Mammillaria hernandezii

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gerald
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Re: Mammillaria hernandezii

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OK the one in the greenhouse hasn't changed a bit :sad:

But for the one indoors, with a few days under the growlights, this finally happened this morning:
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A beautiful flower Gerald, thanks for the update.
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Good to see on a miserable murky morning.
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I've been looking back through my photos and see M. hernandezii in flower in June two years ago. The little seedlings are all covered in buds right now though.
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A lovely flower, Gerald, and well captured. I wonder if it was the extra light or the extra heat that triggered it. Perhaps both.
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And today, after about a week under the growlights, we finally have this, almost a 'Christmas cactus' :grin:
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Lovely flowers and a nice little plant to brighten the winter. Thanks again Gerald.
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So now we know what brings it into flower :)
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I bet you would not get them to flower like than in Burnley James!
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