Hey, it's Winter... what are you doing flowering now ??

So with the Sun out today, it was a good chance for a look around the greenhouse. And besides a Pseudolithos caput-viperae deciding it'd rather rot than sleep, all is looking pretty good. A few plants seem a bit confused though...
My seed grown Blossfeldia thinks it's time to start flowering...

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus enjoying the first sunny day for a while...

Turbinicarpus jauernigii might have missed it's chance I think...

Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae is a favorite Mamm and is always early to flower for me. Hopefully I'll see seed this year...

Turrbinicarpus (Pelecyphora) pseudopectinatus getting ready to put on its show. Tricky bit is to know when to give it that first water...too soon and you rot the plant, too late and the buds abort...aaargh!

And even some of the youngsters are getting in on the act..
Turbinicarpus (Pelecyphora) valdezianus

And finally a plant that seemed to start flowering in Winter. Fantastic spination on this one when you look up close too.....
Mammillaria perezdelarosae ssp andersonii



So what's going on with your plants at the moment ???

That last Mam. is .... gorgeous I have seed of this I'm going to sow in spring Can't wait for it now.

Only the Arizona snowcap and bocasana are flowering here today and the days are so short and sun is in short supply so this is about as far as they are opening :

That Mamm perez is awesome Nava

Thanks guys, I've got another couple of very young seedlings coming on, so some day I hope to be able propagate this one, it's a spectacular form..
Good luck with your seed TasV...Nice pics too. I'm starting to think it's only white flowered Mamms that are early!

still no camera so cant show pics but i had a couple of mamms flower & a rebutia is still going nuts with yellow at the moment.

I have lophs, turbs and Astros flowering?

Navajoa wrote:

Good luck with your seed TasV...Nice pics too. I'm starting to think it's only white flowered Mamms that are early!

Thanks Nav... It's not just white flowered ones... I've got some sort of Mamm. labelled Mamm. elegans, syn albilinata, fauxiana (which I can't find a reference to anywhere... I thought it might have be haageana... don't think so now...), that has a nice row of pink buds all the way around due out in about a week. It has spination very similar to your Mamm. perezdelarosae too... the central points upwards instead and the radials are not so neat... will photograph it when it comes out.

EDIT: Also got one that looks something like Mamm. hernandezii (it isn't it though... spines are way too fine on mine.. another unknown ) that has buds too.

no it's not [winter]

interestin tip on the turbini pseudopectinatus

Sorry mutant, but we've had enough of our winter for a while so we're sending it your way !!

Man this is really weird I have Blossfeldia about to flower too :S !!! So weird ???

Some nice sunshine this morning...so Mammillaria sanchezmejoradae was in full flight ! Kickass little plant!

My aztekium ritteri was flowering today.

Navajoa wrote:

...so Mammillaria sanchezmejoradae was in full flight !

Rainy, windy, cloudy and cold here... cactus flowering but refusing to open Is this one of your seed grown Sanchez. Nav? How old is it?

Yes, TasV that one was seed grown and is about 4 years old I think. Pretty sure that it was from Vlado's seed and I ended up with 3 plants all told, so hopes are high to set seed this season !