Spring cactus blooms

Cactus blooms are coming along rapidly now. Mammillaria carmenae, Parodia, Chamaecereus silvestrii (Peanut Cactus) in bright red (Thank you, Helen Child), Echinopsis subdenudata

A few more: Rebutia perplexa, Gymnocalycium andrae, Gymnocalycium odoratum, Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Orange Claret Cup Cactus), Mammillaria spinosissima 'Redheaded Irishman'

Wow. Totally amazing Nancy. They color is stunning even on the thumbnails. What a happening group of cacti and what lovely detail in the photos.

So beautiful, Nancy. Thanks for posting those.

Wow Nancy, you are getting a nice show. And I am catching up here on DG.

Nice Nancy, I'm getting several buds and hope to have some flowers soon.

I have had a few on and off for over a month. Thank goodness spring is finally here!

I know you try to get cactus that can grow in the ground in your area. They look wonderful, Cheryl! Do you know what the green flowered one is? I'd love to get one like it. I don't have any with green flowers.

Echinocereus viridiflorus, I have a few of them and they are very tough and wet resistant. They are also pretty small.

Thanks, I see Miles' 2 Go has it, plus some other ones I want. Oh dear, here I go again!

Umm...Nancy...not to be an enabler, but AZ Cactus Sales has a bunch of Echinocereus viridiflorus right now.

Of course, I was just there yesterday enabling both my sister and myself further, so know this for a fact.

= ))

Thank all for posting the lovely photos. I am too busy enjoying the buds and blooms in my garden, and taking some photos, to post them. Where does the time go? xuling

Wow, thanks Tristan! I'll head over there on Wednesday and get one. I like to buy from AZ Cactus Sales!

You should stop by and say Hi! You never know what other goodies you might head home with! ;)

Hey Cheryl what's the pink flowered one in your third photo?

Good question. I have not put any tags on the outdoor plants or at least not many so I am not certain who it is.
C

Oh, I thought you meant the 4th pic. Guess I can't count. Yes indeed mc that one I know. I think I have 3 varieties of that species all of which look slightly different but all have those lovely large flowers. Do you know what the one with the small pink flowers is? (the real #4)
C

I wish they bloomed like this all season.

I haven't ordered any mammilaria for the garden bed so if that is what it is it was sent as incorrectly ID'ed. Now I am curious.

I guess looking at the pictures I have again, I can see some differences in the flowers that could easily mean my first sense of the ID was wrong. I will do some more digging when I have time.

Thijs

Thank you. I really do need to start labeling them as I often forget.

Hi Cheryl,

I am with you there. I planted out a bunch of agaves and in the process harvested quite a bunch of pups from them, put them in little pots walked away for a week and came to realize, that for about half of them I have no clue anymore which Agave parent they belong to. Some are already characteristic enough to ID them, but a bunch of others just look too similar...

I usually take pictures of everything to keep track, but of course that one day I did not.

Thijs

Here's a few more of my cactus blooming now: Mammillaria lenta, Mammillaria guelzowiana, Gymnocalycium baldianum, Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubispinus (Ruby rainbow), Chamaecereus silvestrii (Peanut Cactus) in bright red

Spectacular Nancy.

A few more blooms as the season winds down with the heat coming. Gymnocalycium denudatum (Spider cactus), Mammillaria duwei (which has bloomed for 2 months), Parodia erubescens, another Parodia, Echinopsis chamaecereus (Peanut cactus in orange)

Nice Nancy! Mine are getting a lot of buds. Hopefully by next week I'll have blooms.

Coryphantha sulcata, easy, hardy and I love the flower color.

New today.

Beautiful Cheryl! That gold Coryphantha is special and so nice it is hardy!