Rebutia krainziana crest

This is an old crest of a spineless form of Rebutia krainziana. It's one of my favorites of the various crests we have.

In past posts, we have said we were closing the nursery. For old plant people like us, that's easier said than done. We're again taking orders, at least for a couple of months. The listings are being updated this week, but it's a work in progress.

Rebutia crest flower

This crest ( we have a couple of them) is the first to flower for us every year, but this is even early for it. After all it's not even February yet and it's been flowering for a couple of weeks. It's our harbinger of Spring.
O yes, other signs of Spring are appearing too: the daffodils are sending up spikes of green and the snowdrops are ready to flower any day now. But those are expected at this time of year, in this area at least. But rebutia flowers this early.
I should add that one of our epicacti flowered this week too. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Enjoy your plants.