frailea flower in the heat

this little baby gave me a nice surprise today and yesterday with two seperate flowers only flowering 1 day each

Really nice

mmmmmm they are awesome. My astroidies died sadly =( .... but your flower makes me happy.

-A

That is a lovely flower, and such a cute little cactus body as well.

thanks guys... she is frailea castanea cv shidow i have heaps of seedlings of this one from a flower that did not open late last year. this plant is cleistogemic ( goes straight to seed without flowering ).

regards
Darren

Love!

they only live for what 10 years? so a must to collect its seed, i have a frailea asteroides v.backebergii, which is just about to flower!

awesome!

Any chance of swapping some seeds for some cataphracta phaeodisca in a few months?

could definately swap some seed when i get another flower...it looks like one is coming up at the moment so i will try to remember when i get the seeds.

My Frailea asteroides v.backebergii flowered but the flower never opened , and so I was surprised when it fruited and set seed ... self fertile me thinks

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My Frailea asteroides v.backebergii flowered but the flower never opened , and so I was surprised when it fruited and set seed ... self fertile me thinks

Hey Blowng i think they call this cleistogemic or something... the flower doesnt even need to open and it sets seed

Ah yes Cleistogamy ...It must be difficult to cross these types to produce hybrids huh? It was a nice surprise , made up for the disapointment of the flower not opening at all..

I have noticed that these flowers only open when the weather is really hot and bright light had some in a shaded area that didnt open flowers then some in a brighter warmer area and had several flowers open for me. I wonder if anyone else finds the same.
This plant is for sure one of my all time favourites i am starting a collection of fraileas.
Darren did you have a pic of that frailea that you had grafted.
And i love that with frailea you only need the one plant to get seed shame more cacti were not like that.

Cactuscook I would gladly send you some Frailia seeds that i just got off my unopened flower if you would like

This is one of the grafts that i made when the seedlings were only very young it has split into 4 heads and is only about 9 months old hope you like it. also i noticed when i did get a flower to open on my mother plant it did not set seed?????

cool a crest by the looks i just love it i have some seed of a couple varities still on the plants i have to sought out ill give you some when you come around next. blomng thanks for the offer i have two plants v backbergia i bought from lester meyers i also have the same one as darren and hanazono i will sought out what i have in the next day or two and let you know what i can spare.

cheers cactuscook ,i thought that looked a bit cresty darren

i hope it is a crest but i doubt it!! dont think i could be that lucky in my first year has anyone noticed when you get tham to flower that you dont get any seed ?

Hi darren i have had plants flower for the first time and had no seed it is maybe due to the flower still being too young and not mature enough only a thought anyway. Because the next year or flush of flowers i have been able to pollinate.