Cactus / hintonii

This is a grafted Aztekium hintonii.
Seeds of Aztekium hintonii are very small and seedlings are also. I graft very young seedling, around 1 month old seedling which is around 2 mm diameter. The seedling of hintonii needs for 1 year to reach to 2 mm diameter.
1 year old seedling is harder than that of 1 month and needs a special grafting method to increase the success ratio.
I just have 2 plants grown from seedling graftings. I have seen several flowering buds coming out this plant but they have never opened yet.

Cactus / luetyi

I potted cuttings of Mammillara luethyi, introduced on 04/07/2011.
Each cutting is in 50 mm square tube and 35 tubes are in a pad.
I potted 70 cuttings yesterday.
I will not feed water until warming up in late August.

A tap root should come out from cutting in September.

Cactus / agavoides

It is out of cactus flowering season but just several plants are in flower in my greenhouse.

Ariocarpus agavoides, grafted is one of them. I crossed many times in autumn and I expect to get a lot of seeds in spring.

Cactus / One more asterias

This is the other large asterias.

I sowed seeds in 2003, just after I moved in the current place. This is also 16 cm diameter, sea-star shape.

I am not sure why but this one has grown very quickly compared to others.

Cactus / asterias

My main collection is Astrophytum asterias cv kabuto.
When you cross so many times to create a new cultiva, the size of plant becomes small. I think a typical one is red flower asterias.
I have several red flower asterias but all of them are quite small.
I will cross them with two my large asterias next spring.
The photo is one of them, kikkou-hanazono kabuto, 16 cm diameter.

Cactus / myriostigma

I collect cactus as ornamental plants.
I try to maintain cactus as health as possible but they would be damaged by various reasons.
This Astrophytum myriostigma v nudum cv khoyo was attacked by red-spiders last summer. Bottom of ribs has turend to brown color. I hope the brown color disappears someday.

Cactus / luethyi cuttings

I grafted Mammillaria luethyi several years ago. They have grown well but stocks become weaker. I cut heads and drying for rooting.
I will put them on soil in the begining of September.
The photo is cut heads under drying.