Blooming cactus - Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii

I don't know if you remember this cactus form a while ago. I got it as a nice big clump in a way too small pot. Here is the post if you want to have a look.

I repotted it after that last post. The roots were pretty good, though terribly stuck between the damn peat the nurseries plant the cacti in. Took me a while to remove as much as I could. I manage to break lots of roots too, but there was no other way.

Few removed smaller ones that were almost fully buried and potted them separately. They do not bloom, but they grow nicely.
And this one... damn :)

Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii

It is a lovely little cactus native to Paraguay with very interesting ribs and stripes. When I got it, it was more green, now that it stands outside and gets some direct light it got more of those dark red colours.

I honestly didn't expect it to bloom like this! I was hoping for a flower or two from the biggest one, but they all started to grow buds like if it was a race!

The flowers are amazing... I wish they all opened in the same time, but this is still quite a show nevertheless.
No fragrance one them, but look at those layer and layers of petals!

And there is still more coming up :)

Since it is Caturday, here is a quick shot of my helper. A little part of her anyway. She was not very interested in posing with this one. But you can see some furry background on some photos. Then she just left do her kitty stuff.

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

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_{Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.}