Some days ago I started to do the springtime cleaning on the balcony. There is a bunch of dry leaves, old stems to be removed. Some brought by the wind, some from my own plant. This is also the time to select plants need to be repotted this year, or divided. All the fun stuff :)
And of course, with the rising temperature the cacti are slowly starting to wake up. I don't see any buds yet, but I do see they want to grow.
Except this Mammillaria Bombycina - she is always the first one to bloom!
I try not to move her much, the hooks (thought very pretty) will attach to the skin and clothes and will not let go without ripping something.
From other plants - one of my black Aeoniums decided to bloom too. But since it only has one stem, it will die soon after its done with the flowers. Silly thing.
It is the second time I have this type, from two difference places an they both behaved the same way. Did not grow any side branches. Just one long stick that bloomed. Other Aeoniums I have grow in more normal way and they stay bushy and nice even after the rosette that blooms dies and I chop it off.
Oh well :(
It got some aphids during the winter an you can probably see the dead bodies still attacked to the leaves and flowers.
It was one of my first cacti I ever grew from seed - a 6 year old one with giant spines and I had only one like that. It had gorgeous, huge, yellow flowers. You can see it blooming in this post and it was th only time it bloomed for me.
Shit...
The remaining ones are either way cuttings that didn't root, or... something I don't even remember what it was :p
One of the tiny square pots was with mammillaria I also grew from seed, but I have mature mother plant with many offshoots, so it's not a biggie.
But the yellow one.. aaaaaa
Time to wash the pots an prepare them for new plants.