el48tel wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:50 pm I grow cactus and succulents for the simple reason .... I needed something to photograph as a new project .... and they don't walk off when they get bored.

Terrific photos, Andy. Very atmospheric, and effective in monochrome.

I grew this Trichocereus spachianus from seed sown in 1975 and it grew steadily to about 12 inches tall until 2009 when I must have overwatered it and it rotted. I cut off the top 4 inches or so and managed to re-root it. In 2013 it flowered - the only time it has donw so. It has grown slowly for me...

I love it. I have several gasterias and find them the most undemanding of succulents. They don't need the sun.

Looks very good.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome back, Clarke.

Excellent.

A happy Christmas to all from me, too.

This is my Mammillaria hahniana in May 1984 - alas, it died several years ago. Count the spirals.