Since April

[Kamos]

Thanks for the info ,cactushobbyman! I have them located near a west fence where they get sun until about 12 -1 .
I wish I could go to the cactus sale this weekend in Clovis, ...I'll be working. Anyway, I've already gone way over the cactus budget the last two weeks!

[fanaticactus]

Things are slowing down among the potted cacti as the cold-hardy garden starts to show off. (I have a post under 'Outdoor Cacti'.) Some of the ones here are the same as above in previous posts, but their flowering season is long it seems. There are a couple that bloomed for the first time.
The pink Epi hybrid must have had a series of 10 or so flowers this year, one opening every two or three days

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My third Epi hybrid to open--this one for the first time in the seven or so years I've had it--is very similar to the second one (previously posted), but appears to have more light violet color when newly open. The outer petals are a deep orange, which is also the midstripe in the mature flower. From a distance, it has more of a reddish color overall.

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The G. baldianum just keeps on going

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A new one for me this year is a Echinocer. pulchellus weinbergii

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The Echinop. leucantha (melanopotamica) has been very stingy with its flowers, giving me only two in about four years. It's a night bloomer, and since the flower hadn't yet faded I also took a photo the next morning

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Finally, the P. rubellihamata flowered nicely for about a month

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[thomas]

Beautiful. I just picked up a gymno baldianum today and hope its flowers are as beautiful as yours. Its fairly small so probably won't be until next year that it even comes close.

[fanaticactus]

Beautiful. I just picked up a gymno baldianum today and hope its flowers are as beautiful as yours. Its fairly small so probably won't be until next year that it even comes close.

You might be surprised. Given the right conditions, they can flower fairly young. They should be potted in a VERY loose, fast draining medium, given generous waterings when the soil has dried completely and be placed where they can receive strong sun except in the hottest summer hours, when they can be given some light shade. But they need strong sun to produce flowers freely. I found that mine does much better on the east side of the greenhouse where it gets practically unfiltered morning sun but progressively more shade as the sun moves west. A hour or two of late afternoon sun may be helpful. Keep us posted with your progress.