A hint of summer

[iann]

Hints of summer is all I'm getting this year, but even a few sunny breaks between the showers can bring out the flowers. Here is Mammillaria guelzowiana.

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[iann]

Amazing how every Mammillaria baumii plant knows to flower on the same day. They get more or less the same conditions and more or less the same water, but still impressive timing. Scented too

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[Pushrestart]

Ian beautiful blooms !! Really enjoy the fluff of the guelzowiana, is it soft enough to touch without impaling oneself?
You're not the first person I've spoken to with complaints about the summer or lack thereof in the UK. Hopefully warmer and sunnier days are on the horizon for all of you

[iann]

Ian beautiful blooms !! Really enjoy the fluff of the guelzowiana, is it soft enough to touch without impaling oneself?
You're not the first person I've spoken to with complaints about the summer or lack thereof in the UK. Hopefully warmer and sunnier days are on the horizon for all of you

M. guelzowiana is lethal. It looks soft and fluffy, but it harbours needle-sharp hooked spines. They will grab you and not let go. You can just about see them in the photo.

[iann]

Watch you don't get hooked ...

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[toadstar]

Ooooh, fuzzy.

[Pushrestart]

Wow you were not kidding it IS deadly, you could barely see the hooked spines from the enormous flowers.

[fanaticactus]

Nice flowers! Two of my favorite Mamms--because the flowers are BIG and colorful.

[MartP]

I got hooked on a guelzowiana once and never again - I tried to push into it with my finger, but then I tried to pull it back and I got hooked by atleast 4 hooks. Then I tried to free myself with a finger from my other hand, but I got stuck with that finger, too. Too afraid and unable to do anything in fear of pain, I was waiting there for five minutes until help arrived.