Recently, I am getting a kick out of fooling around with focus stacking, although nothing beats witnessing these fragrant blooms in person.

D. araneispinus

Thanks el48tel, I decided to try out HeliconFocus and downloaded the trial version. This time I tried it on my Matucana intertexta. I am now tempted to purchase the software.

Very crisp photo Jim!

Here is my first attempt at focus stacking. I just used the photoshop autoblend layer function. It looks pretty good at first glance but some of the focused layers are visibly superimposed with the “unfocused” layers. What software do you use photo guru out there use to stitch photons and any tips o...

Thanks Aiko, now about getting it to flowering size...

My last surviving tylecodon singularis from MSG 2018 seed-list awakens after its first dormancy. Are the flowers self-fertile? Would love more than 1 plants.

It looks like they added their most popular mesembs genera first. There is literally one gymnocalycium species listed. Last year I checked, they had at least 50.

It's launched, finally!
https://mesagarden.com

Thank you both, they are planted in 1:1:1 screened pumice, John Innes type compost, and fine gravel.
I'll wait for another 2 weeks before removing them from their bags, and I hope the ones that already germinated would not rot before that time.

Hello, I have recently sown a batch of tephrocactus geometricus using the standard baggie method (heat sterilized medium with airtight zip-loc bags, then put under lamps on heat mat), which I use for all my cacti seeds. This morning I went to check on them and saw that few of them have popped up. Wh...