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Hi cactus folks!
Two years ago my lobivia wrightiana started blooming for the first time. For the next two years it has failed blooming, there's a big bud every time though. When the 'X' day comes - it withers! Other lobivias give flowers each summer - twice or thrice during the season. What can I do to improve the situation?..

Assuming these are photos of the plant 2 years ago, do you have any of how it looks at the moment?

Sorry, I didn't put captions; the second photo was taken on April, 18th, 2018.

Might you have missed the flower? That's a healthy-looking plant with a bud about 24 hours away from opening. Unless you moved it suddenly to very extremely hot conditions I can't think why it would fail.

Phil_SK wrote:That's a healthy-looking plant with a bud about 24 hours away from opening. Unless you moved it suddenly to very extremely hot conditions I can't think why it would fail.

That's it! The next (early) morning I saw the bud fall down withering. And it happened for the second time. I hadn't moved the plant. The only thing I can think of is the lack of bright sun which usually comes to this windowsill at about midday...

Hello, do you know how many cm in diameter has an adult Lobivia wrightiana non grafted?

Judging from old photos of a plant I had I would say the stems were 3 to 5 cm in diameter.