Who knows something aboutmy #cactus and maybe other #succulents
This little guy has a strange brown line and looks like he's dying. What do I do?

Claret Cup Cactus
El Malpais National Monument, NM

This is my first CR2 RAW photo processed entirely using RawTherapee and GIMP, versions 5 and 3, respectively on macOS.
Minimal processing as I'm just learning the apps. I still have been unsuccessful in connecting between the two apps to automatically pass the photo between so had to go RT>tiff>GIMP.

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird eating from a cactus

See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/ruby-throated-hummingbird-and-a-cactus-jan-luit.html

Ok, so I know about #BloomScrolling and #Florespondence for posting blossoming plants, #Mosstodon for pictures of moss and #SavageGarden for carnivorous plants. But what's the punny hashtag for all the plants who rarely/never bloom (unless they are in their natural environment)? Where are all the fans of succulents, cacti, ficus trees and tropical plants posting their photos?

Opuntia basilaris, beavertail cactus, blooming it up on campus today

Apparently a lethal combination - a roll that produced pretty much nothing usable
Diana F+
Washi B&W, ISO 100
Parco degli Acquedotti, Rome, Italy

This big ol #saguaro #cactus is home to a lot of stuff, most notably #cactuswren and #gilded #flicker. With all the recent rains we’ve had the arms were too heavy to support the damaged trunk. This old gal was centuries old and just crashed down sometime this week. The arms can weigh 1-3000 pounds and the entire body can hold 200+ gallons of water. Very cool plants. Also fell across part of the trail, so instead of windfall spruce and fir I have ancient cacti windfall to deal with #biketooter

Normally this cactus blooms in late March. Not this year. Too cold and damp?
#silentsunday
#cactus
#bloomscrolling

Wow, just noticed these two going nuts in the desert-part of our garden! What an amazing display!

I might sometimes have trouble remembering what day it is, but at least I'm not quite as confused as my Christmas cactus.

Pic of cactus at start of spring, measured and the tallest stem is 33" so just shy of 3 feet and there are 4 stems. No sign of flowers and not expecting any but nice to get it outside, fairly sure that's the last frost anyway. #spring #cactus

My #cactus is #blooming!

Bought this in a tiny container for 1 euro 2 years ago.

Have changed the pot twice since then it keeps getting bigger (it's almost 5 times the baby I bought).

And today I saw it's blooming.

I'm so happy.