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Tephrocactus alexanderi
very spiny form
photo before I loped off many heads for rooting

Early Spring Flowers

Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus hybrid Pelecyphora strobiliformis
They never seem to flower at the same time if at all
Any one know about adding flowering fertilizer to get more cactus flowers? Mammillaria spinosissima un pico Gymnocalycium mihanovichii transformer
Hard to get good photos of.

Those are some nice turbs!

I forgot what this one is called

Eriosyce bulbocalyx. I love it!

Many in the Cactus world are obsessed with Copiapoa columna-alba
me, being one of them
But I only had one that was old enough to flower

Luckily, I have friends that also share my love
Ed Reed, the curator at the CSU Fullerton education Arboretum
Bought the Rosmarie Saurer (sp?) collection after she died
Which was a large part of the Ann Shein Copiapoa collection that Rosmarie bought after Ann died

So we how have a mating pair Here are some 5 year old seedlings Thelocactus hasitfer
odd Thelo with it's elongated thin stem
it's a shy bloomer Echinocereus coccineus inermis

I can't tell difference between Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis f. inermis and Echinocereus coccineus f. inermis .

Neither can I
It could be Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis f. inermis

Nice looking plants. I almost feel bad for my Thelocactus Hastifer when they flower compared to a bicolor but they are pretty sweet plants

Pelecyphora asseliformis is one of my favorite cactus

Many years ago, when I was thinking about selling seeds
I said I will start when I can sell my own Pelecyphora asseliformis seeds
That day never came, and I had so many other seeds I gave up on that promise
Still, I have never had a single batch for my own use

The species is not easy to get, and easy to kill, even grafted ones
I bought a couple grafted ones 2 years ago, and the rotted from the inside last fall

My one flowering plant, grafted Luckily, I have friends with plants that will lend a hand when it comes to producing seed
Friend's beautiful plant on it's own roots These Dental Applicators are perfect for pollination work on small fragile flowers
You can get a pack of 400 for $10
I have one for every species in flower, little green sticks poking out of pots here and there

Some more Spring Flowers

Just got this new species for me
Cumulopuntia subterranea subs. pulcherrima Denise saw these for sale at Sprouts for $2 each
so she picked a couple and sold them for $10
I kept one My Epiphyllum from seed
Very prolific flowerer compared to the others from cuttings Lots of Neoporteria flowers