Wow - six weeks since I last posted... I've been busy switching jobs and working on stuff (that is documented on the other blog).  Anyways - I've been in a mode where I'm trying to thin down the extra plants I have, and also cleaning up the benches.  I spent a few hours repotting some plants this morning - here are the pictures.

This cluster was repotted from the smaller container on the upper right corner of the picture.  I'll keep tabs on how quickly it fills this bigger pot.

Astrophytum definitely needed a bigger pot.

This Submatucana madisoniorium hasn't stopped flowering - I gave it a bigger pot to see if it'll get bigger.

Here's the Astrophytum in it's bigger pot.

Recent Cactus Flowers

Here are some of the latest flowers from the cactus...

Another Submatucana madisoniorum Flower

BAM!  So nice!!!

Submatucana madisoniorum Blooming

This cactus has been preparing to bloom for the past week and it opened up yesterday. These pictures are from yesterday and this morning.

 

Submatucana madisoniorum

I stumbled on an image of this cactus when I was looking for something else (which is pretty much how I've been able to identify most of what I bring home). It is a Submatucana madisoniorum or a Matucana madisoniorum depending on what time you are trying to identify it (it is apparently undergoing reclassification as we speak to the former from the latter). After reading up some more on it's preferred conditions, I'm going to have to drop it down to the lower shelf (it doesn't like intense, direct sunlight).