Our pink and orange NoID is starting to bloom. One of my favorites. Not the best photo. I'll try again when the light is better.

Looks like the blooming season is getting underway.

Todays new blooms.
Vern Pettinger (large bloom)



Tropical Incense (medium size)

They are beautiful. I need to build another greenhouse so I can add to the wishlist.

Epi crenatum


Epi. xHybridus Ackermanii

That white is wonderful. Looks like the pot is taking quite a bit of weight.

All of my pots are taking more weight than they were designed for. These babies get heavy! If it's not too windy tomorrow, I'll try to get a pic. of the plant. It's not a big bloomer, but is a different type of Epi.

Beautiful blooms!
I am weeks away from seeing any blooms here, except for an aberrant x Ackermannii, because I kept this plant in the house over the Winter.

This mornings new blooms

Grand Prize with hand comparison, large bloom





Small Red Noid purchased from Farmers Market. Not had one this shape before. Its really flat




A Pair of Linda's Strictums

Mike, Those are gorgeous! I do love strictums. I am happy to see that pic of grand prize too. The cuttings you sent me may bloom this year. Ackermanii has a bud opening now and 1 more coming, then I am back to waiting for flowers. I fed them this morning. Maybe that will help things along.

Mike, was that red one prickly? Looks a lot like my Ackermanii cross. That one has thorns, but mine is a blooning fool, unlike the other Epis.

No thorns on the red one. Here is another picture.

Ok. Not the same at all.

NOID Dark Orange


Not exactly an orchid cactus, but my "Easter Cactus" is a month late!
Rhipsalidopsis gartnerii

New one today. It's a NOID

Noid I call Not Big Red because I have another that is very close I call Big Red

I pretty sure there are more unregistered names out there than there are registered ones.

ctcarol said:I pretty sure there are more unregistered names out there than there are registered ones.

You are no doubt right and that is so sad since they are such beauties and people do not appreciate them the way they should. These plants are so special and so easy to grow they do not get half the credit they should.

JB

Here are today's new blooms

The twins are Wild acclaim



This one I named Levinicus, derived from the name of the person that gave it to me. Definitely not an official name
The camera has turned it more pink than Salmon

Two new ones today - this has been a nice run of new blooms for the season. I think for the next couple of weeks there will be repeats of those already posted. The blooms just seem larger this year especially "Grand Prize". I just passed last years Jan to end of April bloom count and still have 8 days to go. Numbers are up but I also have a bunch of plants that have just reached blooming ago so should be a good year.

This one is "Welcome"



This is my original red NOID. A prolific bloomer

Dawn of Hope


This one is a surprise. My largest Epi plant is Grand Prize. Giving me blooms for a couple of years in its current large pot. This bud kept getting bigger and turned a creamy color which said "whats going on here". Turns out there is a long lost white plant in the same pot. Looks like I will get a number of large white blooms. Hoping that Grand Prize and this White one will bloom side by side in the next couple of weeks. I lifted the branch so the bloom did not open on the ground
So it is a NOID