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Would anybody like to post a photo as their plants come into bloom?

This Mammillaria bombycina is not particularly impressive but has opened up in the last couple of days.

Still early for me in the UK, but will no doubt do later.

Great looking plant! I had one years ago, when I was young(er) and less experienced. It never really grew much over the course of a few years. I think it probably had a peat block on the roots.

Undoubtedly a handsome plant!

Here are my two rat-eaten Turbinicarpus andersonii flowering. The one on the left was eaten flat with the ground several years ago. The one on the right was within the past 3 or 4 years.

I have a couple of old clumps of bombycina I picked up from an old collection. The thicker long stem sprawling form and the more compact clumping smaller headed form that I am starting to pull around after re-potting them.

Not my plants, but this shows the variation of growth types in bombycina.

Small headed tight clumping form:-

https://nova.co.at/marsNova/en/instance ... id=9468122

Larger elongated headed srawling form:-

https://worldofsucculents.com/mammillar ... on-cactus/

There is also a yellow spined form and of course Mammillaria perezdelarosae is closely related.

TimN wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:47 pm Here are my two rat-eaten Turbinicarpus andersonii flowering. The one on the left was eaten flat with the ground several years ago. The one on the right was within the past 3 or 4 years.

WHAaaaaaT?
Sorry to hear that

Tim, try this one...
I bought it in indonesian ace hardware (idk if ace hardware is an international shop or not, but the product is american)

On July 2019, i had bought 2 of them since i had to move to Thailand and i always have a rat problem in my outdoor kitchen
When i went back to Indo for a few days on Jan'2020, i see there was no foot print and rat fecal mater at all...
Obviously, idk that the rat's gone because of the product or any other reasons...but i think they are gone...

BTW...this product costed me 750.000 rupiah a piece (~55USD)
I also heard from my friends that the cheaper product doesn't work (although, i'am not sure that this product works either - see underline above)

But since the rats are gone in my house...maybe i could recommend it for you...
Good luck

Thank, Edwin!

I actually have some traps that work well when they are set. I don't have rat issues very often, so I don't spend a lot of time trying to fend them off.

My problem now is birds; I had to evict a dove from a pot of seedlings yesterday. No damage, but a lot of twigs. I also had a bird digging up a few seedlings. Not sure if it was the dove or someone else. I'm constructing a new cactus hut and will spend some time making it more bird-proof.

TimN wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:37 pm Thank, Edwin!

I actually have some traps that work well when they are set. I don't have rat issues very often, so I don't spend a lot of time trying to fend them off.

My problem now is birds; I had to evict a dove from a pot of seedlings yesterday. No damage, but a lot of twigs. I also had a bird digging up a few seedlings. Not sure if it was the dove or someone else. I'm constructing a new cactus hut and will spend some time making it more bird-proof.

No problem Tim
And good luck

My problem now is i don't have enough money to buy all cacti i want...hahaha...just joking

Here are some of mine: Cacti in flower (left to right): M. spinosissima 'Un Pico', M. spinosissima subsp. Pilcayensis, M. hahniana Bulbine frutescens still in flower

And finally some beautiful Graptopetalum flowers If anyone recognizes the species please comment

Always glad to share some blooms. My indoor cacti show up something new almost every month.

My Mammilaria prolifera is constantly getting new fruit but I don’t see flowers..? Keep missing the Astrophytum capricorne flowers also, dangnabbit!

Gave all the cacti a water yesterday with some Charlie Carp mixed in. Hopefully encourages some good growth - sure did attract the ants and flies heh.

7george wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:32 am Always glad to share some blooms. My indoor cacti show up something new almost every month.

Hi George

1st photo = what Stenocactus is it?
3rd photo = Turbi pseudopectinatus?

Beautiful

Edwindwianto wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:30 am Hi George

1st photo = what Stenocactus is it?
3rd photo = Turbi pseudopectinatus?

Beautiful

Stenocactus has to be crispatus or something synonymic. Tutbi: valdezianus.

7george wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:42 am Stenocactus has to be crispatus or something synonymic. Tutbi: valdezianus.

I have none of them #huntinglist

Awesome George
Thanks...

That Turbinicarpus flower opens up more then a week already...
M. zeilmanniana started the bloom too.

7george wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:53 pm That Turbinicarpus flower opens up more then a week already....

Hi George

Have you pollinated it?

EDWIN