Astrophytum asterias ‘Akabana’

• Sand Dollar Cactus / Sea Urchin Cactus / Star Cactus / Star Peyote

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Astrophytum
Species:A. asterias

‘Akabana’ is a cultivar (hybrid) plant, red flowering form.

From my collection

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And the tiny sweat bee:

Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Clade:Anthophila
Family:Halictidae

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

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