This little guy just doesn't stop blooming. I normally shoot it once a year to be able to to compare it to the previous season, but the flower pop from early spring until fall. Mostly one, sometime two in the same time. And as soon as they fade another buds starts to show.
Turbinicarpus Viereckii
It is native to Mexico and can be found under Gymnocactus viereckii name as well. It grows between rocks on mostly mineral soil (@monster-one something for you ;) ).
It is a very cute small cactus. I actually don't know how bug it can grow, but I read that it very rarely grows offshoots, so I have to be careful as I have only one. It will not self pollinate, so I cannot count on seed.
Yea... I should be careful, though it seems it handles my treatments and climate much better that others (I start to think I should not even try with Gymnocalyciums... ehh). I got it as a very young plant and after getting it used to sun it was getting more heat than others. I think the harsh sun makes the spines grow meaner and more black.
I reported it to much larger pot last year and I see it grew quite a bit since then. It does needs very porous soil though that will drain and dry fast. Especially when the pot is larger.
Those long, black spines are something else. A bit better visible against white background.
A recap:
 | 2020 Blooming for the first time after getting it in 2018 |
 | 2021 Still alive :) |
 | 2022 Bigger pot, bigger cactus. I can see now the spines got a lot longer too. Awesome! :) |
One last blury artistic shot :)
Bonus song:
As I was editing the photos one of my all time favourite movies was on: "In the name of the father". If you haven't seen it - watch it.
Here is a song from it
Bono & Gavin Friday - In The Name Of The Father
year 1994
"...In the name of reason
In the name of hope
In the name of religion
In the name of dope
In the name of freedom
You drifted away
To see the sun shining
On some one else's day..."
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos, graphics and text are my own.
Very beautiful Turbinicarpus!
Thank you. I like it too :)
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My grandmother loved to grow cacti on top of her celler . i thinks she grew them there to keep us children off the roof of her celler. It worked we did not play there. Thanks for sharing your beautiful flowering cacti.
Hahaha I've never heard of that purpose for cacti :D
As long as it worked :)
Have you tried to pollinate it?
the color and the shape of the flower is pretty awesome. : )
I did, but apparently they need another cactus for pollination to work. It will not self-pollinate.
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Wow It's really very beautiful this flower I really like it when I have otu flowers
Thanks :)
That's a really pretty flower for a cactus. I usually think of them as skin-tearing pods of flower pot growth. But that one is pretty.
Thanks! They are all blood thirsty creatures. Some have hidden spines that will attack fingers and I don't even know when :p
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Oh, this is a great photo. Very bright and beautiful bloom
Thank you :)
Oh yeah, I have my eyes on Turbinicarpus, specially on Turbinicarpus lophophoroides of which I already ordered 10 seeds, I think they will arrive in the next few days since the shipment was made through Mexican post office, a very cheap but slow postal service.
I found these synonyms of your cactus, I guess it could be viable a hybridization with one of them, but it is just an idea:
I don't know why but I think it could hybridize with Thelocactus setispinus for example.
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides looks almost like Peyote :)
Yea I found them too. It's all the same cactus though, just differed name. I need another plant to be able to palliate.
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Yeah, Turbinicarpus likes heat and sun, gymnos hate that
I keep trying with Gymno, but some just refuse. It's a shame. I like them.
I hide mine in the coolest, shady places I can find
Maybe I should keep them all inside the house then. Definitely cooler in summer and I can provide more shade.
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Thanks, you too :)
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