Rebutia albiflora

I posted a photo of these just a while back as they began to bud up. Now they're flowering like mad.

A "Thank you" to the Rebutias and blessings on their flowering little heads!

Spring can't be too far away!

The early spring flowers are coming on with gusto now: snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, forsythia and camellias.

And in the greenhouses, the aloes continue to bloom and some of the cacti are showing their buds.

And so it goes. Another cycle comes around and it's just as wonderful as the last. I may be 71 but I'll never get tired of it. There's plenty I do get tired of - wars, intolerance, fear and hatred, to name a few - but the breaking forth of the seasons' beauty - never!

Rebutia albiflora

I'll start off the new month with a photo taken a couple of weeks ago of Rebutia albiflora. I've posted this plant before but not recently, and not this photo. I've always liked this plant because of its ease of growth, its compact growth and the fact that is nice little white flowers are produced so abundantly. What's not to like?

Individual heads are less than 1 inch (2 cm) in diameter but readily produce offsets, flowering in Spring to early Summer. Native to an area in northeastern Tariga near Nogales in southeast Bolivia, they do best in soils with a little more humus than most cacti but are tolerant to a variety of different planting mediums.

I hope to have some nice photos from the Fink Family Farm tomorrow night or soon thereafter. We'll see. In the meantime.....enjoy your plants!

Rebutia albiflora and Rebutia heliosa

We just separated out these clumps of Rebutia albiflora which are just beginning to flower. In another week or two they'll be covered in flowers.

The Rebutia heliosa plants haven't begun to flower yet, but then they're such nice looking plants to begin with:

Mix the two together and you get (or, more accurately, someone did get) Rebutia 'Sunrise' (R. heliosa x R. albiflora).

 Enjoy your plants.