Flowering Cacti

My goodness, Hywel, you have got a lot ! How do you come by them all ? They are really beautiful, and thats coming from a non.cactus lover !

How can you be a non cactus lover ... lol :D
I've been collecting them since I was a teenager in the 1960s ! I've got over 100 now
Thanks for looking at my cacti :o)

Hywel, I'm truly amazed by your tremendous collection, just wonderful. I didnt realise cacti flowered so freely, I cannot begin to imagine how you manage to look after them so well.

I remember my grandparents having a big fat dark green one on their window sill for years and then one that looked like a tarrantula. I love to see Christmas cacti in flower. I dont know much about cacti but yours have inspired me Hywel.

They are lovely, Hywel. The shapes are fascinating and the colours are so vibrant.

stunning!
you must otm with them Hywel. I know I would be.

Thank you all :o)

Thanks Dawn ... they don't need much looking after really. I just water them :o)
What happened to the one in your grandparents' house ?

Melchisedec - thank you. There are so many shapes :o)

Thank you SBG -
what is otm ...

Lovely flowers what a colourful blog, I love to see your Cacti collection Hywel :o)
Ps otm probably means Over The Moon :o)

All the cactii have beautiful flowers, it's a real pleasure looking at the photos. Do they flower for long?

"what is otm ..." = "Over the Moon" I imagine, Hywel!

I loved every photo of your cacti! You must have a very good camera to be able to get such close up photos in such sharp detail! I only noticed a little blurriness in just one photo as I've seen it in my close ups as well.

How long did it take you Hywel to create this amazing blog.

Thank you all for your comments about my cacti, and the explanation for otm :o)
Yes I am otm with my cacti :o)

Neena I am pleased you like my cacti :o)

Lijemc, they flower at different periods, and for different lengths of time ... eg some only flower in the spring, others have been flowering for a few months non stop etc.

Balcony - I have a Fujifilm camera. Most of the photos I take are no good. I crop them to have close-ups.

Linda it has taken many months for me to write this blog, because I've been uploading the photos as and when the cacti have been flowering ... since last spring lol
The Astrophytum flowered a few days ago, so I could then finish the blog :o)

Now that's dedication Hywel - A year in Cacti flowers! :o)

Yes lol :o)))

Amazing flowers Hywel.

Hywel, what brilliant colours! Wonderful flowers! You are a magician!

:o)

Thank you all :o)

Great collection you have Hywel, the flowers on them are lovely... great pics.... :))

Really enjoyed your blog Hywel. Thanks for showing us.the flowers on cacti are quite spectacular. I particularly liked the Gymniocalciums, but they were all lovely. Are they all kept in a green house or are some of them outside in the summer?

They are all so beautiful Hywel, I tried to choose a favourite but couldn't because they are all lovely. Great photographs too.

Brilliant blog, Hywel :)
Hard pushed to pick a favourite too, as they are all beautiful, but the cleistocactus and the echinopses are really striking.

Incredibly beautiful Hywel thanks for sharing xxx

Pure magic Hywel, absolutely wonderful. You should have Open Days. The Echinocereus rigidissimus looks like those cheerleaders with washing up mop things that they wave about (don't know what they are called!)

A wonderful collection of Cacti Hywel and Im always amazed how many different species there are, beautiful pictures;0)

Thank you all for reading my blog, and your comments about my cacti :o)
I can't choose a fav either ...

Feverfew, I keep them in cold frames in the summer, and bring them into the conservatory for winter :o)

I love how you get these to flower so well Hywel, I can never get these to flower, great blog thanks :-)

Gracious me Hywel, I have never seen so many beautiful cacti in one collection, you obviously enjoy them, it shines through.

Hi Hywel. Well, when my grandparents went into a care home my uncles and mum cleared the house. I'm intrigued now, I'll ask.

Thanks for all your comments :o)

Dawn I hope you find out what became of the cactus ...

what beautiful flowers, almost look like coral reef some of the tinier ones, think ill be picking up a wee cactus on my next plant exploration lol, stunning colours x

Thank you :o)

Hi Hywell, I'm not particularly fond of cacti.......maybe because I've only been aquainted with the ones that look like the ones is spaghetti westerns in minature!!! Yours are absolutely beautiful. In some of them the spikes look like a lace cover and the flowers are amazing.

Thank you. I hope you've changed your mind about cacti now :o)

What a display Hywel. You are showing the cactuses in completely different light. Enjoyed the show.

Thank you :o) I enjoyed showing them ...