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The two T. Hoferi look very different. Both look amazing but right side plant with the more compact growth is my favorite.
Were they grown differently or is it a phenotypic difference?
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I water almost all my cactus all year long, keeps the roots active and from getting too shriveled.
But it never gets very cold here, and it's sunny almost every day as well.
They take up the water when they are ready.

I only water the Ariocarpus once every couple months in the winter

One of those T. hoferi was grafted then degrafted, so it's extra plump
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Some late Winter Flowers

Sulcorebutia arenacea
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The color of this rebutia senilis always amazes me
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Echinocereus schmollii
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Echinocereus scheeri var. gentryi
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If I Auto Correct, the color is way too intense
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Neowerdermannia vorwerkii
Self fertile,
last year I had terrible germination rates
used some treatment on a second batch and they were worse,
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Cintia knizei
Always sporadic ragged flowers late winter
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This one has been growing heads that have pointy tubercles
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Some new photos

Mountain Girl
My Echinopsis hybrid
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Lot's of Escobaria minima and Mammillaria theresae flowers
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Ariocarpus retusus x trigonus
with white seed pods
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Sulcorebutia rauschii
Green form
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This was a weird occurrence...

I was taking a photo of this Coryphantha difficilis
Since it was the first time it flowered
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I took it out of the hot box and put it on a shelf outside the green house to photograph the flowers close-up, to document the feathery nature of the petals
And this native bee flies into the flower like it owns the place
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Then the bee dives into the flower center and disappears
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Then reappears about 10 seconds later covered with pollen
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I just wonder why this bee knew this flower was a flower of interest?
Did it get into the hot box before and find this flower, it does have a small opening that it could have found to get in before I took it out.
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Some flowers look entirely different under UV light. Some have patterns that appear to direct pollinators in that direction. Maybe here too.
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Just being able to watch the process is awesome. You think the plant was pollinated?
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I was taking some photos yesterday and I see the same (?) native bee popping out of this Astrophytum nudum flower
and got a photo before it flew off and then through a tiny hole in my green house
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More flowers
Weingartia neumanniana
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My Astrophytum caput-medusae often flower when no others are flowering
So I apply other Astrophytum species pollen that are flowering for hoped for hybrids
Especially my earlier Hybrid, "Astrotopia" pollen

This year I have an over abundance of seeds
I put red marks on the seed pods to distinguish hybrid seeds from pure crosses
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The seedlings are a mix of hybrids and normal "selfed" caput-medusae
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Copiapoa monstrose gallery
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Some never flower, others only once or twice a year
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Your Copiapoa laui specimens are outstanding!
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Coryphantha longicornis
These are about 15 years old and finally flowered for their first time
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I sped through this entire post 15 years of growing very cool lots of work posting all these pictures. Picked up some interesting tips . Do you have a picture of your new bigger greenhouse ?

Now I have to go through the succulent post .
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