u/greatnorthernexotic

Some of you may remember by recent post with the "leave no trace" themed habitat-style lophophora staging (https://www.reddit.com/r/habitatstyle/comments/1v3bjq9/a\_leave\_no\_trace\_inspired\_habitat\_style\_setup/)

I wanted to drop a quick update because last weekend entered that staging and a few others into a local cactus show hosted by the British Cactus & Succulent Society, and the results were... well, historic and a bit hilarious.

I'm thrilled to share that I got a clean sweep of the class! This was actually the first time the BCSS has ever held a dedicated class for habitat style staging. But the best part? One of the stagings I used actually featured dead plants. I had a laugh with the judges afterards about how a staging featuring dead plants could end up winning a prize at a show where "condition" was a main judging criteria. So perhaps this is a historic first - a dead cactus winning a cactus show!

I put together a video of the whole experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@greatnorthernexotic/videos

The big leaves of the tropicals, not so much.

That's MENTAL.

I made this bowl a while ago with some copiapoa but updated it with a couple of lophs. In a couple of weeks I'm entering it into a BCSS show where for the very first time there will be a dedicated habitat style class.

I made this bowl a while ago with some copiapoa but updated it with a couple of lophs. In a couple of weeks I'm entering into a BCSS show where for the very first time there will be a dedicated habitat style class.

I made this bowl a while ago with some copiapoa but updated it with a couple of lophs. In a couple of weeks I'm entering into a BCSS show where for the very first time there will be a dedicated habitat style class.

As per the graph. A couple of prompts that have really helped me out:

'I'm making a video about X, what should I say in the first 15 seconds of the video to maximise retention?"

"I'm making a video about X, what should I say in the last 15 seconds and what videos should I show on the end screen to keep viewers on my channel"

And my personal favourite:

"Choose an old video of mine that no longer gets views. Rejuvenate it by suggesting new titles, thumbnails and a description including timestamped chapters to improve click through rates, retention and search visibility."

Absolutely loved Darren Anderton growing up - one of my childhood favourites. Now living in the US.

Anyone else really love plants with field data or other provenence?

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