A tiny first timer - Epithelantha micromeris
The time has come.
After... I don't even know how many years (5? It could be 5...) after sowing I get to see the tiny, pink flowers. And I mean - TINY! I though mammillarias have small flowers. This one beats them! They the smallest of all the cacti I own.
I did not even expect to see them as the cactus itself is also tiny, but yay! We have a progress :)
Epithelantha micromeris
It had 3 of the little flowers in total, but it doesn't change much. They were still barely visible from a distance (and I can see all the cacti while I drink my morning coffee though the balcony door). I just notice some more action at the top of this one, while the other two (I have 3 in total) didn't show any.
Look at this little thing! The petals are so delicate and translucent protected by also tiny spines. The whole flower is about 3mm across and last only a couple of days. I hoping there will be some seed pods, though I did not try to pollinate it. Maybe the wind did the job.
I am also hoping to see the berries, cause they are way more showy than the flowers. I could have waited with this post until then, but then again I have no idea how long it is gonna take some cacti grow the pods only the next year after blooming) and if there is gonna be any. I will just make some update when that happens. And I will make an exception - I will pick the seeds and sow them, though I said I will not sow anymore :p Because I like this one.
Look how small the whole cactus is. The other two are about the same size.
I am pretty sure it could be bigger for a 5 year old if I took better care of them. I am just glad it is alive.
When I was sowing them and the year after I had a whole filed of them. And then year after year they were dying.
This photo is from 2019:
It is one of those cacti where the flowers don't even matter that much (to me at least after seeing them), though are a lovely addition.
Just look at the amazing spines:
A quick shootout to @monster-one as he didn't want to miss this one :p
Lastly there are some ore buds coming up so I will get to enjoy some flowers this year. There is more, much smaller ones on other plants as well, they are just not as photogenic, so I'll wait for the flowers.
Gymnocalycium Bruchii with one bud only. And as I am writing this it already bloomed and the flower died and I missed shooting it. Pretty pink thing. Pity it was just one. But last year there was none :p
Notocactus mueller-melchersii - the weed not a cactus!
I sowed some seed of this one (not the one that will bloom, but the same type) together with the Epithelantha above an few other types and they all died throughout the years (one of the reasons I will skip sowing... I just kill them) and they grow no matter how harsh I treat them. I do not want to exaggerate, but I probably have over 30 of them now all in a nice size. It will be cool to see them all bloom in the same time. They have gigantic yellow flowers!
@mipiano - one-eyes Elmo is back :D
My other blooming cacti:
 Chamaecereus hybrid |  Sulcorebutia Canigueralii |  Mammillaria camptotricha |  Mammillaria Glassii |
 Gymnocalycium baldianum |  Mediolobivia mudanensis |  Lobivia Arachnacantha |  Rebutia hybrid |
 Mammillaria Bombycina |  Mammillaria Gracilis Snowcap |  Mammillaria haageana |  Mammillaria backebergiana |
 Chamaecereus silvestrii |  Mammillaria prolifera |  Rebutia Fabrisii var. Aureiflora |  Lobivia Wrightiana |
 Aylostera Flavistyla FR756 |  Parodia concinna |  Mammillaria Copper King |  Gymnocalycium Bruchii |
 Mammillaria backebergiana |  Gymnocalycium damsii |  Echinopsis subdenudata |  Rhipsalis pilocarpa |
 Mammillaria Prolifera |  Lobivia arachnacantha v. vallegrandensis |  Mediolobivia atrovirens |  Mammillaria magnimamma |
 Sulcorebutia langerii |  Sulcorebutia frankiana |  Chamaelobivia no ID |  Rebutia Albiflora |
 Mediolobivia atrovirens var. ritteri |  Gymnocalycium damsii var. tucavocense |  Notocactus Ottonis |  Gymnocalycium Friedrichii |
 Turbinicarpus Viereckii |  Rebutia neocumingii |  Notocactus Rubrigemmatus |  Lobivia no ID |
 Sulcorebutia albissima |  Lobivia arachnacantha II |  Notocactus mueller-melchersii |  Mammillaria Prolifera |
 Aylostera heliosa var. condorensis |  Frailea pumila |  Lobivia arachnacantha |  Lobivia no ID |
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
nice flower indeed , psst now i can acces your wine cellar i got your finger print 🍷🍷🤣
Haha 🤣
I'm in yours !
must be the wrong adress , i don't have a cellar 🤣🤣
You mean... that Haut Marbuzet 2002 I'm drinking in the dark is not yours ?
nope that ain't mine
i'm limited to ...
🙃
Haha good luck. My cellar uses eye scan :p
Dios mío! The photo from 2019 is a pure cuteness! Babieeees.
Congratulations to the first timer :)))
And your Elmo babies are doing always so well 🤩 and the bud, ah, I think my ones are still sleeping haha, I will have to check tomorrow with a magnifying glass to see if there is any little bud around 😅
Hahah yeaaa they looked so cute. I had eal army of other times (including elmo) looking like this, just not as white.
Probably need to be a little older. None of mine have buds either. This one that blooms is probably 2 or 3 years older.
Then I will wait a bit more to see the buds. I just checked my Elmos and they grew, they became taller 😁
Yessss!!!
That's what I said! :)
Now just don't kill them.
Just :p
Really beautiful and I understand how difficult it is this genus because of the seeds I sowed only a few were born, that's why it is one of the cacti that have a high price among collectors, but worth every moment that we can enjoy it regardless of the price paid or the time invested, I hope in a few months I can also have flowers in my cactus, one is grafted on pitahaya and the other on garambullo, I will see which one grows better, congratulations!
The seeds I had germinated pretty well, but then keeping them alive was a struggle. I hope the three are big and strong enough to survive now. But I wish I had few more.
Now we will wait for yours :)
Incredible ! The cactus from 2019.. what cute army of mini round and soft soldiers :)
I'm really delighted also to see your total collection of cactus blooming, what a amount of quality works, I've some read to catch up now !
Yea... pity most of them didn't make it. But thy did look cute like that :D
I still have some that never bloomed so the list will grow (and few of the listed one already died).
That's always the thing, some seems to need to die for others to grow... But it's good to have a decent ratio between both ^^
Our succulent garden is still very modest, but as it will expand (I hope) I will continue to have more question to an expert like you ;-)
Hope you enjoyed your weekend !
😍... Youy catus Epithelantha micromeris is a "beautiful creature"... It's like a baby, it's almost a pet because of how beautiful it is!... I was fascinated by the macro photography of the tiny spines, even these are very beautiful!... Amazing!... Thanks for sharing @ewkaw friend!!!
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wow they are actually super tiny!!:O
...and the surface looks awesome too, like little spiders spreading all across:)
They are. They can be bigger.. just not mine yet. And hey are even prettier when they grow up :)
Hope I don't kill them by then.
I am sure you'll manage to keep them alive! (or hope at least)😅
Wow !! Great, great, great ;)
Thanks! I am super happy about it too.