Some spring flowers.
Parodia haselbergii. Fiery.
Rapicactus zaragosae.
This plant had been struggling for a couple years before I repotted it into something with a little more organic material (peat). It recovered, but it reverted to juvenile growth (no centrals) for a while. R. booleanus was flowering at the same time and they seem to be cross-compatible.
The
Rapicactus booleanus (degrafted) in question.
and in fruit (and recovering from etiolation!)
3 years ago I bought a pot of
Epithelantha micromeris seedlings, supposedly they were 3 years old at the time, so here they are flowering for the first time at 6 years of age.
Tiny 2mm diameter flowers.
Mammillaria parkinsonii flowering for the first time since I bought it.
Here's what it looked like 3 years ago, just starting to trichotomously divide. It was originally labeled as "Mammillaria albilanata", but I think parkinsonii is a better fit!
Trichodiadema densum always puts on a show every year.
A view of the plant with spent flowers.
We had the first days of 80F+ weather in April. I guess it was a bit too sudden for this degrafted
Echinocactus horizonthalonius (SNL 94 White City, New Mexico) because it was the first burn victim of the season!