That is a gorgeous red on the fluffy white fur, Michael!

Haworthia cooperi pilifera. That front spike is at least twice the diameter of the others!

Thanks Sue, I love the little flowers and white fluff too. And that is a mammoth flower spike!

Pachypodium brevicaule

Congratulations Pagan! Is it a grafted plant or pure?

It's on its own root. This was one of three that I bought that first winter I discovered plants! But my grafted one has been blooming since the first year I got it. They have to be cold in winter or they won't produce buds. I'd say 5C and dry in soil-free substrate. I've since killed the third---an expensive failed experiment.

Euphorbia tureansis.

Aloinopsis rosulata starting

Bergeranthus

I'm just a wee bit jealous Pagan (understatement). I had a grafted P brevicaule, but managed to kill it within 6 months :-(

The Epis are starting to pick up speed.

Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri

Conny: I know the pain. It turns out P. brevicaule is one of those plants that are difficult to ignore. It's the attention that kills them, I think.

Rebutia marsoneri

A repeat view of Schwantesia borcherdsii- this is the same flower that I posted a couple weeks ago. It opened on April 7, and is just starting to fade after 13 days!

Echinopsis oxygona

E. setosa

Ivan the Terrible

Drimia kirkii, incredibly boring flowers, incredibly interesting leaves

Sans. cylindrica

I've been waiting for these. Finally my Torch cactus are blooming. Took em long enough;).

Mammillaria spinosissima

Gerbera Daisy my mom's fav;).

California poppy in my yard:)

I also have a non-C&S honourable mention - my office rescue poinsettia is blooming

Kd

I love the color of the blooms on your torch cactus, Kara. I would say that they were worth waiting for! Meg

Torch cactus are not the most exciting looking cactus, but when they bloom I think oh ya that's why I keep you guys around;).

Sulcorebutia canigueralii:

Mammillaria lenta:

Mammillaria perezdelarosae:

Sulcorebutia langeri:

Rebutia hoffmannii:

Waited a long time for this one to bloom

Notocactus Concinnus var. gibberulus

Ywong, worth the wait. That combination of yellow and red is gorgeous.

Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis at the same time?! :)

1. I was surprised to see quite a lot of re-blooming TC in several stores. I know they can re-bloom, but I had never noticed TC being sold in spring.

I saw this guy at Walmart today, I just fell in love , you notice it's in my cart, but i put it back. I keep thinking about it, should go get it tomorrow before it rots, all the succulents were drowning in water and they had some nice ones.

It's starting. The season of buying plants because they're blooming at the store. In the winter it's easier to pass up plants with zero blooms, but it's hard to resist plants that have a bouquet of flowers growing from them:).

Every day I drive home by the nursery and I argue with myself all the way down the hill whether to go in or not.

And what do you do? Just wondering .

So far I've been practicing restraint; turning left and going home ... I haven't any space right now for any new plants and I *know* I won't come out empty handed! It's only a matter if time though, once it's warm enough I'll have plenty of space on the patio :-P

K. blossfeldiana

By the way, how do you make the Calandiva cultivar bloom more often? I only had them bloomed once in about 6 months, while the regular single flowers bloom almost nonstop.

E. Pulv-Oliver

Every summer I accumulate a handful of cactus because they're blooming or about to bloom in the store/nursery. Never fails:). A couple days ago I bought a Gymnocalycium just because it had around 20 closed blooms. I certainly don't need it. In fact I already have a G.baldianium, but I'm not about to miss this show;).

Can't wait to see that show. Looks like it will be in May 2017 Blooms.

Nice, Kara. I could not have passed up that one either!

Some of my epidendrums:

What a nice variety of colors, Lars. I can see why it's your favorite time of year!

Kara, I bought 3 gymnos for the same reason! Here's two of them:

It is really hard to practice self restraint when they have buds/blooms all over;).

Gymnocalycium baldianum

Last day of April. Did not have any plants flowering only these two.

Echinopsis subdenudatum "Dominos" just made it for April. I bought two of these because they had big furry flower buds at the store. My second one also has two cute offsets.

Hatiora in three colors, plus Aloe "Firebird."

Close up on the aloe blooms...

E. purpusorum

Neil is back!!! With a beautiful blooms too...:)

Sulcorebutia candiae just squeaking in before the end of April.