Resilient Cacti

Stunning.

They are lovely Hywel so bright and beautiful whenever I see them in the Garden Centres they never look as good as yours, when at one in Cheshire last week with my daughter she said "I know not a patch on Hywels"!! :o)

I am not even going to try and pronounce some of those names, if I ever get flowers on mine I'll be shouting from the rooftops Hywel, in the meantime I will admire yours and hope, another one for my faves, thankyou for showing and naming them.....

They are all amazing

Such wonderful colours and textures, Hywel. You must know just how to nurture them, so no wonder they thrive and flourish!

Blow your mind don't they? No wonder you are hooked on them. Pick of the bunch to day is that Astrophytum with black tips to the petals - very unusual.

No wonder you love them so much Hywel, they are like little jewels. Please can I ask, do you have to provide a lot of heat for them in the winter months?

Hywel they are all stunning what a range of colours and they all look so healthy I especially like the Echinopsis arachnacantha - what a delicate colour - thankyou for sharing - Jane

Absolutely breathtaking Hywel.

Stunning jewels of the earth you so lucky Hywel to get so many flowering.

What a wonderful blog Hywel. Glad to see you back.

Thanks for all your comments.

Waddy, they are best kept cold and dry (but frost free) in the winter. It makes them flower better :)

wow Hywel...you had soo many flowers...wonderful..

Thank you Sandra. They seem to thrive on neglect :)

Thanks Hywel, perhaps it's a plant I might give a try, yours look so beautiful.

You might enjoy them Waddy. I think everyone should have at least one cactus (but I am biased lol !)

Amazing how such small plants can produce such wonderfully diverse & enchanting flowers! I particularly like the iridescence on some of the flowers!

I had some Mammillaria growing in some half pots in Spain that look like your Mammillaria bocasana. They had cream coloured flowers & produced lots of long red fruits after flowering. I no longer have photos of them though there might be some on my hard disk on the computer that died months ago. I no longer have access to them though so I can't check. I may still have some photos on paper but who knows where they have got to!

Thanks Balcony :)
Shame about your photos ......

Thank you. I hope your Mamms will flower one day :)

Are there any you would suggest to start me off Hywel? Sorry to be a pest.

Beautiful selection of cacti there Hywel. They have such vibrantly coloured flowers but they don't last long do they. We used to have a small collection of cacti but we gave them away through lack of space. I used to feed mine in the early spring. The prickles on some of them are a bit nasty.

Thank you both :)

Waddy, a Mammillaria or a Rebutia would be good to start with. They usually flower easily :)
You're not a pest. I'm the pest because I never stop prattling on about cacti :D lol

Linda, they are just like roses - they can spike you sometimes but I forgive them :)

I remember the spikes Hywel......and when I re-potted them I wrapped them in newspaper first then tipped the pot upside down to get them out.

Thank you :)

Oh my goodness me Hywel, they are just simply stunning, I love them all, such diversity, no wonder you love them so much, you do them justice with your beautiful photographs...

Thank you Dottydaisy :)
They are pretty but there's another reason why I like them.
I see that you've read my next blog about cacti, and that reason will become apparent in the 2nd part of the story :)

WOW !!! SO WONDERFUL :-)))

Thank you Junna :)