That girl is on fire! - Sulcorebutia Canigueralii

I think it's the only cactus that has double coloured flowers that I own. And this year it is much more visible that last year. Also the flowers have much nicer shape.

Damn the flower is gorgeous!

Sulcorebutia Canigueralii

Like most of my cacti, this also is a very small one. And it will stay like that. It may (and I hope it will) grow multiple offshots and with time they will create a nice bunch. But it's still gonna be small.

It is native to Bolivia and likes very fast draining soil. It has a tap root that doesn't like to stay wet too long (it is very easy to rot it). It stores enough water and nutrients for the dry times. In winter, when the temperature drops close to zero degrees C it needs to be kept completely dry. It can withstand freezing temperatures for short periods of time too, though I didn't try that here. We don't get frosts (I keep all the cacti outside all year round).

The flowers... ohhhh boy...
The lighter, almost yellow center and very intensive dark edges look like fire! I don't know what happened that this year the colours seem more intense and more pronounced. I repoted it in spring - maybe the new pot and soil did that.

The body is one of the cutest ones too. When stressed and in summer it turns purple. If grown in more shaded spots it will be darker green. The spines are completely harmless and stay close to the body.

My other blooming cacti:

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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

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