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That Weingartia with a first bud did a precious bloom:





My guess is for Weingartia tarabucoensis – a separate taxon according last researches. It's a gift without a name.


Weingartia rauschii – also considered a species now.
Not an easy bloomer. Second flower only since I have it.


More blooms followed in May:

Lobivia famatimensis (Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus) did 2 at once.













G. neuhuberi.

Also took outside quite early many pots and these Opuntia been held soil-less indoors ~ 6 months.



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.

Not all blooms are fruitless.

is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?

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.


Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.



Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.


This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.


And others from these days:

Aylostera spp.





M. bocasana.

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.!!

Well, we live on a mountain plateau kind of. There from comes the choice of my plants, one way or another.











Notocactus turecekianus -- first ever bloom, ~ 6 years from seed, about 4.5 cm in diameter.

Flowers opens up at about 3 pm even the pot is situated on SE windowsill.


That flower got bigger next day.

Still from May.

Spot the flower bud!


Seedlings Aylostera muscula recoverng from mites infestation.


And more flowers.





... and June 3rd - 4th.



At about 3 pm.

Little crowded? No, this is the way!


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.

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.


Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.



Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.


This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.


And others from these days:

Aylostera spp.





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?

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.

O. fragilis.


O. polyacantha.

Indoor plants continue to bloom somehow.

T. bicolor & M. boolii.





T. swobodae.

Here just buttons so far: Mamm. grahamii.

Very nice!

And to wrap up June: first flowers of M. grahamii, my seedling.





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

Others are fruiting directly so far.
Last one is from July 1st.

Gorgeous white flowers on that G. eurypleurum!

How old is the M. grahamii?

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:

Still are opened today. Get it last year in a local Walmart.


It's a rainy season in Calgary.

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. . .


Best wishes,
K.W.