Aloe pearsonii, "Best Aloe"

The Intercity Show And Sale was held August 11-12 at the Los Angeles Arboretum. Five local cactus & succulent clubs participate. Here are some of the plants from the Trophy table

, judged the

best of the show. I didn't get all the names and all the categories. I didn't get photos of every plant, either. It's sometimes hard to see the labels, it's a distracting environment, and it got crowded quickly.

Some of the photos were taken by Beloved while the blogger was (surprise!) plant shopping.

Best Aloe hybrid Aloe 'Snowstorm'

Best Agave A. albopilosa

Best Cereus Haageocereus acranthus

Haageocereus acranthus

Best Crest, and it is amazing. This is a crested Astrophytum

myriostigma 'Onzuka'!!! Wow.

Astrophytum myriostigma 'Onzuka' Crest

Euphorbia obesa Best Non-Madagascar Euphorbia

Euphorbia Obesa

Best Staging is an out-of-the-ordinary training and pruning of a Bursera microphylla.

Best Chilean plant, Copiapoa cinerea

Crassula sarcocaulis, apparently a plant with a rather shallow root system

Dyckia 'Brittle Star' and Cyphostemna uter var. macrocropus

Best Echeveria, E. cante

Best Echinocereus, E. barthelowanus. Perfect container.

Euphorbia cylindrifolia ssp tubifera

Best variegated, Ferocactus emoryi

Ficus petiolaris

Fouquieria purpusii

Haworthia truncata.

Larrylechia cactiformis, best Asclepiad

Matucana pujupatii, quite rare, with Mammilaria minnichi, quite rare and quite small, on the right.

Best shown by a novice exhibitor, Mammilaria plumosa. Impressive!

Antimia pescadoro, Best Memseb

Best miniature, Operculicarya decaryi, about 5" tall.

Operculicarya pachypus Best Non-Euphorbia Madagascar Plant

Pachycorumus discolor

Pachypodium brevicaulis

Best Rebutia, R. helosa

Rebutia helosa

Best Epiphyte, Rhipsalis

salicornioides

Best Cactus, Open Class is Stenocereus eruca. This plant was "Best Staged" last year.

More from the show, with lots of photos, in future posts. Here's last year's trophy table . There are some repeat winners this year.

Caution, garden blogger at work