First Spring Flowers

[David_L]

Hi Bob S
Interesting plant, it might be the angle of the photo but I'm not sure it's pure T. pseudopectinatus. Could be a hybrid, for instance valdezianus albiflorus X pseudopectinatus. Any chance of another picture showing the body?

[Chris43]

Are your Turbis the first flowerers? It's my Mamms which come into flower first, every year. Maybe they are more mature than my Turbis, even though they do flower each year, but with a fair number now in flower the gap in timing is quite obvious.
My valdezianus is well in bud, but its probably got a couple of weeks ot go yet.

[David_L]

Mammilaria sanchez-mejoradae won the race in my greenhouse, though several Turbs are close.The cold spell will hold things back now.
[attachment 2634 Mammillaria_sanchez_mejoradae.jpg]

[phil]

Hi Chris, My Turbinicarpus are the first flowers of the year for me as they alwasy are. However, many Mammillaria are in bud, but none have opened yet.

[Bob S]

Hi David Here is a picture of thr body, what do you think? I bought the plant at Pete & Kens years ago.
[attachment 2636 pseudo2Medium.jpg]

[Bob S]

Hi David Here is a picture of thr body, what do you think? I bought the plant at Pete & Kens years ago.
[attachment 2638 pseudo2Medium.jpg]

[David_L]

Body does look like pseudopectinatus. The flower is a bit unusual for pseudopectinatus, but this is a variable species and lots of hybrids have been created by Panarotto and others. Probably is pseudopectinatus.

[Bob S]

HI all. Ihave no Mammillaria's in flower only Turbs, but I did notice buds on this Fero macrodiscus.
[attachment 2640 100_0048Small.JPG]

[Hob]

99 pence from the local garden centre last year (no name tag)
flowering in the conservatory now
[attachment 2641 mamm7.jpg]

[Vic]

Nice sanchez David, I had a flower open on one of mine yesterday. Longiflora was also flowering.