My Mammillaria rhodantha is blooming again! It was already blooming when I bought it, but this is the first round of blooms since it's been in my care. It's not as spectacular as most of the flowers I've seen on this site, but since it's the first cactus flower that I can take credit for, I'm doing the new mom thing!
Thanks, Darryl. To be honest, it was blooming and fruiting even after being overwatered in peat in a too-small pot at Target! It's one tough little plant.
ihc6480 wrote:Great looking Mamm and flowers. Enjoy being a new mom. Now the questions is-- now many more kids are you going to adopt and care for
Thanks, Bill.
I may adopt one or two while on my vacation in a few weeks, but that will be it for a while. I'm planning on moving to a new apartment at the end of February, so I don't want to get too many plants until I know how much space I'll have for them. Also, I have bad rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups during the winter months, so I want to wait until my vacation so I'll have time and energy to repot new plants. Last, but not least, I've got a lot to learn about cacti -- I don't want to get in over my head!
Hey, I even get excited when I get Rhipsalis blooms and they are less spectacular than mamm blooms, but just as enjoyable to me. Blooms are a nice indicator of a happy plant!
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
CelticRose wrote:My Mammillaria rhodantha is blooming again! It was already blooming when I bought it, but this is the first round of blooms since it's been in my care. It's not as spectacular as most of the flowers I've seen on this site, but since it's the first cactus flower that I can take credit for, I'm doing the new mom thing!
Congrats, your efforts are paying some dividends for you... and it's a nice looking form of rhodantha too I like the dark spines.
Here are some rhodanthas from my collection...
I find it to be a nice "no-fuss Mamm.
CP
"To be held in the heart of a friend is to be a king!" ...Bruce Cockburn.
G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.
Do you have any idea what type of rhodantha I have? I think it looks most like the first picture in your post.
Your pictures answered my question as to whether rhodanthas bloom in rings, singly, or a few at a time.
Yes it certainly looks like my plant in the first couple of pics, which is the normal form of rhodantha, I have four forms, ...the second pair of pics are of ssp. aureiceps, third pair of pics are of ssp pringlei - (the most graceful loking form of them all). The fourth form seen in the bottom pic with the ginger-brown coloured spines is (I think), the form that was previously known as M. fera-rubra.
CP
"To be held in the heart of a friend is to be a king!" ...Bruce Cockburn.
G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.
cactuspolecat wrote:Yes it certainly looks like my plant in the first couple of pics, which is the normal form of rhodantha, I have four forms, ...the second pair of pics are of ssp. aureiceps, third pair of pics are of ssp pringlei - (the most graceful loking form of them all). The fourth form seen in the bottom pic with the ginger-brown coloured spines is (I think), the form that was previously known as M. fera-rubra.
CP
Thanks, CP.
John P Weiser wrote:Here's hoping, you find suitable accommodations for you new little ones.
It was already blooming when I bought it, but this is the first round of blooms since it's been in my care. It's not as spectacular as most of the flowers I've seen on this site, but since it's the first cactus flower that I can take credit for, I'm doing the new mom thing! 
To be honest, it was blooming and fruiting even after being overwatered in peat in a too-small pot at Target! It's one tough little plant.
I may adopt one or two while on my vacation in a few weeks, but that will be it for a while. I'm planning on moving to a new apartment at the end of February, so I don't want to get too many plants until I know how much space I'll have for them. Also, I have bad rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups during the winter months, so I want to wait until my vacation so I'll have time and energy to repot new plants. Last, but not least, I've got a lot to learn about cacti -- I don't want to get in over my head! 
