Cactus / Daruma Seiji

 Several ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma Seiji were in flower yesterday.

I like this species and have kept many.

The photo is one of them, 15 cm in diameter.

Cactus / ariocarpus hybrid

 A 1st filial ariocarpus hybris, retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower x fissuratus cv godzilla was in flower.

It was 1st flowering for the cactus.

The cactus is still small, 8 cm in diameter.

Cactus / fissuratus

 A degrafted ariocarpus fissuratus f Big Bend was in flower.

It was 2nd flowering for the cactus in this season.

Overall diameter is 25 cm.

Cactus / jarmilae

 An ariocarpus retusus v jarmilae MM110 was in flower.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2006.

The cactus has grown well, 16 cm in diameter.

Cactus / fissuratus

 A degrafted ariocarpus fissuratus was in flower yesterday.

The current size is 13 cm in diameter.

Actually many fissuratus related species were in flower yesterday.

Cactus / intermedius

 3 ariocarpus fissuratus v intermedius were in flower in this morning.

I harvested seeds from my plants and sowed seeds.

The photo is one of them.

Cactus / asterias

 An old astrophytum asterias was in flower yesterday afternoon.

I propagated the cactus from seed, about 20 years old.

The best looking age of asterias is around 10 years old.