So my Easter Lily cactus had its first bloom. I wanted to snap a few more pics, but it's windy today and it's tricky getting a stable flower shot. I'll probably snap some more pics in the upcoming days, as the other buds begin to blossom.

My plan with this cactus, is to let it group and cluster and eventually fill the pot out with an abundance of flowers.

As for the ID. I had thought this would flower with a lilac coloured flower (Oxygona), but instead it's yellow. Is this a Echinopsis aurea then? My label from the nursery just said: Easter Lily

I know right, not very helpful. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Many thanks for the assistance. 😄

Yoinked from a Taiwan unc's private collection

This things colors already have me so excited to see what it looks like when it's older.

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Or is it just me. 😁

I am rooting a San Pedro cutting for the first time. The cutting has been potted in a 50% perlite 50% miracle grow cactus soil mix. I let the cut sit for a month and a half and had coated the bottomof the cutting with cinnamon before i potted it. I watered lightly last week. Today I noticed a slight change in coloration in the cactus so I decided to check the callous which im glad i did. It was covered with a layer of black mold. There was some sort of yellow fungus aswell. I cleaned it off with rubbing alcohol and left it out to dry. I think the miracle grow mix had too high of peat moss content. Making up a new soil mixture ASAP.

Here is a picture of the callous after I cleaned it. Im going to let it sit for a couple days to see if the mold comes back. The callous is fairly firm but the areoles seem like they may have some very slight rot going on.

Should I just let it dry and repot it as is or recut it and try again? Probably not using cinnamon again if i recut it.

Hello. Almost all ariocarpus fissuratus I graft on myrtillocactus geometrizans get this problem. It just happens when I graft the "fissuratus" variety. I have grafted retusus, retusus x fissuratus and kotschoubeyanus and they didnt had their skin damaged.

Thanks in advance.

Hot Pink 😍😍😍

I have been convinced this is eastern prickly pear but got shut down in a native plant group. Any help in differentiating?

I went searching for a prickly pear cactus for months and then finally got one. She's been doing great and growing well. Then I didn't tend to it in a few weeks, went to check in on her, and saw this!! A quick search said it's called scales? What do I do? How do I prevent this?

Hello everyone. Hoping to get some opinions today on what the best cactus would be for a beginner out of a few i saw at a nursery. My next question would is would these barria lights be strong enough for indoor growing during the cold months. Finally, if i were to repot, what is the best time of the year to do so and would bonsai Jack's succulent mix be appropriate to use for any of these. I like the looks of it but do not want to risk the health of the plant for looks. I am in zone 6B.

Thanks!

truly insane

what’s even going on?

Might be my last big soaking for (most of) these guys until spring, depending on the weather and how they feel about it. I need a better method though, this takes almost a whole day to do correctly, and now I'm just tired.

I picked them up for free from a neighbor. I have never cared for cacti and idk if the round one is too far gone (it was bone dry when I got it, I watered it once but otherwise have left it alone.)