Fields of gold and spines

I keep saying there are never enough cacti.
Well... not in this case :p There actually are enough of them and I don't know what to do with all the fellas now.

This is Notocactus Mueller Merchesi. I have two grown up ones that do bloom for me and a gazillion small ones that I grew from seed. What you see here is about a third of what I have. There are two community trays like this one and some single pots too.

I know what you will say - sell them!
I guess I could, but I don't know if I wanna bother as they are probably not very expensive. For now they grow and once in a while I give some away :).





They have really nice, short spines. Very sharp, but they are so dense they don't do much damage. Pretty easy to handle when they need to be repotted.

Would be nice to see them all bloom in a tray like that. A lawn of golden flowers. And the flowers are pretty amazing - you can check one of the older ones in bloom here.

Would be nice if some were pink, no just yellow though.
For now they are a cool photo object.

Bonus monochrome song:
Sting - Fields of Gold
year 1993