Flowers Flowers Flowers!! 2014-15 Flower thread.

Fantastic flowers majcka. Sadly it is winter over here and all my cacti are asleep. Can't wait to see some of your summer blooms.

No problem. I found more when I came home yesterday:

It is the coldest time in a year in here but some cacti are in flower.
I took these photos in this afternoon.

Ariocarpus fissuratus v intermedius

Mammillaria pectinifera

More from this morning:

Turbinicarpus valdezianus were in flower in the afternoon.
I propagate all of them from off-set cuttings.

Very harmonized.

Several degrafted Turbinicarpus alonsois were in flower in the afternoon.
The photo is one of them.
Alonsoi is a small plant but the plant on the photo is more than 10 cm in diameter because it was grafted once.

Would I be correct in assuming this plant is cresting? It certainly looks that way.

Yes You are correct, a crested twin heads cactus.

A super kabuto was in flower yesterday afternoon.
It is 1st flowering of asterias in this spring.

A matured Astrophytum asterias, 13 cm in diameter was in flower in the afternoon.

A few from the garden.

Stenocactus Vaupelianus


Stenocactus Multicostatus


Stenocactus Phyllacanthus

Two Pelecyphora species were in flower in the afternoon.
Both cacti on the photo were degrafted and rooted last spring.

Strobiliformis f north of matehula


Aselliformis

It is warming up and I believe spring has come but several grafted Ariocarpus scions have still been in flower.
They are very young, sown seeds last spring and grafted.

A. kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde

A. fissuratus v intermedius

Parodia Buiningii

Some Astrophytum species were in flower in the afternoon.

A. myriostigma f ginsya


A. myriostigma cv Onzuka


A. asterias cv hanazono kabuto


A. asterias cv super kabuto

More asterias flowers

It was quite warm afternoon.
I have added some more photos.

Astrophytum asterias cv miracle kabuto


Astrophytum asterias cv Tiger super kabuto


Astrophytum 1st filial hybrid Hakuran-super (coahuilense x super super kabuto)

Absolutely stunning!!

SneakyCuttlefish, thanks for your comment

I found several very white cacti in 2nd filial Hakuran-super which is (coahuilense x super kabuto) x super kabuto.
The size of flecking is quite large.
Unfortunately the size of body is small, 5 cm in diameter.
I think I can see flowers soon.

Some cacti were in flower in the afternoon.

Obregonia denegrii


Pelecyphora strobiliformis (standard form)

Mammillaria humbolditii v caespitosa
I bought 10 seeds and sowed on 30th September 2004.
Only 2 cacti have been remained.

Astrophytum myriostigma cv red-bean khoyo,kikkou
I sowed seeds in 2004.
The plant has reached to a mature age and turned body color no longer.
Additional ribs have been developed.

Two more cacti which were in flower in the afternoon.
Thelocactus heterochromus f longispinus

Gymnocalycium ambatoense

Hanazono! I always sit and watch with my mouth open.