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Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:46 pm
by el48tel
Looking like my Rebutia perplexa is the first one this season. Lots of buds. Small but definitely soon.
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
by Ali Baba
That Euphorbia xantii is very odd in a nice way.
The first Rebutia every year for me is this one , which came from Ralph originally, always way ahead of my various marsoneri clones. Can’t check the name at the moment though…
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:16 pm
by ianstrutt
Turbinicarpus panarottoi (andersonii?) wins first prize for me this year. Two valdezianus plants following close behind though.
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:55 pm
by ralphrmartin
SimonT wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:47 am
Is it R.marsoneri that gives the earliest Rebutia flowers or is there a Rebutia or even Aylostera that flowers earlier?
I find Rebutias flower a little earlier than Aylosteras in general (they tend to come from lower down where it is probably a little warmer earlier in spring).
I wouldn't like to say which particular species is earliest though. I've had an R. marsoneri, an R. violaciflora, and an R. wessneriana all open for over a week now.
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:56 pm
by ralphrmartin
Ali Baba wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
The first Rebutia every year for me is this one , which came from Ralph originally, always way ahead of my various marsoneri clones. Can’t check the name at the moment though…
R. violaciflora v. knuthiana - it's one of the ones I mentioned above.
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:30 pm
by SimonT
It does seem to be one or other of the true Rebutia that flower first. I've got a R. minuscula indoors that is flowering now.
The rest generally follow on a couple of weeks later. I grow these plants where they only get modest amounts of sun- they flower
well but spination does not look anything like Ali Baba's plant. So I was wondering about the ID!
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:13 pm
by Herts Mike
Mammillaria tepexicensis. This is a dwarf variety seed grown from Mesa Garden seed in the days when it was still Steve Brack.
Re: First flowers of the year
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:14 pm
by Ali Baba
ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:56 pm
Ali Baba wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
The first Rebutia every year for me is this one , which came from Ralph originally, always way ahead of my various marsoneri clones. Can’t check the name at the moment though…
R. violaciflora v. knuthiana - it's one of the ones I mentioned above.
That’s it! Thanks
