Springtime is when the cacti bloom and here are some more Turbinicarpus flowers. The first is T. alonsoi and the second T. schmeidickianus
Sulcorebutia is still quite pale, it hasn't fully woken up but the first flower has popped open and there are more buds.
Quite a variable species, this one has red spines and is generally more red, UI was happy to find this one last year on a sale.
One of my baby Astrophytum asterias hybrids flowered for the first time, I have quite a few seedlings that I'm busy rooting, I'll show them once they have settled down, I got them for the equivalent of about 5 cents of HBD and they will need a season or two but I like buying seedlings , they adapt more easily than adult plants and it annoys me to buy large expensive specimens that promptly die
Parodia mammulosa hybrid showing off
I'm still busy preparing for the show, as well as spraying bugs and repotting plants, capturing escape artists like this little Haworthiopsis tessellata that made it out of the bottom of the pot:
It went to join the parent above in a larger pot along with the other wanderers I found in the soil.
So far I have potted up over 300 seedlings that I bought in trays like these Mammillaria, Parodia, Gymnocalycium, Astrophytum and Frailea.
I only hope I sell enough of them and others that I have been growing in November, they are taking up a lot of space!
I bought a Euphorbia piscidermis aka Fish skin Euphorbia with a friend, they are rare and have always been on my want-list. We bought this cluster to split up and see how we manage. It terrifies me but it is a beauty, just look at those scales!
I'll make a separate post on separating the pups. This plant has been degrafted but they can grow on their own roots, they are just very slow
@monster-one and @ewkaw some more Turbinicarpus!
Ohh pretty! The schmeidickianus has really nice body.
Lovely flowers on Parodia too. One of my Notocactus bloomed again this year, which was a bit weird. Normally they bloom only in spring.
The turbinicarpus have grown well and gotten chunky in the greenhouse, they really love the heat.
Which Notocactus is it?
I am not sure, I never had the tag for it. I think it Ottonis..
The seedlings in the tray are probably ottonis, did yours have yellow or red flowers?
It's this one (old photo though). I got it in a supermarket without a tag. I think it was the first time that it bloomed the second time.
That seedling tray is amazing by the way :D
Definitely ottonis! The seedling tray was full of little surprises and a lot of work to pot up
Hi nikv, glad to see your post and your beautiful cacti, especially glad to see those Mexican cacti invading the whole world (evil laugh) just kidding, I have always liked the look of your cacti because they always look very healthy, much more than what I can have in my garden with so much humidity.
Mexican cacti are awesome!
My cacti look much better now that they are in the greenhouse - I lost quite a few when they were outside and we had some tropical storms move inland and it rained for weeks
En mi colección aún no he podido tener los turbinicarpus, esa especie es muy difícil de dar en mi país avanza muy poco pero son bellas, excelente colección amiga !! 🌵👏
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In my collection I have not yet been able to have the turbinicarpus, that species is very difficult to give in my country advances very little but they are beautiful, excellent collection friend !!!! 🌵👏
Thank you! They are fairly rare here as well, I only got these recently
😂🤣😂
300 seedlings WOW thats some work. I always buy trees very young because of the price and they transplant easily similar to your seedlings. But you have to have patience 😅
Awesome pictures btw 😍
We spent a good chunk of our day cleaning up beds for winter. I like spring better haha
I do all the cleaning in spring but at least I am rewarded with flowers!
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Good luck selling some of these! They are incredibly beautiful.
Thank you! The competition is fierce, the trick is to have something different and hopefully my crop of seedlings will be
Some lovely cactii? catuses? (prickly things 👍), Mine never seem to flower, ever!
Cacti 😁
Sadly, cacti kept indoors don't flower because seasonal change is what triggers flowering. A house environment that is comfortable for humans is too constant.
well blow me down!! you learn something new every day! Thank you
Put them in a cooler room that isn't used much (so less light and heat) in winter and you may see buds in spring once you return them to a warmer, sunnier spot
That'll do for me then, I shall report back
Thanks @ewkaw!
Wow, it's cute. Honestly, I have never seen a cactus bloom in my entire life. And because of this picture, I really want to have this beautiful cactus.🥰🥰🥰
Cactus doesn't bloom if you keep it inside your house so if you have somewhere suitable outside, you will have flowers
Wow! Beautiful cacti flowers! Haven’t seen such flowers for quite some time now. My neighbour’s cacti were all lost in the flood.
Hope you could sell lots of the baby cacti!
Thank you! I guess everything outside was lost for everybody when it flooded
All pot plants would have been swept away by the flood! I still had to hunt for my disappearing pot plants! I would look for new seeds and saplings to grow new plants. But my neighbour has given up growing new pot plants!! I wouldn’t give up so easily, we need more colourful plants around the house.