Blooming cactus - Rebutia neocumingii

Another first time bloomer for me. This year is gonna be legen...
.. wait for it..


..dary!
_{Sorry, I had to :p}

Rebutia neocumingii

This cactus has so many names that I didn't know which one to pick. I got it tagged as Weingartia neocumingii, but I figures I will never remember the first word, so I went for something simpler.

Native to Bolivia and Peru and grows as a solitary plant. How to propagate it? Seeds! Apparently it very rarely grows offsets. I wonder if I can self pollinate it or cross it with some other Rebutia...

The flowers are mostly yellow, mine turned light orange. They stay open for a few days. This one already had two earlier blossoms, but the last few days were cloud and rainy they didn't open properly before fading. No fragrance on this one.

The cactus is not very big, but the spines are damn mean! Very sharp and stiff. Not some flimsy bristles that you can pet. One of those I don't look forward to repotting anytime soon :p

There is more buds coming up, so I will see it blooming for a while. I would love to see most of them open in the same time, but this is ok too :)

And this one is next!
Notocactus Rubrigemmatus

My other blooming cacti:

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Chamaecereus hybrid	Sulcorebutia Canigueralii	Mammillaria camptotricha	Mammillaria Glassii
Gymnocalycium baldianum	Mediolobivia mudanensis	Lobivia Arachnacantha	Rebutia hybrid
Mammillaria Bombycina	Mammillaria Gracilis Snowcap	Mammillaria haageana	Mammillaria backebergiana
Chamaecereus silvestrii	Mammillaria prolifera	Rebutia Fabrisii var. Aureiflora	Lobivia Wrightiana
Aylostera Flavistyla FR756	Parodia concinna	Mammillaria Copper King	Gymnocalycium Bruchii
Mammillaria backebergiana	Gymnocalycium damsii	Echinopsis subdenudata	Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Mammillaria Prolifera	Lobivia arachnacantha v. vallegrandensis	Mediolobivia atrovirens	Mammillaria magnimamma
Sulcorebutia langerii	Sulcorebutia frankiana	Chamaelobivia no ID	Rebutia Albiflora
Mediolobivia atrovirens var. ritteri	Gymnocalycium damsii var. tucavocense	Notocactus Ottonis	Gymnocalycium Friedrichii
Turbinicarpus Viereckii

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_{Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.}