South of Arid Land

 An ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma Royal was in flower.  The cactus shows the character of cultiva quite well. It is 16 cm in di...

 An ariocarpus retusus cv Shinkawa Tama Zouge was in flower yesterday afternoon. I bought seeds and sowed in 2006. This old cactus is 20 cm ...

 An ariocarpus retusus v jarmilae was in flower. I bought seeds and sowed in 2006. Some of them have survived. The cactus is 15 cm in diamet...

 An old ariocarpus retusus was in flower yesterday. I bought seeds and sowed in 2003. The germilation rate of seeds was quite high. The cact...

 Several ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma Seiji were in flower. I like this species and have kept many. The cactus on the photo is...

 3 degrafted/rooted ariocarpus retusus v bi-color were in flower yesterday. I bought seeds and sowed in 2006. The photo is one of them, 15 c...

 A very small ariocarpus fissuratus was in flower some days ago. It is small but it took around 10 years from the germination. The cactus is...