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I was looking at my plants today and noticed this offset on one of my L. williamsii! I was so excited I had to take a picture.

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While I was at it I snapped a few other pictures...

Coryphantha elephantidens with a couple of buds.
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Mammillaria luethyi - This is a cutting from a grafted plant. It's been making roots, but just recently started making tubercles!
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Both of my large Peniocereus greggii have put on an amazing growth spurt in the last month or so.
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Stetsonia coryne - I noticed it had put on it's first branch! Another exciting development! I got this as a 12" cutting about 2.5 years ago.
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Stenocereus griseus - I got this as a small cutting about 4 years ago. It has been making extra arms lately. There is another one around the back.
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Here is a small Turbinicarpus with a long name. I got it from Darryl a while ago and makes these pretty yellow flowers every once in a while. Too bad it's not in focus! :(
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Nearly everything seems to to be going through growth spurt recently. The days are getting shorter but it's still HOT!
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.

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Nice! Congrats on all of the offsets! :D
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Nice bunch, Tim!
I wonder if your C. elephatidens could actually be C. pycnantha?
I recently got one and the yellow spines and mad offsetting is the same.

That williamsii looks to be in a bit pain. Tight squeeze!! :)
I repotted one of mine a few weeks ago to find the pups weren't pups at all, but seperate plants. Yay :)
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Corona Cactus wrote:Nice bunch, Tim!
I wonder if your C. elephatidens could actually be C. pycnantha?
I recently got one and the yellow spines and mad offsetting is the same.
Could be. I got this plant from AZ Cactus Sales labeled C. elephantidens. This is my first flower though!

Corona Cactus wrote:That williamsii looks to be in a bit pain. Tight squeeze!! :)
I repotted one of mine a few weeks ago to find the pups weren't pups at all, but seperate plants. Yay :)
It might be time to repot. I actually had to move the top dressing out of the way to get a view of the offset. I have a G. horstii that keeps making new plants from the bottom. About once a year I "harvest" and it makes more!

Is is possible that some seeds are finding their way down below the L. williamsii and they are seedlings rather than offsets? This one looks like it's coming from a tubercle. I'll have to take a peek when I repot. I have a bunch of repotting to do before the end of summer.
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Nice blooms there. :)
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Tim, I'll bet those columnars would really go nuts if you stuck them in the ground!
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Nice plants Tim.Congrats on the Loph,it looks great.
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The Loph looks great! 8)
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Nice plants and flowers! :)
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great collection, congrats. :)
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Thanks for the nice comments everyone. There were some flowers out and I also took some pictures of plants I haven't in a while.

Coryphantha cornifera - this is a big plant I've had for a while. Making flowers since the days started getting shorter.
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C. cornifera flower
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Escobaria nellieii - I got this plant on ebay and it didn't do anything for quite a while. It recently started making new growth from the main plant. Kinda weird looking...
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It also put out two offsets from the base...
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Escobaria sneedii - growing like crazy!
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This was labeled Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum when I bought it. Image

Gymnocalycium elephantidens - Nice pink flower.
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Mammillaria baumii - a late flush of flowers, love the scent!
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Mammillaria magnifica catching some afternoon rays...
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I spied this volunteer in my Thelocactus macdowellii pot. I think it's a M. perbella.
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Here is the Thelocactus - you can just see the volunteer where the name tag intersects the top dressing.
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Mammillaria polythele inermis with flowers and dead flowers at the areole...
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Mammillaria vetula gracilis ssp. Arizona Snowcap. I just got this on ebay.
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Stenocactus phyllacanthus - with yellow flowers as expected...
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Turbinicarpus krainzianus minimus with three flowers.
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Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.

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wonderful stuff :)
I like Coryphanthas.
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A couple of before and after pictures. The before pictures are when I got the plants in Tucson in April and the afters are from yesterday.

Escobaria sneedii
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Epithelantha unguispina
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lookin good Tim, still using vinigar and fert every watering?
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Super sweet!
That sneedii (weedii!) sure took off.
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