I'm indebted to Pattock, for his thoughts on illumination whilst plants are flowering. I noticed that this Neoportia was about to flower; I had to be away from home; I needed to start the video as the flower started to open and not rely on guesswork and a delay timer for technical reasons to do with light source. The weather forecast for the day was at best and at politest "rubbish". I set the colour of the illumination for "midday", hoping that this might stimulate the flower.
As you can see that during the 7 and a half hours the ambient light changed considerably. My lighting jig maintained pressure on the bloom to continue.
I have this as Neoportia setosiflora. Please feel free to correct.
Wasn't expecting this ....
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Wasn't expecting this ....
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Re: Wasn't expecting this ....
No, no, no - my thoughts were only for inspiring filming of night-blooming plants, not these diurnal things! 
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Re: Wasn't expecting this ....
Yes yes yes .... I know, but conversely, with such poor weather, it seemed reasonable to assume, based on your argument, that "these diurnal things" would benefit from increased illumination of the middle of the day variety. And my hypothesis was well founded.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Re: Wasn't expecting this ....
Loving these videos. Thank you
The background goes a bit wakie with this one, is that due to the lower resolution for the forum.
The flower open's beautifully, well done
The background goes a bit wakie with this one, is that due to the lower resolution for the forum.
The flower open's beautifully, well done
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Re: Wasn't expecting this ....
Yes low resolution to be able to upload to this site
AND the light in the background was so variable that is was bright one moment and dark 45 seconds later (interval between shots) that compensating for this change was difficult ... and yes each frame was processed individually and there were nearly 600 of them, whereas the light on the flower was fixed.
Thanks for your appreciation ... it encourages me to make more and to experiment
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.