Vermont Cacti 2012--this time with a GH!

[gemhunter178]

Nice! That Echinopsis came with seeds!

[fanaticactus]

Nice! That Echinopsis came with seeds!

Yeah! I love it! A cactus with an ongoing bonus!

[Ralf]

Great addition to your community! Beautiful plants!

[fanaticactus]

My life has been extremely busy since mid-August. I've managed to snap photos but haven't had time to categorize them and post general progress in my overall collection. I'll try to do it now. First, here are some buds that seem to have aborted; that did bloom, but I wasn't able to grab pictures of the flowers; or which are still on the way: Two Gymno. mesopotamicum which seem to have stagnated

DSC02510.JPG (99.45 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

DSC02511.JPG (125.43 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

Buds on T. bicolor mapimiensis also seem to have stopped

DSC02509.JPG (100.26 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

The second flower coming on the L. principis

DSC02514.JPG (97.04 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

M. madisoniorum, aborted

DSC02520.JPG (63.85 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

Sulco sp., aborted

DSC02524.JPG (155.29 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

Echinopsis (Lobivia) draxleriana, missed the knock-your-eyes-out brilliant red flowers

DSC02533.JPG (114.06 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

New growth: F. latispinus

DSC02516.JPG (107.2 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

E. chamaecereus/C. sylvestrii

DSC02517.JPG (100.5 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

Finally, the flowers which made it! G. stenopleurum

DSC02454.JPG (75.16 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

That strange possible variety of G. baldianum

DSC02532.JPG (85.52 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

Turbi viereckii ssp neglectus

DSC02515.JPG (74.56 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

M. sphaerica

DSC02531.JPG (104.58 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

A. asterias (thanks, Darryl! rates TWO photos)

DSC02528.JPG (61.06 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

DSC02530.JPG (69.1 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

C. hypogaea

DSC02557.JPG (61.66 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

E. leucanthus (as it first opens, and the second day)

DSC02558.JPG (38.27 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

DSC02559.JPG (54.39 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

T. setispinus (had a VERY productive year, as you can see in the second photo)

DSC02561.JPG (64.4 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

DSC02512.JPG (114.43 KiB) Viewed 1008 times

[gemhunter178]

For those cacti who have stagnated or aborted: Darn, at least you have the plant!
For those that did bloom: Nice flowers!

[fanaticactus]

For those cacti who have stagnated or aborted: Darn, at least you have the plant!

Always the optimist when it comes to my cacti, that's the way I feel, too. Maybe the buds will stick around until Spring so I'll have a headstart on next year's flowers.

[Peterthecactusguy]

maybe, or maybe it will bloom next year. I had a few that aborted the first year for whatever reason that have regularly flowered since.

[Arjen]

great show!

[fanaticactus]

Thank you, Arjen. I hope next year, with my addition of a few new (and less common) cacti, I'll be able to compete with the well-seasoned, successful and prolific growers such as you! First, my big task will be to get them all safely through the winter. That may be easier this year, since I live here permanently now and I can check on them daily.

[Arjen]

you flatter me, there are still a lot of people here I look up to!
of course collections grow and since I've been coming here mine has grown enormously
you are already a more prolific grower than you think!

[fanaticactus]

Well, let's say perhaps a bit too prolific, according to some of my friends!

[Arjen]

well there you go!

[fanaticactus]

Several of the buds pictured above seem to have halted their growth during this spell of cool (40s & 50s) weather we've been having. Others just keep on going like the Energizer Bunny! I'm not sure what the conditions will have to be before these cacti stop their flowers and get themselves ready for winter, but at least I'm enjoying them now.
Here are Mamm. baumii (which bloomed shortly after arriving from M2G), Mamm. zeilmanniana (store-bought & large nonstop flowers since Spring!) and T. setispinus (another store-bought constant bloomer for months)

DSC02579.JPG (89.76 KiB) Viewed 918 times

Closeup of M. baumii (sorry about focus)

DSC02582.JPG (80.18 KiB) Viewed 918 times

Here are the ones that I brought inside to bloom in relatively more comfortable conditions, all just photographed today. T. viereckii ssp. neglectus (another practically nonstopper since arriving from M2G)

DSC02585.JPG (63 KiB) Viewed 918 times

Mamm. plumosa (garden center GH bought; couldn't see the buds because of the feathery spines; then, BOOM!--flowers)

DSC02586.JPG (75.17 KiB) Viewed 918 times

the infamous M. zeilmanniana again

DSC02587.JPG (62.86 KiB) Viewed 918 times

Parodia occulta very recently from M2G

DSC02588.JPG (56.17 KiB) Viewed 918 times

And now for the more promising buds: My first Schlum. to show some; my experience tells me they're probably white.

DSC02584.JPG (55.73 KiB) Viewed 918 times

And that probable G. baldianum subspecies or variety, with big bright red flowers.

DSC02589.JPG (46.71 KiB) Viewed 918 times

[gemhunter178]

Nice flowers! Lots of Mamms in that group!

[fanaticactus]

Yes, thanks Gem! I'm probably the happiest with this group of Mamms than with any others I've ever had. One thing I can say: they're reliable.