Jox Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Well happy spring everyone , As I walked around today looking at my cacti I noticed my Polaskia chichipe is developing little buds, I am stoked as I have never seen this flower before. There are already a few cacti flowering for me so I figured as it is the first day of spring we should start showing of our wonderful cactus with there developing buds & flowers for all to see. PLEASE add your photos. Not sure what this is but the flower finally opened today Polaskia chichipe buds Grafted Blossfeldia liliputana with buds Rhipsalis cereuslula with buds & flowers Mammillaria abbilanata flowering A couple of unknown Mammillarias getting ready to flower #1 #2 Old Notocactus magnificus starting to get a bud Big Notocactus leninghausii budding I look forward to seeing your photos. Cheers Jox Edited September 1, 2013 by Jox 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 1, 2013 Just the one from me, i'm thinking it may be in the sulcorebutia / rebutia region: (Fresh seeds available if anyones keen) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted September 5, 2013 well its definitely not spring on this side of the world... but I got buds! Just spotted this one the other day... pretty cool but I was kinda cause the other cereus only bloomed once at the end of june... Cereus Hildmannianus Tortuous but then just yesterday evening, I saw that this girl gave into the mating call! Cereus Respandus Monstrose (I think) Been getting Turbinicarpus blooms all spring and summer, and its still very summer like here I noticed that tiny bees showed up to play in the tiny flowers... that is a tiny bees ass This guy bloomed all year so far, just a few at a time.. theres 18 dried flowers on there at least and im sure I knocked a couple off... this is the one that I found nearly 60 seeds in, which were hiding in the wool Turbinicarpus Viereckii Neglectus and there is a fruit in there, but you can't see it lol, has also been flowering all summer but not as often as Viereckii Turbinicarpus Schmiedickeanus Klinkerianus and here are some visible fruits and blooms on T Lophophoroides... these show no signs of slowing down! Cheers! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted September 7, 2013 Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted September 7, 2013 ario flowers, and I just helped them having sex, life is good! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted September 7, 2013 Very nice flowers watertrade & planthelper, two of my favoret types of cacti. @ watertrade, love your new suit mate ! @ planthelper, what is the one with the white flower? Is it retusus or another Ario? Good luck with your pollination mate, if you get a few seeds & are keen to share please let me know & I will find some nice seeds to trade. Cheers Jox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) jox, I am so terrible when it comes to labels..., so I can't say. but, now I am better with labels. small side track, I think I noticed, that ario & co seeds, don't appear in a fruit, like loph seeds, but that you notice them, first when they are already sprinkled all over the plant?! maybe, what I saw were not seeds, I never had a closer look. in short, how are ario & co seeds produced? Edited September 7, 2013 by planthelper 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted September 7, 2013 Hey planthelper, I have never been lucky enough to watch Arios flower & fruit, maybe in another 5 years. I have done a bit of reading on the process & can tell you that Arios do set fruit but it can remain hidden in the plant until it is fully rip (up to eight months). The fruit is normally white or green but can occasionally be pink or dull red in A. retusus fruits, if you look hard you should be able to see part of the fruit. The other thing I have read is the seed should NOT be collected until the fruit has dried & browned & push out of the plant. Like I said this is what I have read not from personal experience, I would be keen to hear from members who have had hands on experience. Cheers Jox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted September 7, 2013 funny thing... I thought there was a fruit on the T. Schmiedickeanus Klinkerianus but it turned out to be another flower bud....but as I was looking this morning I noticed a seed just sitting in the cracks! so I got out my tweezers, toothpick and a bowl and managed to pull out a dozen seeds hehe I just searched 'Ariocarpus Fruit' and there are some pics... the thing is, at least in captivity, its difficult to see them cause they get buried in the wool so I reckon thats why you never saw a fruit...@ Planthelper ... in the wild im sure the hair gets worn out and thus the fruits are easier to spot I guess.... I know i'll be looking closer from now on... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) sp, I agree, the trick is to check what is in the wool, I often find heaps of lophophora seeds this way as well. I have asked people for seeds, at times, spotting a nice loph, and they answered, I got none, but searching in the wool I found a few. I will keep a much closer look on my arios from now onwards. having had an inspection, just minutes ago, I noticed as well, a troupe of ants running up and down the plant, an so it's possible, that they snatched the seed coat and the seeds in the past (I have observed ants carrying loph seeds away, quite comical to watch, they love them the same as us, hehehe). Edited September 8, 2013 by planthelper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 8, 2013 Hey planthelper, I have never been lucky enough to watch Arios flower & fruit, maybe in another 5 years. I have done a bit of reading on the process & can tell you that Arios do set fruit but it can remain hidden in the plant until it is fully rip (up to eight months). The fruit is normally white or green but can occasionally be pink or dull red in A. retusus fruits, if you look hard you should be able to see part of the fruit. The other thing I have read is the seed should NOT be collected until the fruit has dried & browned & push out of the plant. Like I said this is what I have read not from personal experience, I would be keen to hear from members who have had hands on experience. Cheers Jox Heya, i got to watch a fruit develop on a retusus, it came out white just like you said. It was a pretty normal looking seed-pod, fatter and shorter than a lopho though. It was picked once the fruit shrivelled and it produced about 5 nice big viable seeds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted September 11, 2013 Spring has sprung............. Well for you guys on the east coast it seems to have. We haven't had a lot of warm weather yet but I have a couple of buds. As I post this it is still pissing down with rain outside Echinocereus viridiflorus davisii Cool little cacti this is the first time it will flower for me Gymnocalycium bruchii Gymnocalycium mihanovichii crest Mammillaria (cant remember) One of many Epiphyllum buds Cheers Got 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_T Posted September 11, 2013 that mamm is unreal GOT! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rum and Monkeys Posted September 12, 2013 Hey GOT, That mam, is that a M. bomycina? I can't remember off the top of my head if that's the correct pronounciation but i'm on the lounge and it's comfy so I can't be bothered looking at my label which looks identical to your plant 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OPP Posted September 12, 2013 None of my cactii look like flowering. Does this mean that they are unhappy? Sorry for the hijack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted September 12, 2013 None of my cactii look like flowering. Does this mean that they are unhappy? Sorry for the hijack.Depends on what they are and their growing conditions. I would think that most that are flowering at the moment are in greenhouses or somewhere warm. I have had Mam's flowering for a month or so in my greenhouse but most of the others haven't even woken up yet. Epiphy's seem to start early where I am.Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 17, 2013 Strombocactus disciformis 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 24, 2013 Suprise! - astrophytum nudum 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted September 24, 2013 Grafted Blossfeldia liliputana This is the first time I have ever seen a B.liliputana flower so I am stoked . I have a lot of other cacti about to flower so I will be adding some more here in the next few days . Cheers Jox 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted September 25, 2013 Hey planthelper, I have never been lucky enough to watch Arios flower & fruit, maybe in another 5 years. I have done a bit of reading on the process & can tell you that Arios do set fruit but it can remain hidden in the plant until it is fully rip (up to eight months). The fruit is normally white or green but can occasionally be pink or dull red in A. retusus fruits, if you look hard you should be able to see part of the fruit. The other thing I have read is the seed should NOT be collected until the fruit has dried & browned & push out of the plant. Like I said this is what I have read not from personal experience, I would be keen to hear from members who have had hands on experience. Cheers Jox This is pretty much spot on info, having seen my ario's flower & fruit for many years. In the case of very mature ario fissuratus, you may not see the seeds for several years or more. And initially most A. fiss fruits are reddish. Flowers, and resulting seeds, appear only at the aeroles, so it may be an extended length of time before the plant grows enough to reveal the seeds. Most of the time you just have to dig down into the wool and start looking. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowfella Posted September 25, 2013 Had Mammillaria's in flower for months now and finally with the heat I'm starting to see some plants from other genuses kicking in. Start off with some Mamm's I guess. M. mystax living outdoors. M. wildii, sad plant but flowers like crazy M. marksiana M. spinosissima "Un Pico" Then some non Mamm's that are starting to kick into life. Stenocactus sp Gymnocalycium bruchiii var niveum Thelocactus hexaedrophorus Some others that will join in soonish, all outdoors ones. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) watertrade & snowfella, you guy's are awesome cameramen! looking at your pics, I will try even harder in the future, to get good pic's. did you use an artificial light source? next time shopping, I buy various pieces of fabric, so I got better backround. apart from that, I want to experiment with polarised light, sidetrack over. Edited September 25, 2013 by planthelper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowfella Posted September 25, 2013 Cheers mate In my case it's all natural light, though in the shade underneath an awning, and the background is just an old black t-shirt tacked onto a cork board. Lean the board up agains the plant bench, pop the plant ontop of an old bucket and grab the camera with tripod for some snaps. Takes all of 30 seconds to set up! Though I have gone alittle photo mad lately with a heap of "new" lenses (acctually since I run a Sony camera they are decades old Minolta lenses) and have off camera flash gear with radio triggers on the way so there's no telling where things are headed in the future 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
