Hi Alessandro,

Welcome to the forum

Your collection is neat and well cared, i can see

How do you raise you cacti in constant winter?
And where did you buy your cacti?, local russian grower?

EDWIN

Hi Dodi, Since our climate is more or less the same...i try to share you my exp... I always put my Mexican desert cacti in full morning sun from rise to 10PM, at roof-top... the first pict here is how they are put under the full sun After that... i put them under the canopy [/color]...but it is stil...

Just for reference, here's one of my Turb polaskiis with a wide-open flower on 8/25/19: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49544348573_e2e994e11e_o.jpg I've always found Turbinicarpus to be a rather confusing genus, so I don't know if yours is a polaskii or not. The brown stripes on the petals may...

A1essandro wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:50 am Wow! So small and so blooming one)

My congratulations!)

Thanks Alessandro

Yes...it is only 1cm in diameter and it surprised me a lot when i had found it's bud, a few days ago

BTW...i'am nolonger sure that it is var. polaskii, since the flower is of wrong characteristic

EDWIN

Hi everyone,
At last, i'am able to join this thread

This is my Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus var. polaskii, my very first cactus, flowering in my care
EDWIN

Good day everyone Today, my Turbi polaskii is flowering This is my first cactus ever, flowering in my care 😁 I try to take it's photo since few days ago... Here they are... 01 - Mar18th 2020.jpg 02 - Mar19th 2020.jpg 03 - Mar20th 2020.jpg 04 - Mar21st 2020.jpg Today, i try to take several pictures o...

Thanks for the reply! I like yours so much I'm going to get one for myself I think (someday...) As for staying healthy, I'll try, but I found out today there's a decent chance I have coronavirus right now (mild though, don't worry). I hope everyone reading this does a better job avoiding it than I ...

Think it is probably M. schiedeana though as Dodi says. http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/2251/Mammillaria_schiedeana https://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/MAMMILLARIA/Mammillaria_carmenae/Mammillaria_carmenae/Mammillaria_carmenae.htm Thanks Dave for the confirmation It helps me...

K.W. wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:59 pm Excuse me, I was in the clinic and had an eye operation.

Get well soon K.W

EDWIN

But i think, M. carmenae is also a possibility

EDWIN

Just for sharing

I use Osmocote in my 100% mineral substrate
And it works well for me

EDWIN

Beautiful turbi bro

I can see so many boxes filled with cacti on the background...wow

EDWIN

Self-sterile, they need something to provide pollen. There are a few known non-L. pricipis donors (I don't know what they are, but someone does) Hi Tim Thanks for the info Ahh...another self-sterile plant How is this happening? Because at the same flower, the pollen and the style aren''t mature at ...

Ferro wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:29 pm And Edwindwianto - thanks for your participation!

NP abd sorry i'am not helping...i'am still learning to identify correctly

Good luck with finding the true name

EDWIN

From the The Cactus Family

Page 414 So, it could be indeed subspecies albescens

EDWIN