Almost all my cacti are dormant now (except the one that thinks it's spring and blooms right now) so there is nothing happening.
But I opened my spiky folder and Is aw I still have some I shot this season I didn't show for whatever reason.
Those three here are Mammillarias. Two of them I grew from seed, one is an offshoot from a larger plant I have. I find this type the easiest to grow. And even if something happens to the plant, there is so many little babies around that I can always save it. Even growing it from seed is the easiest thing and they can bloom in their second year.
It is not the most flashy cactus and the flowers are very small, but it is cute and when it grows big it looks like a soft pillow from a distance.
Here are the three beauties:
Candidate number 1
Likes to have a drink on weekends share gossips with the neighboring pots.
Rumors say that he got green with envy like that because the other ones have pretty peachy flowers, he he doesn't. Now he just sits in a nice shady spot and multiplies like crazy plotting how to take over the world.
Candidate number 2
Enjoys sun and lazy afternoons on the balcony. All the tan will show on the spines, but that's the beauty. Will not use any sunscreen anyway. Likes risk and poking humans in the spare time.
Candidate number 3
This little beauty is pretty shy and will blush when you look at it. It does like to show off a bit with multiple flowers. The shy part must be just an act then.
That last one is the one grown from an offshoot. I got a big plant in a shop but it turned out that the main and biggest stem was dead so I separated all the smaller ones and planted them separately.
This one below is one from seed. I really like those dark spines! The flowers are about the same as the peachy ones above.
And here they are :)
Mammillaria_prolifera
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
