A few of mine in bloom.

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A few of mine in bloom.

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I’ve been waiting patiantly for a particular Echinocereus flower to open and with the warm weather today was the day:
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Worth the wait
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
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If that's E. triglochidiatus, I had a real wait. I grew one from seed, and it took it about 20 years until it first flowered. But then it was worth it - it was a clump in a 12" pan by then with a good few flowers all open at once.
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el48tel wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:52 pm Worth the wait
Yes definitely!
ralphrmartin wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:46 pm If that's E. triglochidiatus, I had a real wait. I grew one from seed, and it took it about 20 years until it first flowered. But then it was worth it - it was a clump in a 12" pan by then with a good few flowers all open at once.
Gosh 20 years is a long time to wait! But I bet a bunch of these flowers together from a nice clump looks stunning.
I have a few seedlings of echinocereus triglochidiatus which were sown in late Feb. I was hoping I would start seeing flowers in around 3 years!
The one in the photograph is from Southfield Nurseries and is labelled Echinocereus Triglochidiatus v Melanacanthus.
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I bought two forms of E triglochidiatus last year from an eBay seller in Poland. Both are still relatively small (max two heads) but both are nicely in bud. I wonder whether last summer hit the right buttons for this plant.
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Cidermanrolls wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:31 pm I bought two forms of E triglochidiatus last year from an eBay seller in Poland. Both are still relatively small (max two heads) but both are nicely in bud. I wonder whether last summer hit the right buttons for this plant.
You could be right! Although I’ve only just started back up in the hobby since May last year so I don’t have previous years to compare it to. I cerntainly think last years wether would have played a part though. Nearly all 15 of my Echinocereus are nicely budding with E. Triglochidiatus first to bloom.
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All 4 flowers now open. I didn’t realise the flowers lasted so long. The first flower is now on day 5!
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Gorgeous!
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What a fab form of this, or are its spines always so long on this species? Very different to the two I grow. Lovely flowers too!
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Spines are shorter on mine; I also have fma. inermis with no spines.
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