Are you guys bored yet?
I still have so many cactus booms to show and I am still waiting for at least 10 more to open. It has been a good year. And it is almost what I was aiming for - a lawn of colorful flowers. Slowly getting there :) Pity the blooming season is so short though and most of them will only flower in spring for a very short time.
I did say before that this one is my favourite one. Huge (comparing to the cactus itself) and very pink flower that lasts a few days. Easy to grow and easy to propagate from cuttings. Those started to grow way before it bloomed for the first time, so I could just snap them off and have few plants by now.
I am almost sure it has some fancy name. It looks like one of those hybrids with large flowers. But someone would have to confirm it.
Last year I tried to cross it with my Chamaelobivia Silvestri and both produced seed pods. Of course I sowed both and there are tiny cacti growing. But it will take a while until I see if it worked and I will have different coloured flowers. That would be cool. I don't care about names.
The cactus is very compact with very short spines. I'd say it could be a bit bigger, but I keep it a pretty sunny spot and it gets all the heat possible in the summer. This is when it slows down a bit.
One more bud to go
Last year it bloomed with one flower, this year there are two buds. The second one is taking it's time though.
Below you can see a single flower from last year. It didn't even grow that much since then.
As a bonus a little blooming at the same time bunch:
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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 |
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
