May 2017 - MAY BLOSSOM

May 2017 - May Blossom
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May 2017 - MAY BLOSSOM

Post by rodsmith »

I hope this will be an easy one.

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I'll start this one off -
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My large specimen of Astrophytum Ornatum just coming into flower.
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On the table next to my computer chair is this Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - no cultivar name with it (from supermarket)
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
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Post by Liz M »

None of my photos are loading, they are all about 500KB and I have never had this trouble before.
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Liz M wrote:None of my photos are loading, they are all about 500KB and I have never had this trouble before.
I thought perhaps it was the midnight hour?! But it fails for me too this morning. I'll report it to Bill. Thanks, Liz.
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Liz M wrote:None of my photos are loading, they are all about 500KB and I have never had this trouble before.
Seems to be working now - just uploaded 6 pictures
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Post by Bill »

It's peculiar to this topic/section of the forum Jim, and jpg as I uploaded two images png and jpg and only the png had worked.
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Jim_Mercer wrote:Seems to be working now - just uploaded 6 pictures
It was in this sub-Forum that the upload was not working this morning.
They were uploading fine in the main C&S Forum.
Bill is on the case!
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Edit - previous "test" pictures removed and today's supermarket Kalanchoe substituted.
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Edit - new test with more pixels
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Last edited by Jim_Mercer on Thu May 04, 2017 9:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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