Rod, I'm not sure if I have bigger flowers or smaller spines. My plant is in a 10.5cm pot and the flower is as wide as the pot, completely overwhelms the spines. Picture from 2015 showing the spines better in relation to a flower. It has spines and they're pretty long but somehow doesn't look as vi...

My rinconensis bloomed today. The spines prevent the flowers from opening fully.

It looks like a rinconensis. Mine is just about to bloom This was my hexaedrophorus on Saturday; I love the silky sheen on the petals.

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I am afraid that I disagree with Rod...

Suzanne

No problem Suzanne. This is not an exact science. It does seem odd, if these are offsets, that they should all be chlorophyll deficient when the parent plant clearly isn't. Unless they are not offsets, as Dave has suggested.

I would have no hesitation in removing the offsets. Their pale colour could be due to lack of nutrients from the parent plant which is possibly struggling a bit. You can leave the offsets on or take them off but I would either repot into fresh compost or put the plant on a modest fertiliser regime. ...

Simply stunning, Paul, and a great credit to your cultivation methods.

The mammillaria looks like hahniana.

Lovely flowers and photos, Chris. Hope your cold is on the mend.

If I hadn't seen the flower I'd have ID'd the one on the left as Mammillaria bocasana - or hahniana, but my observation skills were never brilliant.

A long wait, Sylvia, but all the more welcome when it finally happens.