There is nothing in this post of any importance or significance. I just thought I'd throw out a couple of pictures for the members here at the forum . Partly with the thought that I just might provoke a little convesation, and somebody just might learn something from that.
I've got 14 pictures here, most of which one picture per cactus. Except for the first one. I've got five pics of that cactus ... as is most appropriate. An apology here ... I think I'm going to stop using my tablet as a camera. The pictures are not so bad in their native format, but once you decrease their size, the image quality suffers. Or maybe its the software I'm using to decrease their size that is decreasing the JPG quality aspect of the pictures.
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1a, 1b, 1c. 1d. 1e
Trichocereus grandiflorus container #1
It had ONE last bulb on it that I wasn't sure was going to open. Yesterday I took pictures 1a, 1b and 1c. I had a look in the greenhouse LATE last nite and sure enough, it opened completely then. And that 10PM photo looked like 1d and 1e which I took today.
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Mammillaria hahniana
Looks like the last of the flowers to me. It bloomed from the time it started to cool off good in the Fall of 2017 all the way trough to today.
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Astrophytum myriostigma
One of the last flowers of the season, but it's still got one more bud waiting to open.
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Mammillaria baumi
These are far from the most spectacular flowers in the world of cacti, but I rather think these little yellow flowers have an extremely rich shade of yellow. The dark area in the center is my shadow. I didn't notice it until now. Sorry.
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Mammillaria fraileana
That's the name it came identified with anyway, but some of the members here doubt that ID, and in fact have given me what I thought was, at the time, a good ID. But I didn't write it down the instant I read it, and so its gone. I'm going to have to go back to "Cactus Identification" for help ... again. Anyway, despite the length of time that this cactus has been flowering, I do believe that these are the last two flowers that this cactus is going to produce this year ... uh, ... season ...
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Gymnocalycium mihanovichi v. rysanekianum
This cactus has a mind of its own ... it pays NO attention to the seasons. I say that because it might flower at any time of the year, and the flowers might go away quickly or stay for months. I love the flowers that this cactus provide. I use one as my avatar. This cactus is one of my most favorite of all my cacti ... I think because of the red/green color of the body. Later this summer, after it has been in the bright sun for a couple of months, it will be ALL red!
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7 & 8
Mammillaria spinossisima 'un pico' & Mammillaria spinossisima 'red headed irishman'. I think these two have FINALLY put out their last flowers for the season. Now is the time, and M. spinossisima 'un pico' has actually done so, to put out fruit. Not a lot, but so far it looks like i'll have SOME seed from this years "crop". So far, the red headed irishman is not doing anything.
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Parodia eurbescens
This wooly red/brown spined cactus put out a very nice crop of little pretty flowers, but now that it's done, I can't tell if any of the flowers pollenated each other. The flowers have all shriveled just recently.
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Trichocereus grandiflorus. Container #2
As you can see, two of the buds on this cactus seem to have been polinated. I may well get some kind of hybrid out of this deal. I have two containers of this cactus. One of which (this one) is a cutting of the other. The rwo of them together put out 13 buds. Last year there were only 2. Last year they were 4+ inches across. This year they were only three inches across.
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Lobivia aurea v leucomalla
Only put out maybe 6 flowers, but those flowers were very pretty. Now they've wilted and I have NO idea whether or not i'll get any seed from the flowers that bloomed.
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I'm not sure though since I have had it such a short time. But if it is what I believe it is, it surely will be cool!
