Flowering 2012

Here are some today's flowering:

Mammillaria glassii, full body:


Mammillaria elongata, top part of the plant:


Young Mammillaria microhelia:

i love it

the first plant is maybe m.glassii ssp ascensionis for big pink flowers....

https://mammillaria.forumotion.net/t1112-mammillaria-glassii

Tnx Maurillio, looks like ''ssp. ascensionis''.

Some photos from last week:

young Mammillaria prolifera:


young Mammillaria elongata, brown spines:


Mammillaria laui ssp. dasyacantha


Mammillaria heyderi

+ 2 blooming Escobarias:

Escobaria zilziana


Escobaria missourensis ssp. asperispina

Escobaria is a often overlooked genus, but I think the plants are very interesting. Not many genera that can claim to exist from Canada to Mexico! That about 2000 miles, or 3200kms. Maybe only Opuntia as a genus beats it, and it has so many different species. With Escobaria there are much fewer species, and of course E.vivipara is just an amazing plant from a distribution point of view.

I agree with you Chris, it is amazing fact that some Escobaria sp. could resist killing frost but in summer period looks for the strongest sun!
My friends are so surprised when they saw the Escobaria missourensis's silwer/golden flowers, can't believe that beauty and size.

Some flowering in last few days:

Mamm. prolifera


Mamm. baumii


Mamm. matudae


Mamm. crinita

your plants are so beautiful !