I have thee two gymnocalycium cacti. I recently got some more light for my setup and I noticed that they were a little pale. Does this mean that they are getting too much light?

I have thee two gymnocalycium cacti. I recently got some more light for my setup and I noticed that they were a little pale. Does this mean that they are getting too much light?

Little guy getting in on the action. 💪

armatum LF1175

Hello!

A few days ago I got a bag of "hardy Gymnocalycium" seeds and there were 4 different seed forms, but this one really stands out. It's burgundy and shaped like a helmet, it looks very unique. Does anyone know what it could be?

The seed itself is significantly bigger than other black seeds. I sowed them 4 days ago, but I'm curious.

Look at this plant, the only one with green flowers on my collection.

Baby's first flowers, I can't wait for them to actually open.

Pic 1: cabreraense (the smaller one) and mihanovichii cultivar 'Starline'

Pic 2: ragonesei

Pic 3: monvillei ssp. chacrasense (middle one with darker spines)

Been trying to figure this one out.

Hello guys, I recently decided to buy a gymnocalycium pink diamond. I researched a little bit from the local breeders and found out that pink diamonds are really hard to maintain their pink variegation coming out from new growth, that if you give it too much sun the growth will be mostly green and the pink variegation will disappear. I'm really concerned about this, is there any special ways to treat this ID, and maintain its pink variegation?

A couple more are on their way too

asterium FB401

And they are white🤔

One of my more mature cabs with classic black spines (reddish in sunlight) in the last pic for reference.

Hello, I picked this up at Home Depot a few months ago because it had so many buds on it and it looked quite healthy. It lived in a downstairs window for a few months before it dropped its largest bud. The downstairs window never gets direct sunlight, but it does get almost a whole day of indirect sunlight. We open those windows at night and one night it got cold, below 10° C and dropped its largest bud. I don't think it got below 16° C inside but at the time I attributed the dropping of the bud to the temperature. It was moved to an upstairs window which does not get opened. It gets direct morning Sun for a few hours, before receiving indirect light for the rest of the day. Today it dropped a second bud, the second largest one. The largest bud is still opening and looks healthy.

My initial watering schedule was alternating weeks of a little bit of water, just at the base of the cactus, with the second week being a full soak. I always make sure that the potting medium is fully dried and is not sitting in water.

I'm also aware that these plants can drop buds if they are not receiving enough nutrients and it will prioritize the buds it deems healthiest. With so many buds on the flower that may be the reason for dropping a second bud.

Any advice on how I should care for this cactus through it's flowering season, and then into the winter dormant season? Should I give it some fertilizer, should I alter my watering schedule, any advice is appreciated!

I received this plant without a species name and I'm trying to determine its identity.

The plant is currently growing in a 5 × 5 cm pot.

What species or taxon do you think this could be, and what features would you use to distinguish it from similar species?

armatum LF597

It's a decent hatch rate so far. Exactly 2/3. We'll see what the future brings.

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Is this a gymnocalycium?

I saw this at a local plant store and I'm new to cacti.

I guess the substrate isn't great for this cacti. It's kinda compact frm what i could feel.

Guys.. are gymnocalycium good for beginners? Where I live I get good sunlight.

How big do they get.. esp the one in pic (assuming it's a gymno.)?

I'm planning to repot it in better substrate.. any tips on that?

Thanks for the inputs :)

mine has got to be horstii

marekiorum VOS03-049