It's nature's way of making shelf space (a rare and valuable commodity) for another plant.

We forget that plants are individuals and like humans have their own natural lifespan even in habitat. Some individuals, even given optimum conditions, will live longer than others. The older less vigorous we get the more liable we are to die from what we would have shrugged off as youngsters. One ...

SimonT wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:26 pm Thanks for the comments and also for the info on camera lenses from el48tel...

Always happy to help. I want everyone to be able to have the best record of their plants.

And therein lies the dichotomy

Thanks for sharing. That's a nice looker.

Herts Mike wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:25 pm You should try Stapeliads....

Done that and killed 'em quite successfully

Seems as if it needed warm and sunny .... buds have sat for a month in cold overcast.

Which has spurred a cactus into flower. Never mind ... cold and damp and back normal tomorrow to find rotting plants.
Weingatia rio-orensis

In 2020 this Rhipsalidopsis flowered exactly one month earlier.
I've been experimenting with a new piece of photography kit ... waiting for subject matter ...