Days of my cacti lives - in pictures

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That Weingartia with a first bud did a precious bloom:
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My guess is for Weingartia tarabucoensis – a separate taxon according last researches. It's a gift without a name.

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Weingartia rauschii – also considered a species now.
Not an easy bloomer. Second flower only since I have it.
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More blooms followed in May:
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Lobivia famatimensis (Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus) did 2 at once.
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G. neuhuberi.

Also took outside quite early many pots and these Opuntia been held soil-less indoors ~ 6 months.
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It's a drought here in this spring as you can see on photos. Also quite often smoky, hopefully not for the whole summer that can terminate further blooms of my cacti.
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Not all blooms are fruitless.
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is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?
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keith wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 5:30 pm is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?
Yes, Keith: just for this reason, esp. for black pots placed on west or southern window or outdoors under direct sun. At 1025 m a.s.l. in clear sunny days the whole pot overheats.

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Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.
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Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.

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This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.
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And others from these days:
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Aylostera spp.
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M. bocasana.
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7george wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 10:50 pm
keith wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 5:30 pm is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?
Yes, Keith: just for this reason, esp. for black pots placed on west or southern window or outdoors under direct sun. At 1025 m a.s.l. in clear sunny days the whole pot overheats.
It took a while before I knew what "1025 m a.s.l." meant. 1025 meters above sea level. I was going to ask when it hit me.

I'd have to say, 200 m a.s.l.!!
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Well, we live on a mountain plateau kind of. There from comes the choice of my plants, one way or another.
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Notocactus turecekianus -- first ever bloom, ~ 6 years from seed, about 4.5 cm in diameter.
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Flowers opens up at about 3 pm even the pot is situated on SE windowsill.

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That flower got bigger next day.
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Still from May.
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Spot the flower bud!

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Seedlings Aylostera muscula recoverng from mites infestation.

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And more flowers.
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... and June 3rd - 4th.
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At about 3 pm.
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Little crowded? No, this is the way!

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And this is the shelter & nursery for dropped pads. Many not only rooted but also produced segments above at the same season that is a little miracle for our climate. Changing though.

More recent blooms.
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7george wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 10:50 pm
keith wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 5:30 pm is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?
Yes, Keith: just for this reason, esp. for black pots placed on west or southern window or outdoors under direct sun. At 1025 m a.s.l. in clear sunny days the whole pot overheats.

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Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.
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Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.

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This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.
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And others from these days:
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Aylostera spp.
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M. bocasana.

Thanks for sharing! Encouraging to see flowers on other folks windowsill cacti ( if I don’t remember wrong, you keep most of your collection indoors?) Picture six in this post, is it a Mammillaria carmenae I see to the left?
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Thanks for sharing! Encouraging to see flowers on other folks windowsill cacti ( if I don’t remember wrong, you keep most of your collection indoors?) Picture six in this post, is it a Mammillaria carmenae I see to the left?
Thanks! You remember all correct. That is one my M. carmenae in that row.

Just 2 bloomers among winter-hardy cacti so far, that is the total I think.
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O. fragilis.

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O. polyacantha.

Indoor plants continue to bloom somehow.
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T. bicolor & M. boolii.
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T. swobodae.
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Here just buttons so far: Mamm. grahamii.
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Very nice!
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And to wrap up June: first flowers of M. grahamii, my seedling.
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First my frailea (F. castanea) that produced a real flower.
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Others are fruiting directly so far.
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Last one is from July 1st.
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Gorgeous white flowers on that G. eurypleurum!
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How old is the M. grahamii?
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jerrytheplater wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:34 pm How old is the M. grahamii?
Somewhere 6 - 8 years from seed. Don't have a record about sowing.
MrXeric wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:39 am Gorgeous white flowers on that G. eurypleurum!
Yeah, but pinkish outside:
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Still are opened today. Get it last year in a local Walmart.

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7george

First my frailea (F. castanea) that produced a real flower.

Thanks for the photo!
Never saw a flower on my plants - only fruit capsules with seeds. . .


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