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by MatDz
Tue Feb 11, 2025 10:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Don't forget the On-Line talk on tuesday
Replies: 490
Views: 142912

Re: Don't forget the On-Line talk on tuesday

Thanks for organizing today’s talk—it was great! One day, we need to get a philosopher in to get the definitive answer to the question of what a species really is...
by MatDz
Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: MSG Bulletin
Replies: 4
Views: 367

Re: MSG Bulletin

Aiko wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:38 pm
ChrisR wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:36 pm It has a brand new look for 2025
Is it still pink?
That makes (made?) it so easy to find on shelves! :evil: Looking forward to receiving the new issue.
by MatDz
Thu Feb 06, 2025 1:18 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: January 2025 - something new
Replies: 11
Views: 9517

Re: January 2025 - something new

but just to check, did you look at the full size (download/file.php?id=90185), and not the downsized display ones (download/file.php?id=90185&t=1)? Note the `&t=1` at the end of the URL. I went by the photos as they are on my laptop. If I look at the full size photo, it is a little better ...
by MatDz
Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:38 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A few photos
Replies: 20
Views: 750

Re: A few photos

Don't you guys resize as a matter of course for various destinations? Standard practice. Certainly this topic should be moved to a separate thread, but I'll pose my question here to not forget about it - what destinations do you have in mind that nowadays still require resizing (downsizing I assume ...
by MatDz
Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:45 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: January 2025 - something new
Replies: 11
Views: 9517

Re: January 2025 - something new

Thanks Mike for doing the hard work of judging, and congratulations to Rod! Mat: I've only ever grown one Monanthes, polyphylla, so it's good to see some other species, a pity that the definition or focus doesn't seen quite right. They weren't the easiest to photograph I admit, I need to make some ...
by MatDz
Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:36 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Linnean Society of London events
Replies: 1
Views: 154

Linnean Society of London events

There seem to be quite a few interesting events organised by the Linnean Society of London, most in person unfortunately (for me at least), but there were some streamed/online as well in the recent past. The one on May 15th might be of interest to some: " Plant Specimens Aren’t Flat | The Many D ...
by MatDz
Fri Jan 31, 2025 1:53 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: January 2025 - something new
Replies: 11
Views: 9517

Re: January 2025 - something new

Certainly new to me in 2024 was the genus Monanthes . Here we have a "habitat staging" (aka "let's throw some rocks into a pot staging") of what I believe is M. pallens (photo #1, my guess based on the much more pale colour than my other similar species, the M. polyphylla , but please correct me if ...
by MatDz
Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:29 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is the forum dying?
Replies: 107
Views: 8365

Re: Is the forum dying?

[...] Why it should be easier to upload straight from the phone to social media than to this Forum I do not know? If that is deterring people posting pictures maybe it now needs looking into? Fully agree on this, storage is really cheap nowadays. On the bright side, social media (sm) are full of ...
by MatDz
Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Flowering Sansevieria
Replies: 3
Views: 900

Re: Flowering Sansevieria

I thought I'd add a photo or two to this thread, hope that's alright. Flowering (and slightly etiolating thanks to the lovely Scottish sunshine, or rather a lack of it...) now for the second time for me (every other year as it seems) is a Sansevieria (this is a label I won't update yet :grin ...
by MatDz
Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:01 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Burger's death was greatly exaggerated
Replies: 7
Views: 1263

Re: Burger's death was greatly exaggerated

There's plenty of water and nutrients left in that old leaves pair. It will become a dry sheath at some point and be very easy to remove then, so just wait a bit.