At least here in Germany, the 'Chinese Hat' is a fixed part of the autumn assortments in garden centres. However, I had to learn that these plants never survive winter: Really every shoot, even the smallest one, will produce flowers, even if it is only a single one. An impressive sight, but quite an...

Meteorologists have just ended 'their' summer. But weather is still warm and sunny (at least where I live), so I thought of comparing photos taken outdoors. And of course I leave it up to you wether this applies to succulents you found on a field trip, winter hardy plants in your own backyard or roa...

Thanks to Mike for passing the trophy on to me - and to the (this time quite few) other contestants for, nevertheless, providing this wide range of impressive plants and pictures! Let's see if my idea for the September topic will bring a few more posts ... :razz: I'd appreciate that because :useless...

As a member of the ELK organisation committee I'd like to point out that every visitor will receive a booklet. In this you'll find a. o. short versions of all talks, including translations to the ELK's main languages (ca. 2 - 3 pages each). With this information everyone should be able to enjoy the ...

A somewhat challenging topic: With the standard photo formats it's almost impossible for most Aloe species to show both flowers and plant at once - unless one don't mind to have a photo consisting of 90 % background or even more ... Here's the more compact flowering species Aloe castilloniae Aloe ca...

When visiting a friend, I 'had' to immortalise this beautifully grown Aloe polyphylla - as I didn't have my camera with me, I used my mobile phone (Galaxy A12). Aloe polyphylla WB20230501 110211.JPG Aloe polyphylla WB20230501 110253.JPG Aloe polyphylla WB20230501 110333.JPG Back home I imported the ...

Thank you very much for letting me be your speaker yesterday! I hope you enjoyed my talk at least half as much as I did. As I am still suffering from my accident this winter (not as much as a few weeks ago!), preparing and giving this talk was a welcome diversion and a pleasure for me. I am a - some...

Mexico is not my core competence, but my guess would be Thelocactus conothelos.

Happy Easter to everyone!
Wolfgang

On the one hand, I just noticed that I overlooked a 6th photo that I had chosen to show here: Pediocactus simpsonii, WB20210426 160220.JPG On the other hand I wasn't aware that the original file names aren't visible here in the forum. Since they contain the names of the respective plants, I am provi...

I have not participated here before, in fact I have only recently discovered these photo competitions. Since I haven't found any 'rules of the game', I'll just post 5 photos. If that should be too many, please disqualify me! :wink: Deuterocohnia lotteae, WB20180402 143559.JPG Schlumbergera X, WB2017...