lblanchard | 10,000th upload

So there's my 10,000th upload -- Nopalxochia phyllanthoides 'deutsche kaiserin'. At last, a photo of mine that does it justice. Lord knows, I've been trying ever since I got my first digital camera, the old Kodak DX-3600 1.2 megapixel point and shoot.

kightp got some great shots when she was here in 2008 and I was crankily envious.

For this one I stepped outside my chronological progression through the Flower Show. This one was taken on the last day, shortly after the show closed. I hung around hoping that Mrs. Hamilton's staff would come to take it away and, in the process, knock off a leaf. No such luck. But my own Nopalxochia, thoughtfully sent to me by

irismoonlight, is also very splendid, and I can look at it all through the workday.