Thanks to the few who posted photos - it made judging a lot simpler, in theory. It was good to read the back stories of the plants in these posts. There is often a tale to tell when plants are involved. Taking into account the quality of the photos and the accompanying info, el48tel narrowly beats J...

Looks like I picked a difficult subject for this month's competition - but there's still time to enter your photos. Let's have some last minute inspiration.

Sod's law?

Beautiful.

Amazing - but what is it?

Ernie wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:16 pm Interesting choice. I have one in mind and will post picture after I take one! (with explanation as requested).

Hooray. Thanks, Ernie. I realise that this is a strange title but we've been through most of the likely ones over the years. I was fearing we'd have no responses at all.

Sounds rather esoteric but I'm looking for photos of cacti & other succulents that were neglected by you but have more recently come to the fore in your estimation. Photos will be judged on overall photographic merit, coupled with your reason given for posting the photo.

Thanks, Ernie. I'll post a subject for December in the next day or so.

It's good to see a UK grown fenestraria that isn't elongated, as I believe they need very bright light to grow in a compact way.

I'm also gradually growing more "non-cactus" succulents. Partly because I'm fed up with getting spines in my fingers and partly because I've found that cacti seem to attract mealy bugs more than other succulents. I hope I don't regret this last comment!