This is a close up of the very crown of my Lobivia winteriana. When I had it last month all the spines were the same dark colour, and so when these appeared it was an obvious sign of new growth meaning theyd settled in nicely.

First they are yellow, then they turn red and finaly theyre a dark brown, and here you can see all 3 stages in one batch of spines!

(Not a great shot, I was experimenting with my camera phone on full zoom plus a magnifier!)

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