Mammillaria tetrancistra Flowering

I finally got to see this cactus flower

Really attractive flower!

Grow Out Bin

Cuttings are pretty easy to come by, but real estate to grow them out is pretty limited.  Instead of planting each of these cuttings in a separate pot, I'm using a shallow, wide pot to get them rooted (and give me more time to build out more plant benches).

The cuttings came from the Echinopsis calchlora I have that's been shooting out pups, the Mammillaria tetrancistra, a Mammillaria gracilis, a couple of unidentified Opuntia (Beavertail, basilaris and Snow, aciculata), and an Echinopsis chamaecereus.

Here's an updated picture with the other Opuntia

Mammillaria tetrancistra - The Fish Hook Barrel Cactus

Here's one of the plants I bought at the Lyon Arboretum Plant Sale yesterday. The fish hook spines definitely tug on my affinity for fishing, but are also some of the more troublesome spines in the cactus family (in my humble opinion). If you get stuck, it's not a pull back out, singular action resolution. The hook means you have to work the spine out. And the space to do that in is fairly limited (smaller plants). I know because of this plant... Slow growers - but beautiful plants!