Escobaria season has begun

[iann]

E. missouriensis ssp navajoensis is the early bird, although not so early as last year.

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E. sneedii and many flavours of E. dasyacanthus have lots of buds and the original E. dasyacanthus even opened a couple of flowers today. Even E. minima has a few tiny buds coming.

[iann]

I'm going to sneak this in here too. It used to be called Escobaria It has been flowering on and off for weeks but really needs some heat to open the flowers properly.

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[CoronaCactus]

Nice! Our Escobaria season is almost coming to a close!

I have noticed (atleast with my seedlings) that the average time from seed to bloom is 4 years. A lot of the Escobaria i had sown back in 2008 have all flowered this year. E. dasyacanthus bloomed at 3 years.

What has your timeframe been?

[iann]

E. dasyacanthus certainly flowered quickly, two or three years. Same for E. minima and E. navajoensis. Some of the E. navajoensis flowered at 1 year old. Some take longer. E. hesteri is slow for me, I think it wants more heat. The Acharagmas are very slow from seed, I don't think I'm doing it right.

[CactusFanDan]

Lovely flowers!

I've not had a peep out of my E. minima as of yet, although it's not in a very warm position at the moment, however i've had E. sneedii flowering for a few days now. I like the petite little blooms.

[peterb]

Here, it takes longer for Escobaria to reach flowering size, as the nights get too warm too fast and their burst season is over quickly. They are no longer growing this year, already. It averages about 6 years to flowering. Fantastic and well grown plants, Ian.

peterb

[Tony]

Well its about time!
Same as Darryl, im seeing mine tapering off now too.
I think im going to try the Acharagmas next year, hopefully I can find them.
Great looking plants!

[daiv]

Ian, do you keep these outside? The plants in the ground here should have open flowers by the end of the week. If yours are in the greenhouse, I would think they would have opened a while ago.

Daiv

[iann]

Ian, do you keep these outside? The plants in the ground here should have open flowers by the end of the week. If yours are in the greenhouse, I would think they would have opened a while ago.

Daiv

Some may go outside at times in the summer but they don't do well outside all year. This April has been very cold and wet. No sun means the greenhouse doesn't warm up so things that like the heat are running late.

[Arjen]

great looking flowers!

It used to be called Escobaria

what is it called now?

[Tiggy]

Ian, do you keep these outside? The plants in the ground here should have open flowers by the end of the week. If yours are in the greenhouse, I would think they would have opened a while ago.

Daiv

Some may go outside at times in the summer but they don't do well outside all year. This April has been very cold and wet. No sun means the greenhouse doesn't warm up so things that like the heat are running late.

Know what you mean the only plants I've had flowering so far are those that I bought already flowering. Mine are all in my make-shift green-house and like you I'm still waiting for it to warm up a bit. It's not been as bad as in England though I must say, just not stable yet. Oh well I still have lots to look forward to when it settles down more. I love the pics. Ian. Beautiful.
Susi

[iann]

great looking flowers!

It used to be called Escobaria

what is it called now?

It is called Acharagma. That means no grooves. Hard to imagine it was ever considered an Escobaria since the flowering structures are so completely different. The fruit and seeds are similar to Turbinicarpus but Acharagma is now thought to be closer to Lophophora.

[Arjen]

oh yes, acharagma, of course roseana?

[iann]

Moving right along. In case you didn't know, we have gone directly from February to a heatwave. I thought E. hesteri was going to open before E. leei!

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E. dasyacantha always produces lots of flowers, but usually before late May.

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[CactusFanDan]

Good to see your Esco's responding to the change in weather accordingly. Some lovely flowers there. I still haven't gotten much out of my E. minima, though.