Small things and big flowers

I am wondering what I should do with this cactus. It was growing in a large clump when I got it, then I repotted it and removed a few smaller ones that were around and almost dug up in the soil. Now they grow in sperate pots.
I kept the few biggest ones that were in the middle together. It looks nice this way, but they do not grow as nice I would like to.

I will not get this kind of display of flowers this year. Those photos are from the previous season. Now I see one flower open and a couple more buds to go and that's about it.





The plants are also a bit shriveled, though I do water them as other cacti. I start to think that maybe the roots rotted inside the pot since it is a big one and the soil stays wet longer. At this point I am tempted to separate them all. Maybe pot them together again, but all flat, not stacked up like they are so they all have equal access to the soil.

For now I will wait for the flowers to finish and the decide.

A bit earlier when the buds just started to form. The cactus has amazing purple-green colours and very pronounced rips. Beautiful plant!

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii it is called by the way :)

Bonus monochrome song for today:
Ben Howard - Small Things
year 2014

"Has the world gone mad
Or is it me?"

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