Pterocactus season starts

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Pterocactus season starts

Post by RAYWOODBRIDGE »

This P. fischeri just beat australis and meglioli to flower.
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That’s way earlier than any of mine.
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The only one of mine to do anything so far is P. hickenii.
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Post by RAYWOODBRIDGE »

Ralph thats a beautiful flower. (tu) the centre is a wonder of nature, and to think they do this in a very hostile habitat.
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They can be rather straggly plants, but the flowers are wonderful. Here's another P. fischeri in flower (picture taken this evening), none of the others are out yet.

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Nice one Christian (tu)
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My straggly tuberosus doing its thing
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Nice JST. (tu)
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JST, your tuberosus has very bright yellow flowers - I like it. One old P. tuberosus I had, had flowers the same colour - dark brown - as the stems, and I didn't see it flowering at first!
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This clone of P kuntzei is the first of my Pterocacti to bloom this year. It has larger blooms than my other forms.
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