A Blooming Thread

[bartab]

Would anybody like to post a photo as their plants come into bloom?

This Mammillaria bombycina is not particularly impressive but has opened up in the last couple of days.

[DaveW]

Still early for me in the UK, but will no doubt do later.

[TimN]

Great looking plant! I had one years ago, when I was young(er) and less experienced. It never really grew much over the course of a few years. I think it probably had a peat block on the roots.

Undoubtedly a handsome plant!

Here are my two rat-eaten Turbinicarpus andersonii flowering. The one on the left was eaten flat with the ground several years ago. The one on the right was within the past 3 or 4 years.

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[DaveW]

I have a couple of old clumps of bombycina I picked up from an old collection. The thicker long stem sprawling form and the more compact clumping smaller headed form that I am starting to pull around after re-potting them.

Not my plants, but this shows the variation of growth types in bombycina.

Small headed tight clumping form:-

https://nova.co.at/marsNova/en/instance ... id=9468122

Larger elongated headed srawling form:-

https://worldofsucculents.com/mammillar ... on-cactus/

There is also a yellow spined form and of course Mammillaria perezdelarosae is closely related.

[Edwindwianto]

Here are my two rat-eaten Turbinicarpus andersonii flowering. The one on the left was eaten flat with the ground several years ago. The one on the right was within the past 3 or 4 years.

WHAaaaaaT?
Sorry to hear that

Tim, try this one...
I bought it in indonesian ace hardware (idk if ace hardware is an international shop or not, but the product is american)

On July 2019, i had bought 2 of them since i had to move to Thailand and i always have a rat problem in my outdoor kitchen
When i went back to Indo for a few days on Jan'2020, i see there was no foot print and rat fecal mater at all...
Obviously, idk that the rat's gone because of the product or any other reasons...but i think they are gone...

BTW...this product costed me 750.000 rupiah a piece (~55USD)
I also heard from my friends that the cheaper product doesn't work (although, i'am not sure that this product works either - see underline above)

But since the rats are gone in my house...maybe i could recommend it for you...
Good luck

[TimN]

Thank, Edwin!

I actually have some traps that work well when they are set. I don't have rat issues very often, so I don't spend a lot of time trying to fend them off.

My problem now is birds; I had to evict a dove from a pot of seedlings yesterday. No damage, but a lot of twigs. I also had a bird digging up a few seedlings. Not sure if it was the dove or someone else. I'm constructing a new cactus hut and will spend some time making it more bird-proof.

[Edwindwianto]

Thank, Edwin!

I actually have some traps that work well when they are set. I don't have rat issues very often, so I don't spend a lot of time trying to fend them off.

My problem now is birds; I had to evict a dove from a pot of seedlings yesterday. No damage, but a lot of twigs. I also had a bird digging up a few seedlings. Not sure if it was the dove or someone else. I'm constructing a new cactus hut and will spend some time making it more bird-proof.

No problem Tim
And good luck

My problem now is i don't have enough money to buy all cacti i want...hahaha...just joking

[Shane]

Here are some of mine:

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Cacti in flower (left to right): M. spinosissima 'Un Pico', M. spinosissima subsp. Pilcayensis, M. hahniana

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Bulbine frutescens still in flower

And finally some beautiful Graptopetalum flowers

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If anyone recognizes the species please comment

[7george]

Always glad to share some blooms. My indoor cacti show up something new almost every month.

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[Licespray]

My Mammilaria prolifera is constantly getting new fruit but I don’t see flowers..? Keep missing the Astrophytum capricorne flowers also, dangnabbit!

Gave all the cacti a water yesterday with some Charlie Carp mixed in. Hopefully encourages some good growth - sure did attract the ants and flies heh.

[Edwindwianto]

Always glad to share some blooms. My indoor cacti show up something new almost every month.

Hi George

1st photo = what Stenocactus is it?
3rd photo = Turbi pseudopectinatus?

Beautiful

[7george]

Hi George

1st photo = what Stenocactus is it?
3rd photo = Turbi pseudopectinatus?

Beautiful

Stenocactus has to be crispatus or something synonymic. Tutbi: valdezianus.

[Edwindwianto]

Stenocactus has to be crispatus or something synonymic. Tutbi: valdezianus.

I have none of them #huntinglist

Awesome George
Thanks...

[7george]

That Turbinicarpus flower opens up more then a week already...

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M. zeilmanniana started the bloom too.

[Edwindwianto]

That Turbinicarpus flower opens up more then a week already....

Hi George

Have you pollinated it?

EDWIN