My little Red-Headed Irishman cactus is also popping out little fruits these days. These are little pinkish colored fruits as you can see in the picture below. If you look closely you will also see that this little cactus has produced his first little baby bump on his side.
And just a couple more pictures- this little owl like cactus has been blooming and blooming in spite of the heat. I love the way the flowers seem to circle his eyes.
And one of my Gymnocalycium cacti - I love these guys as they just bloom and bloom and bloom!
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These are all fascinating! I like the checkerboard effect on the first one, and it is intriguing how the little red fruit appear.
Gee, the names are as interesting as the cacti!! Wonderful examples of cactus beauty!!
HCM!
I love these cacti especially the "owl". I can see an owl there in that cactus. I painted a gy... this week as you noticed. I got the image from British Cactus Society. They have so many pictures of beautiful blooms of cacti. HCM...
Great cactuses, they all seem to bloom about a month after you get them. Happy CM!
-Cathy
you have amazing and wonderful cactus collection. i can hardly pronounce the names but they are all great. the little owl like cactus really fascinates me, wonderful!
Happy Cactus Monday.
Your collection is so sweet and dainty...Love them all! HCM!
Fascinating little guys aren't they... the unexpected geometry of them is what probably attracted me to the plants in the first place. And BTW - I make your bar-B-Que chicken too. Yummy, ain't it?
Oh what great shots of your beautiful blooming cactus!! I love the gymnos also!
WHat beautiful cactus - I know very little about them since we don't have them in AK. Thanks for adding yourself as a follower - would you mind if I used some of your pics in future to draw or paint from? Then I would have a wider variety of cacti to look at.
It's amazing what a difference a few degrees makes. Your cacti look really great--mine are looking dried and scorched. Even my most reliable bloomer, the Gymnocalycium baldiana, seems to be in dormancy. I am so used to seeing blooms from late April through September on it, and this year, hardly any!
Aiyana
These are wonderful cacti - and you can grow them outdoors? I am not usually a fan of extreme heat but right now I envy you because here it's been pretty much cool and damp for six weeks :)
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