More flowers. Mammillaria humboldtii. https://imgur.com/xkZaibt.jpg Echinocereus pulchellus. https://imgur.com/yQrofVD.jpg https://imgur.com/SVqMGvM.jpg Astrophytum capricorne. https://imgur.com/y3w9Fni.jpg https://imgur.com/3EKEYyF.jpg Mammillaria lenta. https://imgur.com/RiBpghQ.jpg https://imgur....

Checking Escobaria photos, the answer to my question obviously is NO. The streaks off the areole separate Pelecyphora, Coryphantha and Neolloydia from Nino_G's list Does anyone have a suggestion as to a minimum reliable separation of Mammillaria from other closely similar genera, Escobaria or Orteg...

More flowers. Pediocactus knowltonii SB 304. Degrafted (kind of; Selenicereus megalanthus stock is buried) and flowering for the first time. https://imgur.com/XX5kF3z.jpg https://imgur.com/1sKJ7Gm.jpg Gymnocalycium bruchii 'niveum' WR 727, 3 year old seedlings. https://imgur.com/AtOLdBr.jpg https://...

These Bulbine seedlings sown January 2023 flowered for the first time earlier in the spring. Bulbine inamarxiae. https://imgur.com/Xi1uAFP.jpg https://imgur.com/C4naDJ1.jpg Bulbine torta JAA 2540 Pakhuis Pass, South Africa. https://imgur.com/UmErA5i.jpg Bulbine wiesei. Starts flowering about 1 month...

Thanks Antisepp I asked because when i type on google lobivia subdenudata automatically it brings me L. Ancistrophora but on WFO, or on Caryophyllales.org they are different I think that's because Hunt considered subdenudata to be a spineless form of ancistrophora, but currently I believe subdenuda...

Cochemiea macdougallii flowering for the first time after 3 years on the graft. https://imgur.com/RtlmFVT.jpg A better view of the stem (starting to branch). https://imgur.com/alHM3DU.jpg Oddly enough, most of its growth occurred within the last year. Here's what it looked like March 2023: https://...

Some spring flowers. Parodia haselbergii. Fiery. https://imgur.com/T6crsy6.jpg Rapicactus zaragosae. https://imgur.com/ZoW5Mfs.jpg This plant had been struggling for a couple years before I repotted it into something with a little more organic material (peat). It recovered, but it reverted to juveni...

Very interesting plant and description! I have never heard of there being a correlation between Pyrrhocactus and Neowerdermannia before though. Have I missed something there? I think the authors were referring to morphological similarities and the fact that this new species was first tentatively na...

I also don't start watering with full soak after dormancy. My thinking is that a little moisture will get the plants to start growing feeder roots, but it still gets cold early in the spring, so too much water will take too long to dry. Some plants start to push out spines as early as February, so I...

Lovely color!

Awesome Mojave flora! You didn't happen to see either of the two native Mammillaria species, did you? No, I didn't. Which ones do you mean? Probably referring to Cochemiea tetrancistra. I don't think any other Mammillaria (in California they're all Cochemiea now...) occurs in the area. Maybe dioica...

Those hummingbird nests are so well camouflaged, I could only spot the one in the Opuntia because of the black beak!

those white sand dunes are magnificent!

How long do people wait to water young pereskiopsis after repotting? I ask because I don't want them dry out any longer than they need to as they only have a few leaves. By young I'll assume you mean fresh cuttings. I pot fresh cut Pereskiopsis in moistened soil, place the pots in a humidity box (c...

If you are not sterilizing your organic component, be sure to periodically check for visible fungus or damping off of seedlings and begin drying out the pots if you spot something amiss. I think the particle size you posted is appropriate for seedlings. I use something of similar size with good resu...