Chamaelobivia starting

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The Chamaelobivia in my greenhouse are just starting into bloom.

Lincoln Jamboree

Greenpeace

Red Dwarf

Lincoln Dime

And many more to come...

Buds galore!

[el48tel]

Looks like a bumper crop.

[Smel]

Hi,
Nice show some nice plants and blooms, my Chamaelobivias as just budding up and I've got a little wait just yet, but it's always good to see plants in flower...
Anyone else got Chamaelobivia flowers to show us.

[habanerocat]

I posted about this one before that I found growing in an Echinocereus pot as a seedling.
No idea what it is unfortunately.

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Nice yellow. Is it the picture or does it have slightly darker tips?

Mine are starting to get into their stride now.

Group

Blush

Greenpeace

These two are both good sized flowers (2" or a bit more) and last for a few days.

Shot Silk

Shot Silk 2

This is a lovely colour that is very difficult to capture accurately. Does anyone know if this is the same plant as 'Shot Scarlet'? Looks different to the plant Southfields offers,
https://cactusland.co.uk/shop.php?variety=28

Debbie Tucker

Small flower and nothing special colour-wise. Not sure why this was named!

And finally one of my own, CH1/2
Again, an absolute pig to get an accurate colour rendition so you've got three photos.

In greenhouse

Under daylight LEDs

Mess!

The last one was messing with the phone settings and trying night mode with increased brightness. It shows the pattern but not the colours!

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Oh and two duds!

Lincoln Discovery

Lincoln Crown

Still not sure why this happens to some flowers!

[juster]

Some lovely flowers here, I rather like Debbie Tucker, the edges of the petals look slightly darker.

[ralphrmartin]

Duds as in the flowers didn't open properly this time? Or are they always like this? There are some sought after Lobivia cultivars with very narrow petals - hence 'Stern' in their names, meaning star.

Occasionally I have had Aylosteras do this as a one off, presumable due to a lack of water or other developmental problem at the wrong moment.

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Duds as in the flowers didn't open properly this time? Or are they always like this? There are some sought after Lobivia cultivars with very narrow petals - hence 'Stern' in their names, meaning star.

Yeah did as in not the normal petalled form. I was admiring the Lincoln Discovery at Southfields today that have 'proper' flowers! Interestingly I have Lincoln Discovery from two different people (thanks Andrew a d Ross!) and both are flowering like this this year!

Lincoln Crown should have pinched inner petals but nothing like this.

I wondered if it was a pest issue as I had a lot of plants doing it last year but this year it seems like only a few are.

Never seen it in Aylostera, yet! Though you grow a few more than me!!!

[Diane]

Freak flowers on Chamaelobivias seem to be rather common, several of mine have done this, usually with the first flowers of the season, but flower normally subsequently.