June 2024: size doesn't matter

[Herts Mike]

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5.5cm pot.
Astrophytum hybrid seedling. Only one remaining from the batch.
Root growth was "iffy". A possible solution was graft. Work in progress

Oh come on. That’s a very small tomato.

[Darren S]

Echinocereus viridiflorus davisii with screwdriver tip for scale.

[greatnorthernexotic]

Loving the entries so far, especially the flowering ones.

We're halfway through June, so here's a tiny cactus I just picked up this week from The Cactus Shed - Blossfeldia liliputana.

[Cidermanrolls]

Here’s a small Mammillaria to put into the mix. My iPad doesn’t take great pictures, but this is a pretty little plant nonetheless.

[rodsmith]

This is my flowering Mammillaria saboae v. haudeana (LAU777).

[WoBo]

My contribution is the result of an experiment I tried last year. I took a series of photos of a young Pediocactus knowltonii from a lower perspective, each with a slightly different focus, and then stacked them. Since I don't have too much experience with this technique, the result has some visible flaws, but I find that even this simple example gives an irritating impression: Doesn't it look like the plant in photo 1 is many times larger than in the comparison photo of the same specimen with the conventional perspective (and without stacking)?

Actual plant diameter was about 1 inch.

Hence I'd modify the topic somewhat: Size is a question of perspective ...

Regards
Wolfgang

[MikeT]

One of the Rebutia pulvinosa perplexa seedlings seems to think that size doesn't matter when it comes to being big enough to flower. Though maybe trying to impress with size of flower larger than itself. And there's a second bud to come.

[greatnorthernexotic]

And the winner is...

Cidermanrolls for this lovely little flowering mammillaria!

Here’s a small Mammillaria to put into the mix. My iPad doesn’t take great pictures, but this is a pretty little plant nonetheless.

Thank you to everyone for posting entries. Over to Cidermanrolls for July's photo competition.

[Cidermanrolls]

Many thanks for the unexpected selection! My first ever ‘win’ so that made me smile.
I will post a new topic…..