaceae family. striata [stree-AH-tuh] striped or fluted. fosteriana [fos-ter-ee-AY-nuh] Named for Mulford Bateman succulentum [suk-yoo-LEN-tum] Succulent, fleshy. Foster, 20th century American horticulturist who provided trifasciata [try-fask-ee-AH-tuh] Three bundles. many specimens to the botanist Lymen B. Smith. tubifera [too-BIH-fer-uh] Bearing tubes. Gasteria [gas-TAIR-ee-uh] From gaster, (belly, stomach); victoriae-reginae [vik-TOR-ee-ay ree-JIN-ay-ee] Named for referring to swollen base on flower. Queen Victoria, 19th century monarch of Great Britain; also gibbiflora [gib-bih-FLOR-uh] Swollen flower. frequently spelled victoria-reginae. gigantea [jy-GAN-tee-uh, gy-GAN-tee-uh] Large, gigantic. virens [VEER-enz] Green. harlana [har-LAY-nuh] For the occurance near Harla, Harar viscosa [vis-KOH-suh] Sticky. Prov., Ethiopia. Yucca [YUK-uh] From the Caribbean name for a totally Haworthia [ha-WORTH-ee-a] Named for Adrian Hardy different plant. Haworth, 19th century British botanist.

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: CACTUS/NOVICE

CACTUS CATEGORY: NOVICE

Echinocereus engelmannii Echinocereus rigidissimus Echinocereus mojavenis by Terri Straub var. rubrispina by M.A. Bjarkman by Gretchen Davis

Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rubrispina by Joe Tillotson

Echinocereus engelmannii by Gretchen Davis

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: SUCCULENT/NOVICE

SUCCULENT CATEGORY: NOVICE

Gasteria acinacifolia Gasteria batesiana Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana Gasteria batesiana by M.A. Bjarkman by Sonita Bantad by Terri Straub by Sonita Bantad

Gasteria bicolor Gasteria Gasteria glomerata bloom by Sonita Bantad by Jim Tanner by Sonita Bantad

Gasteria glomerata Gasteria gracilis cv. variegata by Gretchen Davis by Sonita Bantad by Jim Tannaer

MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: CACTUS/INTERMEDIATE

CACTUS CATEGORY: INTERMEDIATE NO SUBMISSIONS BY SCCSS MEMBERS THIS MONTH

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: SUCCULENT / INTERMEDIATE

SUCCULENT CATEGORY: INTERMEDIATE

Gasteria ‘Little Warty’ Gasteria acinacifolia Gasteria acinacifolia (Flowers) Gasteraloe batesiana by Mike Short by Mike Short by Mike Short by Bernard Johnson

Gasteria batesiana Gasteria batesiana (Flowers) Gasteria batesiana (x2) by Dale LaForest by Mike Short by Mike Short

Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa Gasteria elephiae Gasteria in Flower by Dale LaForest by Dale LaForest by Bernard Johnson

Gasteria rawlinsonii Gasteria glomerulata by Dale LaForest by Anita Caplan Gasteria Bloom by Bernard Johnson

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: CACTUS/OPEN

CACTUS CATEGORY: OPEN

Echinocereus coccineus Echinocereus pulchellus Echinocereus reichenbachii Echinocereus rigidissimus by Gary Duke by Laurel Woodley var. minor by Laurel Woodley var. rubrispinus by Laurel Woodley

Echinocereus rigidissimus Echinocereus rigidissimus Echinocereus rigidissimus Echinocereus roetteri var. rubrispinus by Laurel Woodley var. rubrispinus by Sally Fasteau var. rubrispinus by Sally Fasteau by Gary Duke

Echinocereus schmollii Echinocereus schmollii Echinocereus stramineus (=Wilcoxia s.) by Laurel Woodley (=Wilcoxia s.) by Laurel Woodley by Gary Duke

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: SUCCULENT/OPEN

SUCCULENT CATEGORY: OPEN (Continued next page)

Gasteraloe ‘Ghost of Carlsbad’ Gasteraloe ‘Green Ice’ Gasteraloe ‘Green Ice’ Gasteraloe ‘Monte Monroe’ by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Maria Capaldo by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Sally Fasteau

Gasterworthia (A. descoingsii Gasterworthia (G. Glomerata Gasteraloe (G. Glomerata Gasteraloe x G. Glomerata by Jim Gardner x H. Limifolia) by Jim Gardner x H. Limifolia) Maria Capaldo by Phyllis DeCrescenzo

Gasteraloe Gasteria ‘Little Warty’ Gasteria ‘Little Warty’ Gasteria ‘Warthog’ by Sally Fasteau by Gary Duke by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Maria Capaldo

Gasteria acinacifolia Gasteria acinacifolia Gasteria armstongii Gasteria batesiana ‘Barberton’ by Gary Duke by Gary Duke by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Laurel Woodley

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MARCH Virtual Mini-Show: SUCCULENT/OPEN

SUCCULENT CATEGORY: OPEN (Continued from previous page)

Gasteria batesiana Gasteria baylissiana Gasteria baylissiana Gasteria bicolor by Laurel Woodley by Laurel Woodley by Maria Capaldo by Sally Fasteau

Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana Gasteria distica variegated Gasteria ellephiae by Laurel Woodley by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Gary Duke by Laurel Woodley

Gasteria glomerata Gasteria gracilis variegated Gasteria glomerata Gasteria rawlinsonii by Jim Gardner by Maria Capaldo by Laurel Woodley by Laurel Woodley

Gasteria obtusa var. Gasteria nitidi armstrongii Gasteria pulchra by Phyllis DeCrescenzo by Laurel Woodley by Laurel Woodley

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MARCH SCCSS Mini-Show 2021 Standings

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Novice Class Cactus Succulents Total Intermediate Class Cactus Succulents Total Open Class Cactus Succulents Total

Bantad, Sonia 0 2 2 Caplan, Anita 1 5 6 Capaldo, Maria 2 4 6

Bjarkman, M.A. 1 3 4 Johnson, Bernard 2 4 6 DeCrescenzo, Phyllis 2 4 6 Davis, Gretchen 3 3 6 LaForest, Dale 0 4 4 Duke, Gary 3 3 6

Nisewaner, John 1 1 2 Short, Mike 2 4 6 Fasteau, Sally 2 4 6

Straub, Terri 3 3 6 Gardner, Jim 1 5 6

Tanner, Jim 2 4 6 Wilk, William 0 2 2 Tillotson, Joe 1 3 4 Woodley, Laurel 3 3 6 Zedler, Cory 0 2 2

Mini-show Virtual Points

One (1) Mini show point each for a submitted photo of your cactus and succulent (up to 2 points)

Up to two (2) points for those submitting garden photos if you had not submitted Mini-show photos.

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SOUTH COAST CACTUS & SUCCULENT Check all events as they may have been SOCIETY ZOOM MEETING “Staging” Sunday, April 11, 2021 Join the zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84872368311?pwd=- SU9HOStsaGRnQWk1OWIy- blpEWER2Zz09 Speakers: For more information and to learn more Karen Ostler Start time: 1:00 pm meeting 1:30 pm presentation

2021 Board of Directors

OFFICERS: STANDING COMMITTEE LIAISONS: President COMMITTEE CHAIRS: MEMBERS (TASKED): CGCI Maria Capaldo Communications Mini-Show Coordinator Lou Hagemeier Mike Short Jim Tanner Vice President CSSA M.A. Bjarkman Finance Publicity (Show) M.A. Bjarkman Jim Hanna Open Secretary OTHER POSITIONS: Sue Wong Membership Publicity (Monthly) Facebook Sally Fasteau Ann Nye Laurel Woodley Treasurer Bernard Johnson Programs Speaker Coordinator Instagram Gary Duke Jade Neely Caitlin Rubia AT LARGE BOARD Show and Sale Hospitality/Refreshments MEMBERS: Open Volunteers Terri Straub Newsletter Clif Wong Clif Wong Corey Zedler Webmaster Mike Short Plant Man Jim Hanna 25