A Blooming Thread

7george · Post by **7george** » Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:44 pm

Edwindwianto wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:18 pm Hi George

Have you pollinated it?

EDWIN

It is self-sterile.

Edwindwianto · Post by **Edwindwianto** » Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:30 am

7george wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:44 pm It is self-sterile.

Yes i know
I meant with other valdezianus in your collections

Post by **DaveW** » Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:00 pm

The problem is when it comes to posting pictures it is often left to the few to do it. In the past you may have needed a reasonable camera but these days most have smartphones whose pictures are more than good enough for web use and as you are constantly using them no excuse to not taking pictures of your plants.

The problem may be not being able as close as you want without macro equipment but most cameras and phones have a surplus of megapixels for web use these days so you can simply crop out the part of the picture needed. However do not overdo it so the picture looks grainy.

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bartab · Post by **bartab** » Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:00 pm

Some Turbinicarpus valdezianus albiflorus I picked up from Plantaseca. My older pink and purple ones are a week or two behind these. I love the white flowers.

greenknight · Post by **greenknight** » Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:42 pm

Licespray wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:04 am My Mammilaria prolifera is constantly getting new fruit but I don’t see flowers..? Keep missing the Astrophytum capricorne flowers also, dangnabbit!

The fruits appear long after the flowers on M. prolifera, and the flowers are small and not very colorful - easy to miss. How you miss these Asto flowers, though, I can't imagine.

Edwindwianto · Post by **Edwindwianto** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:17 am

bartab wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:00 pm Some Turbinicarpus valdezianus albiflorus I picked up from Plantaseca. My older pink and purple ones are a week or two behind these. I love the white flowers.

Very nice Bar

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 6:11 am

Mammillaria mystax. Just opened today

gillinger · Post by **gillinger** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:05 am

Can I ask- all these blooming cacti, have people started watering? I have a few tiny buds appearing on just two of my cacti. Should I start to feed and water them to encourage the flowers?

Post by **DaveW** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:04 am

Depends how warm your conditions are? We are still early in the season in the UK and my cold greenhouse further south than yours is not showing any buds yet. However those with heated greenhouses in our Nottingham branch are showing buds and will soon be watering. I usually start watering mid March, but those with heated greenhouses early March in UK.

The plants usually give a hint by starting to produce new spines at the crown when they are starting in growth. Many start mist spraying the plants on warm days to help them start into growth a week or two before actually watering the soil.

If you are feeding them use the fertiliser at half or quarter the strength recommended on the pack since cacti grow slower than normal plants therefore don't need as much feed so it will build up quicker in the soil because the plants do not use it as fast.

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:14 pm

It's still in the 40's and 50's in the morning here in Arizona. I have'nt watered in months; every time I think I need to water, it rains. Daytime high temps are creeping up into the 70's, which is nice.

Mammillaria perezdelarosa

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Mammillaria dixanthocentron

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And a little Mammillaria tlalocii

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Some of the turbinicarpus (andersonii, bonatzii) and flowering like crazy.

gillinger · Post by **gillinger** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:06 pm

Thanks Dave. All my plants are indoors in either a warm or cold room. Misting sounds like a good idea.

gillinger · Post by **gillinger** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:07 pm

TimN, very jealous!

bartab · Post by **bartab** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:55 pm

A few more opening up.

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: M. Lasiacantha; E57162BE-12CC-4EB8-87E4-1596AA7B59CC.jpeg (261.4 KiB) Viewed 14175 times

keith · Post by **keith** » Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:13 am

Turbinicarpus flowers I have been pollinating and a Mammillaria roseocentra or Mammillaria magallanii var. roseocentra whatever its called its always a early bloomer. I kept the pink color with the pink and the white color with the white when pollinating the turbinicarpus.

keith · Post by **keith** » Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:28 am

Epithelantha gregii from Mesa long ago its description was black tipped spines. Maybe grey I don't know about black. These look so much like micomeris that when they are small I can't tell them apart. They need to be crossed to produce fruit micromeris doesn't . 30 % chance of rain tomorrow I won't cover the cactus because its going to warm again next week , in a way I have started to water them. if it actually rains its been very dry the last couple months .