A multicoloured Rebutia

[ralphrmartin]

While you often see multicoloured Sulcorebutia flowers, multicoloured Rebutias are less common. Here is a form of R. fabrisii which has flowered for me for the first time:

[juster]

Yes, that's very pretty.

[Christian]

I like it! I have the impression that R. fabrisii is quite variable in flower colour, and this certainly looks special.

[MatDz]

Ralph, what kind of chippings are you using and are they just a topdressing, or mixed throughout the substrate? It does look very neat.

[el48tel]

Thanks for sharing

[edds]

Cracking flower Ralph. You have amassed some fantastic Rebutia / Aylostera forms!

[habanerocat]

I saw this recently on Facebook and was wondering it it's possible that this is one genuine plant?
I have my doubts as I've never seen anything like it.

[edds]

Looking at the flowers in the middle that are 50:50 orange and pink, it looks like a somatic mutation of the cactus body where it has started as one colour and mutated to the other so that part is orange and part is pink.

If it wasn't for those dual coloured flowers I'd have guessed it was two seedlings in the original pot.

I have a Celebration and, if I remember correctly, Orange Celebration was an orange flowered mutation of that, not a seedling from it. So parts of this plant have reverted to the original pink form, much like a variegated plant might.

[ralphrmartin]

Ralph, what kind of chippings are you using and are they just a topdressing, or mixed throughout the substrate? It does look very neat.

They come from the local quarry - granite - delivered in a builder's bag. Used as both top dressing and mixed in. They are a bit on the large side.

[habanerocat]

Looking at the flowers in the middle that are 50:50 orange and pink, it looks like a somatic mutation of the cactus body where it has started as one colour and mutated to the other so that part is orange and part is pink.

If it wasn't for those dual coloured flowers I'd have guessed it was two seedlings in the original pot.

I have a Celebration and, if I remember correctly, Orange Celebration was an orange flowered mutation of that, not a seedling from it. So parts of this plant have reverted to the original pink form, much like a variegated plant might.

Informative rating. Thanks!