Cactus / Daruma Royal

 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 diameter.

Cactus / Shinkawa Tama Zouge

 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 tall and 17 cm in diameter.

Cactus / jarmilae

 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 diameter.

Cactus / retusus

 An old ariocarpus retusus was in flower yesterday.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2003. The germilation rate of seeds was quite high.

The cactus is 18 cm in diameter.

Cactus / Daruma Seiji

 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 one of them, 15 cn in diameter.

Cactus / bi-color

 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 cm in diameter.

Cactus / fissuratus

 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 4.5 cm in diameter.