Echinocereus viridiflorus-complex

[Weiser]

They are! Surprised me when I first noticed them earlier this year. The plant has never made a fruit, the old buds always just dried up. I never sprinkled any there so it must have made a few

Sneaky little devils!
I wonder if the seed was in the soil when you planted the large plant. They could be siblings rater than progeny.

[Andy71]

This plant came completely bare root but it is possible a seed or two were in the roots? Seems more likely ,based on where they are, the plant managed to make a few seeds without a true fruit.

Either way I feel like a proud poppa! My own seedlings are definitely a different clone so I may get some real seed pods this year.

[Weiser]

 Here are a few shots of   Echinocereus viridiflorus ssp. cylindricus blooming this spring. I never know what to call the flower color on these. Brown? Bronze? Brassy? I finally settled on Root Beer Colored!

[Andy71]

Certainly is a strange color. I will have to try some of the other viridiflorus varieties someday. Too busy growing an army of the base form.

My own seedlings are starting to bloom at 3 years

[DesertZone]

Nice!

[RickR]

I am very impressed.

  So this is not a fluke that something so small is already blooming?

[Hoy]

How do I know that it is a small coin

[Andy71]

  So this is not a fluke that something so small is already blooming?

3 of 9 all similar in size put out a single bloom so I guess not a fluke. They were planted in the garden last spring so they have gone one winter unprotected. Here's another (I promise it is a different one  )

[Weiser]

It may be differant but you can still see the family resemblance.

[RickR]

It's quite a wonderment to me.

Congratulations! 

[Weiser]

Rick
A grower in Reno has had a few Escobaria vivpara do the same thing! Bloom on three year old seedlings. They may be nickle sized plants. He had them growing in an unheated green house. It surprised me too at the time!!