Intercity Show 2017 Trophy Table

Best Chilean Plant: Copiapoa cinerea

The Intercity Cactus & Succulent Show is held yearly at the Los Angeles Arboretum.  

All photos are by Beloved except where noted.  It wasn't possible to get a photo of every plant or their award, but Beloved did a great job getting what he could. 

Intercity Show Trophy Table 2017, the best of the best. 
 In the foreground is "Best Collection", a group of Ariocarpus, rare and endangered succulents from Southern Texas and Northern Mexico.

Best staging:  Stenocereus eruca  

 Best caudiciform:  Cyphostemma uter var. macropus

 Best Astrophytum:  'Super Kabuto'

I discovered looking back at photos from last year's show that the above Astrophytum was also at the 2016 show, though it was not on the trophy table.  It has grown and improved since then.
2016:

 
Best Pachypodium:  Pachypodium namaquanum

Euphorbia cylindrifolia v. tuberifera at the back of the table. Way cool.

 Best crested:  can you even guess what plant this is?  It's a common and easy to grow plant in Southern California. Leave your guess in the comments.

 Best Madagascar plant:  Operculicarya decaryi.  
I wasn't keen on how this plant was shaped.  Too...bonsai.

Here's the same species out in the Arboretum's Madagascar garden.  These are young plants. (photo by hb)

 And another (photo by hb):

But back to the Trophy Table...Dorstenia gypsophila:

Best Cereus:  Espostoa melanostele

Fouquieria purpusii x F. fasciculata

Haworthia limifolia variegated

Best Asclepiadaceae(?): Pseudolithos migiurtinus.  The four tubes there on the right-ish side are seed pods. 

Best Anacardiacaea:  Pachycormus discolor

 Best Aloe hybrid:  Aloe 'Inflamed'

 Best Aloe species:  Aloe erinacea

 More great plants from the 2017 Intercity show in the next post!