This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make it past the bud stage). This year our plant bloomed twice, in December and again late last month. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/March-2023/Miscellany-3-23/i-QBLgPsL/A (K-5, FA 50/2.8 macro) Comments always appreciated. Rick

They don't like being moved or otherwise disturbed once in bloom. Even watering can cause bud fall. I had a gigantic one until it was repotted about 20 years ago. Never really recovered from that.... > On 09/03/2023 02:51 Rick Womer <rickpics14@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make it past the bud stage). This year our plant bloomed twice, in December and again late last month. > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/March-2023/Miscellany-3-23/i-QBLgPsL/A

I like that picture. We have one that is just going into bud, so I accept your challenge. When ours blooms I will post my response.... bill On 3/8/2023 8:51 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make it past the bud stage). This year our plant bloomed twice, in December and again late last month. > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/March-2023/Miscellany-3-23/i-QBLgPsL/A > > (K-5, FA 50/2.8 macro) > > Comments always appreciated. > > Rick > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

That's a lovely capture. - so nice for it to bloom twice for you too ann On 3/8/2023 11:20 PM, mike wilson wrote: > They don't like being moved or otherwise disturbed once in bloom. Even watering can cause bud fall. I had a gigantic one until it was repotted about 20 years ago. Never really recovered from that.... >> On 09/03/2023 02:51 Rick Womer <rickpics14@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make it past the bud stage). This year our plant bloomed twice, in December and again late last month. >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/March-2023/Miscellany-3-23/i-QBLgPsL/A > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Well Rick, it's 3 years late, but I managed to get a pretty decent shot of the delicate bits of a Christmas Cactus a little while ago and just came past this email and I realized I had never responded. So, while I had completely forgot about your post at the time..... https://flic.kr/p/2s9vhHe There is a small amount of Pentax content. It was shot with the Fuji X-T5, but it was mounted to a Pentax bellows K. I used a Nikkor 105mm enlarging lens as the optic. It is a 63 image focus stack done by moving the entire rig on the bellows focusing rail and combined the images in Zerene focus stacking. Enjoy.. bill On 3/8/2023 11:53 PM, Bill wrote: > I like that picture. We have one that is just going into bud, so I > accept your challenge. When ours blooms I will post my response.... > > bill > > On 3/8/2023 8:51 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright >> red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make >> it past the bud stage).  This year our plant bloomed twice, in >> December and again late last month. >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/March-2023/Miscellany-3-23/i-QBLgPsL/A >> >> >> (K-5, FA 50/2.8 macro) >> >> Comments always appreciated. >> >> Rick >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions.