Thx.... it feels so good to have a name! Oh, could I be the cultivar, M. tanzania 'Red'???????

Yes, you're right, I've been doing homework too as research makes me remember. I just checked on flower scapes and flower colour on Birchwood Parky's Gold. They are the same flower colour shade and scape as on my NOID. According to Mark Zilis BPG and nakaiana 'Golden' are the same plant. You actually suggested BPG as a possibility last year. What threw us was that I detected a flower scent. I will check again when it flowers to see if it is scented this year as well. In the meantime it will have the name of "BPG aka NOID". Hopefully this summer I can drop the NOID from its name. Thank you for all your efforts and time, Mocc. I think you nailed it. I so appreciate it. :-) Jo

you better have put it outside.. in full shade.. until it hardens off to sunlight ... but lets be clear ... its an ANNUAL up here in MI ... i am not looking up its native proclivities ... nor do we know where you are .... but my point is ... its not a plant you will have forever ... just because your boy gave it to you ... if it blooms.. gather some seed ... and try to get a full ID when in flower.. buy some seed.. etc ... and keep a plant of this type alive ... it can all be a learning lesson for you and the boy.. about how mom can have this plant forever .. but perhaps not his specific individual ... i remember all these grade school projects... and kids bringing home things that wouldnt live .. lol .. heck.. half the pine trees planted one foot from the house.. that are now 50 feet tall ... were darn arbor days gifts from the schools ... lol cherish it.. relish it ... but do understand.. all about it .. good luck ... ken

Nice looking plant you have there Ingrida. Cristina those are some pretty flower, my Mammillaria is in bloom at the moment but has white flowers with a red stripe. I think it's a Mammillaria nejapensis