The cactus class was Matucana group this month. The best I could find was a small M. madisoniorum which the judges gave second place, and an even smaller M. aureiflora. First place went to a fairly large Oroya.
For a flowering succulent, I took in this Delosperma deilanthoides which was also placed second. Perhaps if the flower had been open, the judges might have been swayed another notch
Good job they didn't realise it is only one year old from seed!
Instead they chose Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp rhopalophylla for first place. This is a very old plant that I got from John Marsden last year. You can see the older leaves are a but ratty but it has recovered well and is growing strongly now. Maybe too strongly in its new soil, I must remember not to feed this one this year.
Lots of Crassulaceae (Echeverias and stuff), much bigger and showier than my plants, but not placed. Too easy to grow? Or perhaps a little too leggy, it always hard to know what the judges liked. And a number of Agaves which all looked nice but I don't know enough to say. One was A. victoriae-reginae which looked good to me.
Nice looking plants! (That Matucana is definitely going on my list!)
, particularly Gymnocalyciums, Rebutias, Sulcorebutias, Echinopses, Thelos, Feros and Mamms (and anything else I like the look of!) all in an 8 x 6 polycarb greenhouse and a few windowsills!
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