Mine also seems to have set fruit, although I only have the one plant so it may either be self fertile, or have hybridised with something due to insects but I do not know what would cross with it? I suppose it could also be parthenogenesis, the self fertilisation through stimulation by foreign polle...

I find Turbinicarpus schmiedickianus ssp. rubriflorus one of the most attractive Turbinicarpi. I should remember to remove the dead flowers before photographing however! [attachment 5375 rubriflorus2.jpg] When I first joined the society in 1961 Turbinicarpus were very rare and considered difficult a...

Hard to tell the first one, it may be even Echinocactus grusonii which is tuberculate as a small plant before the tubercles form into ribs.

DaveW

If any of you had Yavia cryptocarpa grafts from the BCSS what colour did they flower? Mine flowered pink and others have said theirs did so also. A friend of mine who knows the plant from habitat though says his flowers white. [attachment 5373 Yavia.jpg] I gather I am supposed to introduce myself on...