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Apologies it took me 3 days to finally choose the winner, weekends do not help in "bookkeeping"!
Not the most popular topic of all items, so even greater "thank you's" to all participants!
Aiko - a great opening, I really enjoyed the dynamic nature of your photograph! From other photographs online it is rather obvious that your plant just woke up, but it certainly meets the criteria.
Ernie - M. tuberosa has certainly magnificent roots, but there is just a bit too much of it over the ground level (and I am not talking about the fact that the plant is uprooted here ).
Jim_Mercer - I appreciate the effort with getting the background right, hope your K. africana bounces back soon! Euphorbia and Pterocactus are certainly what I had in mind when thinking about "icebergs", and A. kotschbeyanus almost feels like cheating here!
iann - another cheater with Ariocarpus! I was indeed surprised by those Mammillaria tuberous roots, great entries, along with the other plants. Anacampseros bayeriana would a clear winner (despite hardly having any "plant material") if there only was a way of making the plant stand out slightly more.
bobblackbird - the last (chronologically!) entry, Frailea mammifera. I certainly like the top down shots of plants in square(ish) pots, but had hard time finding the plant under all those buds here .
All things considered, I think Aiko's photograph appeals to me the most, mainly because of the sense of "action" I am getting out of it and really eye catching splashes of colours peeking out, congratulations!
MatDz wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 3:18 pm
All things considered, I think Aiko's photograph appeals to me the most, mainly because of the sense of "action" I am getting out of it and really eye catching splashes of colours peeking out, congratulations!
Yeehaw!
Truth be told, even after the Resnova has woken up fully and is in flower, most of the plant is still under the ground.
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