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Blooming cactus - mean yellow Lobivia

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Published: 16 Jul 2021 › Updated: 16 Jul 2021Blooming cactus - mean yellow Lobivia

Blooming cactus - mean yellow Lobivia

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Five years of waiting finally payed off! Yes... five!
I sowed some seeds almost exactly 5 years ago and the biggest cacti decided to bloom this year.

This one here is the only one of the bunch with such massive thorns! It is also one of the biggest. I have no ID for it. It's some sort of Lobivia. Maybe a complete mix, maybe registered name. Doesn't matter. It is a cool one!

I didn't think it will bloom as when most of the cacti was showing some signs of buds, this one was still asleep.

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And then it started.... two massive, hairy buds! Yay :D
When those were close to blooming another two showed up and bloomed later on. I didn't shoot those anymore. Just enjoyed the blooms.

Big, bright yellow blooms with delicate petals and bad, plastic smell :p
Not all cacti have a scent, or it is so mild that I cannot detect it. I try to remember to smell them though and this one I did. Nothing special.

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The thorns are just so damn nasty though! Repotting this one, or even just moving it around when I clean is a nightmare. I still love it :)
Look at them!

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The two late buds:

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Bonus:
A group shot with orange Chamaecereus and lilac Ice plant.
Pity the blooming season is almost over.

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My other blooming cacti:

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Chamaecereus hybrid
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Sulcorebutia Canigueralii
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Mammillaria camptotricha
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Mammillaria Glassii
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Gymnocalycium baldianum
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Mediolobivia mudanensis
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Lobivia Arachnacantha
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Rebutia hybrid
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Mammillaria Bombycina
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Mammillaria Gracilis Snowcap
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Mammillaria haageana
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Mammillaria backebergiana
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Chamaecereus silvestrii
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Mammillaria prolifera
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Rebutia Fabrisii var. Aureiflora
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Lobivia Wrightiana
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Aylostera Flavistyla FR756
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Parodia concinna
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Mammillaria Copper King
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Gymnocalycium Bruchii
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Mammillaria backebergiana
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Gymnocalycium damsii
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Echinopsis subdenudata
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Rhipsalis pilocarpa
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Mammillaria Prolifera
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Lobivia arachnacantha v. vallegrandensis
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Mediolobivia atrovirens
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Mammillaria magnimamma
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Sulcorebutia langerii
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Sulcorebutia frankiana
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Chamaelobivia no ID
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Rebutia Albiflora
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Mediolobivia atrovirens var. ritteri
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Gymnocalycium damsii var. tucavocense
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Notocactus Ottonis
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Gymnocalycium Friedrichii
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Turbinicarpus Viereckii
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Rebutia neocumingii
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Notocactus Rubrigemmatus
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Lobivia no ID
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Sulcorebutia albissima
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Lobivia arachnacantha II
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Notocactus mueller-melchersii
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Mammillaria Prolifera
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Aylostera heliosa var. condorensis

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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.

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