Snowfella's cactus trials

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Indeed, I've got a few Gymno's that are throwing buds aswell as my P. haselbergii but the rest in flower or bud at the moment are all Mamm's. Well, not counting Sclumbergeras that is, some of them are still going.

Yup, it's been damaged at some stage. But what's up with that left new head though? It's way to furry compared to the right one, it's also pup on pup with the lower almost looking variegated.
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Glorious spring day, well not really spring just yet but it felt like it, here so I couldn't keep from breaking the camera out.

M. mystax keeps on going, judging by the amount of buds for quite alot longer I'd say.
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Neighbouring M. compressa is finally opening some buds aswell.
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Unknown aloe/hawortia throwing up a flowerstem.
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Unknown Lobivia made it through winter and showing some new growth.
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Thought this M. heyderi was a loss but it's showing some faint new growth and one bud forming.
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Lots of new growth and buds on my Epi's.
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And lastly 4 new additions from earlier on today, neither with any labels :roll: All in 2inch pots.

Guessing Eriosyce subgibbosa in bud
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Unknown Stenocactus in bud
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Unknown Mammillaria with buds just starting to form. Least I think it's a Mamm :lol:
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And what I'm guessing is a Rebutia, possibly Lobivia. :-k
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nice looking plants!

the last one looks a bit too big to be a rebutia, I think lobivia or maybe parodia
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Not bad for a winter day in Australia. :lol:
That remembers me that our winter is coming soon. Too soon. :idea:
I agree with Arjen, the last one is definitively a Lobivia. Maybe Lobivia densispina or somewhat similar.
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Can't complain with winters around the Sydney area, can keep mostly all my plants outside all year round without really having to worry to much. They get a nice cool rest while still getting plenty of sunlight. Still keep them dry for the winter aswell as I can manage, outdoors ones and the Epi's have been subjected to the elements though.

And I can live with Lobivia, did look Mediolobivia to me when I picked it off the bench so I guess I wasn't all to far from the mark!
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Weird weather here today, officially it isn't even spring yet but it still crept up to 29C with a warm wind blowing. Quite alot of wind in the afternoon with gust nearing the 100km/h mark bringin in an afternoon thunderstorm. Had to anchor down my small plastic greenhouses with bricks to keep them from taking off and was at one stage getting worried my plastic overflow bench would collapse from the gusts.
Did have its' upside though as the heat forced out some more flowers and had me spot lots more buds forming, even an Echinopsis is starting to set buds.

1st non Mammillaria flower for the season went to a little Rebutia marsoneri.
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M. zeilmanianna albiflora
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M. crinta ssp wildii, this one was a singleheader when I got it last year.
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M. crinta
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M. bombycina
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Excellent "grab", Snowfella! -- & they didn't miss a beat :D Knew they had found their Cactus Daddy! :lol: Last unknown, to me, looks like my Lobivia wrightiana ssp winterii :-k
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Beautiful plants & flowers!
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Your winter isn't even over yet and you already have flowering cacti. My summer is almost over and my cacti just started to flower. ](*,)

Is there any justice in the world? :-k

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Still having weird weather, poor little plants must really be getting confused here by now. The other morning we had our worst morning frost of the winter, got up to go to work and both lawns and roofs were covered in white, daytime though it's warmer than normal. Hit nearly 30C in the shade today and I just zapped one of the plants in the sun with a tempgun, 48C on the surface :shock: Think it just might be time to start watering gently or they will dehydrate to far :-k

More plants other than the Mammillaria's are starting to come out in bloom now.
2nd R. marsoneri
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P. haselbergii
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E. subgibbosa
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M. microhelia, has to fight to get the buds out through the spines.
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Unknown Aloe in the outdoors bed. My Aloe vera is also working on a flowerstalk, wife has vetoed the plant as it looks awful but I'm going to let it flower one last time before trying to give it away or junking it.
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1st bud on my P. lenninghausii
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Can faintly see the new offsets forming on the C. peruvians in the background of the above photo, seems to be wanting to start 3 new branches from groundlevel...hopefully that will slow the main stem down as it's starting to get awfully tall. Put in as a 6 inch cutting 2 and a half yars ago and it's now pushing 5 foot, likely going to have to take a chainsaw to it before too long as I just don't want it to start leaning over the fence into the neighbours yard.
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spring is really starting for you! great looking flowers!
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Oh my g..... That orange flowered Rebutia. Image

Others too, no ofence. But....That orange flowered Rebutia......
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Very nice! =D> I like how summer may be ending here, but for some spring is springing! :D
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What a great start you have this year!
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It's nice to see that your spring has begun. Here faces the fall in front of the door.
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