Aylostera Flavistyla time!

The season is on and it is not gonna be a very good one. I see some buds here and there, but not as many as last year. On top of that I have didn't shoot tow of the earliest bloomers. One mammillaria might bloom again with some random flowers here and there, but the rebutia albiflora probably wont. I forgot how long the flowers last and I have been waiting for a sunny weather to take some photos. Today the weather was good, but the blooms were already gone.

I got this one though :)

Aylostera Flavistyla FR756

The flowers opened yesterday. All three in one go. There is one more bud growing, and if it doesn't blast for some reason I will have one more single flower later on.

I am looking at the post from last year and I don't see the cactus to be much bigger. The one in a square pot is still here too and looks about the same as well

But the flowers are a lot nicer! Bigger and with better shape.

Still no sign of growing offshoots, but I do have one small seedling growing. The flowers get easily pollinated (probably self as I hardly get any bees here) and produce tiny fruits with seeds.

Some years ago I had both of the cacti growing in one pot as they were smaller. I split them later and wanted to see if they prefer more sunny or more shaded spot so I kept both a bit different condition.
And I see no difference between them :) Which means I can give them more sun and they will be fine and reserve the shady spot for more sensitive ones.





Nasty, little spines. They seem so delicate, but they are sharp as hell!

Since it is #Caturday here is a furry bonus shot :)

My other blooming cacti:

Chamaecereus hybrid	Sulcorebutia Canigueralii	Mammillaria camptotricha	Mammillaria Glassii
Gymnocalycium baldianum	Mediolobivia mudanensis	Lobivia Arachnacantha	Rebutia hybrid
Mammillaria Bombycina	Mammillaria Gracilis Snowcap	Mammillaria haageana	Mammillaria backebergiana
Chamaecereus silvestrii	Mammillaria prolifera	Rebutia Fabrisii var. Aureiflora	Lobivia Wrightiana
Aylostera Flavistyla FR756	Parodia concinna	Mammillaria Copper King	Gymnocalycium Bruchii
Mammillaria backebergiana	Gymnocalycium damsii	Echinopsis subdenudata	Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Mammillaria Prolifera	Lobivia arachnacantha v. vallegrandensis	Mediolobivia atrovirens	Mammillaria magnimamma
Sulcorebutia langerii	Sulcorebutia frankiana	Chamaelobivia no ID	Rebutia Albiflora
Mediolobivia atrovirens var. ritteri	Gymnocalycium damsii var. tucavocense	Notocactus Ottonis	Gymnocalycium Friedrichii
Turbinicarpus Viereckii	Rebutia neocumingii	Notocactus Rubrigemmatus	Lobivia no ID
Sulcorebutia albissima	Lobivia arachnacantha II	Notocactus mueller-melchersii	Mammillaria Prolifera
Aylostera heliosa var. condorensis	Frailea pumila	Lobivia arachnacantha	Lobivia no ID