*****Spring 2011**** Post Photos of your plants

Love the Turbs mate

First attempt to show some pics so I hope these are OK.....

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Lithops lesliei 'Fred's Redhead'

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Another one of L. lesliei 'Fred's Redhead'

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Mammillaria, not sure which one...

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Ditto.....

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Rebutia 'Mexican Sunball'

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Rebutia krainziana

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Sulcorebutia aracantha (I think that's spelt right?)

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This is the first time I've seen flowers on the Epithelantha micromeris! Very tiny but quite dainty, in their own way!

Hmmmm.....must be doing something wrong with the pics. I guess at least you can click the link to see the pics so all is not lost. Maybe next time......

Nice pics all!! Stunning photography, I love those stripey Stenocactus flowers Lachy I think they are really underrated cacti.
Good macro shot on the Epithelantha flowers there fruitbat, they really are tiny. I think your Mammillaria may be spinosissima but there are heaps of species and many look very similar.

My new favourite Opuntia in flower... O. gosseliniana var. santa-rita



The flowers are a beautiful buttery yellow, but the throat of the bloom is a rich, deep red. I also haven't noticed many, if any glochids on this one.

Funky looking Opuntia Lach. I like the Stenocereus next to it, is that a pruinosus ? They are renowned for changing colour when in bright light.

Some Astrophytum Asterias flowers. I have crossed these each way and both are producing pods. Seeds should be interesting ?

I love that red flowered asterias!

Really like the dots on the kabuto petals.
Also cool to get the orange flower nudum combo happening.
Interested to see how seeds turn out. I found nudumXs.kabuto gives nudum and s.kabuto plants not seedlings of mixed character. ie. mostly nudum with a few s.k dots.
Here's the first really good red asterias I have ever got to set seed.
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Very nice plant Crypto


I have another red flower nudum with a great violet colour but it was eaten by rats a few months back. Good news is the plant has gone bonkers and sent out a heap of pups, I hope it will flower again late in the season.

HN

Late reply - but yep, HN, that's a S. pruinosis. I've also got a Polaskia or two that are also changing colour but I suspect the plants are merely stressed and need repotting into some fresh mix.

Also late but, Thanks Lewis. I'll try to get the pics right next time!

Newly purchased Notocactus roseoluteus joined the show on the bench today, must of liked the sunshine we finally got back after near a weeks worth of rain. Have to say Flowerpower has some hidden gems that you can find from time to time, wish I knew what grower they come from.

Wow, that is beautiful. I haven't seen many pink notos around here - most are yellow.

so happy today my first ever Astrophytum flower!!!!!!
i have many astros ,but most are still young , i am honored to be able to share my joy with yall....

Astrophytum capricorne v. senilis






...oh and nice contribution snowfella awesome blooms!

Congrats on the Astro flower Blowng, it's great, many more to come

Hellonasty wrote:

Some Astrophytum Asterias flowers. I have crossed these each way and both are producing pods. Seeds should be interesting ?

Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures here. Until now non of my cacti ever bloomed but I hope that this will happen prospectively. I already planned to order some flowers and then I will also order some new cacti. I am already looking forward to the new ones and hopefully they will bloom then.

First day of summer yesterday. Yay!

nice group of Echinocereus!!!

Wow, that's quite a herd of Echinocereus! It's a bit of a shame that it's a genus not often seen in cultivation in Australia...

Wow awesome Crypto !