...or something else to take your fancy? Have captured a few pix over last couple of weeks. I offer them for your pleasure. Stars & Stripes has been a real treat with 16 flowers in one go, the small garden specimen managed two this yime round http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/cactuspolecat/Ca...

Here's another form I have with more spines per areole... it generally produces more flowers, but the plant is not as attractive in my opinion.



CP

It's a nice cultivar...




Great photograph too, by the way

CP

I reckon Daiv is close, I'd have suggested 10-12 yrs... it depends on how hard it has been grown!

CP

I think pettersonii is the likely candidate too.

CP

Mine has flowered three times this season and more buds coming... it's not self fertile, so I have to wait for it's sibling to flower before I can get seed http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/cactuspolecat/Cacti/Misc/Strombocactus_discifirmis_0809a.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/cactuspol...

Well the picture sent me scrambling through books etc. hoping to come up with some sort of ID, but I've drawn a blank. I'm sure I've seen something like it somewhere but cannot recall.

CP

Fascinating would be nice, ...but I rather hope it's tasty too.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my friends in the US.

CP

Hey Iso... nice one! when I read the topic, I was wondering which of our Northern Hemisphere friends has one of these flowering out of season... Good to see another Aussie here. Vlani, - this is normal for the flower... or maybe we both got lucky :D Here's mine: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/...

Thanks guys, great to be the source of enjoyment at a time when things are shutting down in your hemisphere.
Yeah Daiv... whenever I see knippelianus in flower, I can't help but wonder what happened to the green stigma.

CP

Dovev. Everybody likes your Lophs... you have some really beaut plants... I'm quite envious indeed! did I mention I like your Lophs too?

Keep the pics coming!

CP

I've had this plant for many years and it's never flowered for me until now, so I've had a real sense of excitement about it since I saw it's bud appearing in early spring. The plant belonged to my lovely wife Angela, before we were married 30 years ago, so it's been around for a while. It's a slow ...

I'm thinking Daiv is getting close... my first impression is Cleistocactus, not sure about strausii, though the older stems can get a bit discoloured with age sometimes.

I reckon #3 is a form of Gymnocalycium monvillei. Somewhere in the same paddock as this. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/cactuspolecat/Cacti/Gymnocalycium/th_Gymnocalycium_monvillei_1207a.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/cactuspolecat/Cacti/Gymnocalycium/th_Gymnocalycium_monvillei_1205a...

I think Ian has pretty well nailed the names, I'd agree with that.

CP