Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2014

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It's been a while since I've checked in, but I continue to be in love with all your cacti and the nice photos. I find the simplicity and delicate coloring of the Pereskiopsis is especially pleasing.
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Thanks all - and I'm the same way...although I rarely post to all the Member threads, I review them all and continue to be amazed - and incredibly inspired - by all the cacti and grower enthusiasm!

Not much new blooming lately except my first bloom of Grusonia (Corynopuntia) emoryi.
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Just a few bloomers defying the 110 degree temps.
Cleistocactus ayopayanus (2014-Jul13)
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Nothing better to bloom in the heat of mid-summer in the desert than a beautiful Frailea!
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....or two or more. ;-)

Nice show minime!
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Frailea flowers are always amazing! Do they all self polinate?
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Brunãozinho wrote:Frailea flowers are always amazing! Do they all self polinate?
I agree! I don't know if they all do, but I would assume so. Someone more of a Frailea expert could probably tell you more definitively than I.
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I'm not an Frailea expert but I've noticed that they all self-fertile and they even also produce seeds without open flowers.
But I prefer its open flowers. :-)
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That cacti are just lovin' the desert monsoons!
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I've never seen such a large clump of M. longimamma. Beautiful!
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A rather busy day in the garden, despite the forecast of 105 degrees (and 110+ later this week!).
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Coleocephalocereus aureus - blooms opened last night and closed by noon.
Coleocephalocereus aureus - blooms opened last night and closed by noon.
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Echinopsis 'June Noon' - I've posted the flower on this plant before - which is stunning in and of itself; however, the flower that opened today was weird. <br />Although the bud was a single bud, right before it matured, the end of the bud started to &quot;split&quot; in two...and the flower(s) that opened today look like two almost completely separate flowers crowded into a single calyx.
Echinopsis 'June Noon' - I've posted the flower on this plant before - which is stunning in and of itself; however, the flower that opened today was weird.
Although the bud was a single bud, right before it matured, the end of the bud started to "split" in two...and the flower(s) that opened today look like two almost completely separate flowers crowded into a single calyx.
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Very pretty! ...and also very interesting for your Echinopsis 'June Noon'
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Just one new bloom today; this is the second round for this plant.
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Great collection! I am looking forward to seeing more plants and flowers :)
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Been a while since my last post, but things slow down considerably during the summer, and I figured people might get tired of too many Cleistocactus photos! :D

Here's the latest for today:
Echinocereus brandegeei always starts blooming in late July or early August and blooms through September; a little bit late this year, but two flowers opened today.
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Only one inflorescence on my Fouquieria burragei has the pinkish coloration apparent, primarily on the rachis; all of the other inflorescences in various stages are with pure white flowers and pure green rachi as is expected in the summer.
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