This is my first ever entry to one of these competitions. I'm new to BCSS, having recently returned to the hobby after a prolonged gap. I therefore feel quite qualified to share neglected plants. This plant has just had its 14th birthday: IMG-20210316-WA0009.jpg This is my Echinocereus morricalii. A...

Thanks, that does make sense - one can only ask... I'm sure this has been discussed before, and BCSS has a good feel for what's possible. But it feels worth raising again as the Society looks to grow in unusual times. I can also understand speaker's reluctance to be filmed via the Internet these day...

Can slides be made available after the talk? Perhaps in a members only section of the BCSS website? I missed David's talk, on the beauty of plants, which I am gutted about as an amateur trying to find plants that are pretty rather than difficult. Ralph's talk the previous week on Latin names is one ...