today's flowering

[dinfelu]

hello Harald

You are absolutely right, it blooms like crazy, and it is always noticed among the other cactus

regards

[dinfelu]

I have not yet identified him but I want to show his flowering of a spectacular white

Could it be an equinopsis subdenudata?

regards

[dinfelu]

mammillaria longimama

the yellow of the flower is very striking is seen from afar has 6 buttons
which now opened 3 is its first flowering

regards

[hegar]

That's a nice and healthy looking Mammillaria longimama. That genus is underrepresented in my cactus collection. I only do have the locally occurring M. grahamii and perhaps one more. There are just way too many cacti for even a fervent cactus person to grow.

Harald

[dinfelu]

hello Harald

I try to have big flower mammillarias, I think this meets these conditions

I was surprised by how big the flower is, how strong it is and how healthy it looks

regards

[ElieEstephane]

I have not yet identified him but I want to show his flowering of a spectacular white

Could it be an equinopsis subdenudata?

regards

Most probably echinopsis eyriesii

Very beautiful mammillarria longimamma! I only acquired one this winter hoping it will flower soon. I also acquired seeds of other big flowered mammillarias (dolicothele and others)

[dinfelu]

hi Eliee

thanks for the name of the cactus .... equinopsis eyriesii

I am also in search of the dolomothele mammillaria I like its flowers and
the amount it produces I have not had luck to get it

regards

[thomas]

Beautiful flowers - amazing. My wife and I think cacti have the most beautiful flowers in all the plant world.

[dinfelu]

Hello thomas

I share that opinion and on the other hand both the shape
of the cactus and the spine I like a lot

regards

[dinfelu]

epiphyllum

very happy because this epiphyllum has more than 12 flower buds
Here I show you the first of them
also the color is very beautiful some parts look like metallic rose

I usually pollinate it because the fruit they give is very rich

it only takes several months for the fruit to ripen

regards

[hegar]

Hello dinfelu,
judging by their huge color palette and large flowers Epiphyllum spp., just as Echinopsis spp. must be ranked in the group of most spectacular cacti.
There are also numerous hybrids available of both genera. I would probably have a lot of these cacti too, but they are not cold hardy enough and would need to be indoors or in a heated? greenhouse, in order to survive. I have tried to grow them outdoors, covering them in the winter with dry leaves from my trees, but they did not make it through the winter.
I only do have one pot of what most likely is a Hylocereus sp., perhaps undatus. The stems or leaves are mostly triangular and it is a rapid grower.
The plant forms what looks like aerial roots. It has never flowered, but I expect, that the blossom would be large and white.
You say, that the fruit of your plant is "rich", which indicates to me, that you may eat it as you would eat a strawberry or grape. I only have sampled tunas from Opuntia sp., fruit from my Echinocereus enneacanthus (a cactus species also called "strawberry pitaya), and of course fruit from the Hylocereus undatus, known as "dragon fruit". I do know, that most cactus fruit is indeed edible, including that of Myrtillocactus geometrizans.
In my experience, the dragon fruit taste is too bland, and the tuna is just sweet, without a distinct taste, but large seeds. The strawberry pitaya, on the other hand does have a flavor that is the most agreeable and it does have a smell very similar to what you expect a ripe strawberry to emit.
I do have two kinds of "strawberry pitaya" cacti in my yard, the aforementioned E. enneacanthus and also the "beehive cactus" Echinocereus stramineus. The latter has not yet produced any fruit and I am anxiously waiting for it to flower and produce the delicious fruit.

Harald

[dinfelu]

hello Harald

where I live eat a lot of Opuntia ficus indica fruit is very sweet and there are several colors red orange red
in hot weather they are placed on a piece of ice and eaten as ice lollipops

I do not have that cactus that takes up a lot of space.

Myrtillocactus geometrizans gives a fruit that is called garambullo here, also very rich on the palate.

regards

[dinfelu]

I want to show you a curiosity
see the size of the cactus will have about 2 centimeters
tall and already flowered ..... and also gave 2 flowers that will have
the same height of the cactus

[hegar]

Hello dinfelu,
that is a nice cactus. I also wonder, how it is possible for such a small plant to produce such big flowers. Is your cactus one that will remain tiny?
What is the genus and species of that small marvel?

Harald

[dinfelu]

hello Harald

is a son of a perplexed rebutia
and today I discovered that the father is also starting
the flowering, I will upload photos

regards