doubleplusunlucky:

This little Turbinicarpus jauernigii hasn’t stopped blooming since late October, but this is the first time it’s produced two flowers at once. I’d like to think that it’s just responding really well to the inorganic soil mix I repotted it into last year, but this plant has always bloomed enthusiastically since it was a gumball-sized seedling so I don’t think I can take any of the credit.

This species is 80% taproot, so as soon as it’s done putting on as show and I reduce watering, it’ll withdraw down to the soil level and disguise itself as a particularly lumpy pebble until next year.