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:
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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 |
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.