Last month I wasn't able to contribute - no Adromischus in my collection. This month I had to search my photo archive a little longer, as I had already presented several mesemb pictures before, including some as night bloomers ... So here is my March selection: One aspect I love about mesembs is the...

Some people say that I have difficulty making decisions. However, I don't know ... :roll: Well, I'll sort it out backwards: 8. There's juster's Ferocactus pilosus ; maybe it's the slightly unsteady border at the top right that keeps it off the winner's podium. 7. With Mike T's Mammillaria hahniana ,...

On the one hand (and first of all), I'm really delighted with the high number of entries - that hasn't always been the case in recent months! On the other hand, this means real work for me: There are so many great photos that I can't quite make up my mind yet ... After sorting out a few shots (e.g. ...

No flowering succulents on my hands, and I assume it's not much different for you ... So I suggest a theme where we can focus a little more on the plants themselves: Images with a graphic effect . Structures / textures / patterns are a feature that succulents offer all year round, whether through th...

Just came back from a few days off - and now I found Ali Baba's choice as a nice surprise. Thanks for picking one of my pics!
I hope for an overnight inspiration for a topic to start into the new year ... and will let you know tomorrow (in case of a successful epiphany ... ).

This winter has not been very photogenic so far, so I've dug out a few older photos. One with snow, a hybrid of Opuntia fragilis , WB 1 Opuntia fragilis 'Füssen'.JPG ... and some with hoarfrost / ice crystals: Sedum acre WB 2 Sedum acre.JPG Sempervivum hybr. WB 3 Sempervivum hybr..JPG Sempervivum wu...

Congratulations to Mike (and Darren, of course!) on choosing the same picture as me as the winning photo ... :wink: Again, I could 'recycle' some of my last month's entries: In fact, both Prepodesma and Chasmatophyllum start opening their flowers not before afternoon. However, for the sake of variet...

Struggling with some health issues (just minor ones comparing to what I had to experience last winter ...) I wasn't able to pick some appropriate mesemb pics earlier. But last week I had given a talk on winter and frost hardy cacti & other succulents at a local branch nearby, so I just have chos...

Sorry for the delay! I was away for a long weekend including a fantastic cactus meeting in Austria (‘Knittelfelder Kakteentage’). There have not been too many contributions this month either. I hope that this will change with the darker evenings, which have now noticeably begun again! All that remai...

At least here in Germany, the 'Chinese Hat' is a fixed part of the autumn assortments in garden centres. However, I had to learn that these plants never survive winter: Really every shoot, even the smallest one, will produce flowers, even if it is only a single one. An impressive sight, but quite an...