Cactus / super kabuto

This is also one of many flowering aserias.
This super kabuto has grown well, 15 cm diameter.
Since super kabuto has relatively small body size, I can not expect additional growing so much.

Cactus / variegated asterias

I have not counted but this one has been in flower several times in this season.
The balance of the variegation is maintained well and it still can be kept own-roots.
The balance of variegation is not consistent.
It may move to too much or disappear completely.

Cactus / asterias

Many Astrophytum aserias were in flower yesterday afternoon.
I am not sure why but they open flowers together, several times between spring to autumn.
I watered them in the beginning of  this week which may affected for the flowering.

Cactus / castanea

A Frailea castanea was in flower yesterday.
Frailea makes fruit without opening flower normally but it was opened.
The standard castanea is very small plant but the species on the photo will grow more than 5 cm diameter because of a cultivar.

Cactus / red flowering asterias

I have 20 aserias seedlings assumed red flowering.
One of them was in flower yesterday.
It was 3rd seedlings opened  flower and was red flowering.
3 of all were red flowerings.

Cactus / horizontalonius

One of Echinocactus horizontalonius was in flower yesterday afternoon.
I bought seeds and sowed in 2006.
Although the germination rate was poor, I could get several seedlings and grafted them.
I degrafted them 3 years ago.
This is the 1st flowering of the cactus.

Cactus / fukuryu-banjyaku

A friend gave me cactus seeds and said they were nudum fukuryu-banjyaku.
I sowed those seeds on 17th July this year.
24 young seedlings were grafted on Pereskiopsis stocks in the beginning of September.
They show various faces, are not nudum only.
The photo is one of them, hakujyou fukuryu-banjyaku, 3 cm diameter.
Banjyaku is the name of Astrophytum hybrid, ornaum x myriostigma.

Cactus / aselliformis

A degrafted Pelecyphora aselliformis was in flower yesterday afternoon.
The growing speed of aselliformis seedlings are very slow and their body shapes are very thin.
I sowed seeds in 2012 and grafted 12 seedlings.
They were degrafted in September this year.
The rooting of aselliformis is not so difficult.

Cactus / strobiliformis

The flowering of cacti had been interrupted a while but a Pelecyphora strobiliformis was in flower in this afternoon.
I propagated this one from cuttings.
It is in 50 mm square tube.
Another 3 cuttings are under rooting process which are buried in potting-mix.

Cactus / super kabuto

This super kabuto has a different flower color from standard one.
I can see several super kabutos with similar to this flower color.

Cactus / super kabuto

This is a typical super kabuto in my greenhouses.
It is 13 cm diameter of body size with large flecking.

Cactus / asterias

Many asterias were in flower in the afternoon.
The photo is one of them, a matured asterias
I assume the seed was sown in 2003.
The character of hanazono has been shown on the body.

Cactus / ruri kabuto

A ruri kabuto was in flower yesterday.
I like this body color.
It seems the shape of stigmas are abnormal.
They may not be able to make fruits even if  they were pollinated.

Cactus / super kabuto

Many super kabutos were in flower in this afternoon.
The attached photo is one of them.
Soil around here is clay.
Very fine clay is brown into greenhouse in summer and turn white super kabuto to yellowish.
This one is kept as white relatively.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

Many asterias are going to be in flower.
The photo is one of them, hanazono kabuto.
15 flowers are going to open.
I will cross with a red flowering asterias.

Cactus / alonsoi

The attached photo is a degrafted Turbinicarpus alonsoi.
The plant shows abnormal appearance because of the grafting affected.
It is cristates twin heads.
The size of body is also quite large compared to a normal alonsoi.

Cactus / horizontharonius

An other Echinocactus horizontharonius was in flower yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday was a hot day.
The maximum temperature of outside was 37 'C and reached 50 'C in greenhouses.
I pollinated on this one by using stored pollen.

Cactus / variegated asterias

A variegated, own-rooted asterias was in flower again.
Although I have no intention to collect variegated plant, I keep several variegated asterias.
This one has well balanced variegation and growing slowly.

Cactus / fukuryu-banjyaku

The photo is an Astrophytum hybrid, fukuryu-banjyaku.
Banjyaku means the hybrid of ornatum x myriostigma.
This plant came from my friend's place.
The body is quite small and makes a lot of offsets.

Cactus / khoyo

The photo is a 2 years old Astrophytum myriostigma cv khoyo.
I grafted a young seedling onto a Pereskiopsis stock and degrafted it in this spring.
The body color has turned slightly.
This one is also mixed kikkou gene and I assume it will appear soon.

Cactus / another new pot

World has bee small.
I received another pots mailed from overseas yesterday. It is quite short time from the order to the receiving.
Since the largest size of G-pot was 6, I tried to order similar to the one and size 7.
I found a pot called Noah-pot in the website of another supplier, which was similar to G-pot.
I repotted an Ariocarpus retusus v major into a Noah-pot, size 7 yesterday afternoon.

Cactus / red flowering asterias

It is hard to get a true red flowering asterias.
I bought seeds in 2006 and following 3 more years.
I selected better ones and pollinated.
I sowed seeds in 2011 and got 20 seedlings.
These seedlings have started to be in flower.
The flower of asterias on the photo is quite good red color and so I will cross this one to a hanazono kabuto.

Cactus / asterias

It is hard to find a standard asterias from Japanese seed sources.
The asterias on the photo is not special one but it has 13 ribs and hanazono character.
This one looked a standard asterias when it was juvenile.
The appearance tuned to the current looking when it reached to a mature age.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

Many asterias were in flower in the afternoon.
The attached photo is a hanazono kabuto, one of them.
Since the plant has been propagated from seed, it is very flat shape.

Cactus / Ariocarpus seedings

The growing speed of Ariocarpus seedlings is slow.
I sow seeds every year since 2006.
I could see flowers except 1 species.
It is A. brevoanus v hintonii which grows very very slowly.
The photo is a seedling sown seeds in 2006, still in a 50 mm square tube.
I expect the flowering next autumn.

Cactus / New pots

I collect cacti for the ornamental purpose.
Pot is a key element of the purpose.
I bought 2 types of new pots lately from overseas for matured asterias and Ariocarpus.
The photo is a miracle kabuto in one of  new pots called G-pot.

Cactus / asterias seedlings

3 asterias cultivar seedlings were in flower in the afternoon.
They are very young, sown seeds on 25th October 2011, means 3 years old.
They are ruri kabuto x miracle kabuto and showing both parents characters.
It is the 1st flowering for them.

Cactus / hetarochromus

4 of Thelocactus hetarochromus were in flower together yesterday.
Their flowers are quite large and shining like a metal.
No rain in this month and air is very dry now.

Cactus / spegazzinii

My main collection is North American cacti. The collection of South American is small.
The photo is a typical South American, Gymnocalycium spegazzinii v loricatun.
I propagated this one from seeds, sown on 16th November 2003.
Since this one has short spines, the flower can open easily.

Cactus / horizontharonius

An Echinocactus horizontharonius was in flower yesterday.
It was just one plant but I reserved pollen collected another plant which was in flower 3 days ago.
I will pollinate when the stigma was open completely, possibly today.

Cactus / asterias seedling

A very young red flowering asterias was in flower.
I sowed seeds on 8th October 2011, means 3 years old.
Seeds were harvested from my plants.
20 seedlings have survived and they are 3 to 4 cm diameter.

Cactus / asterias

This asterias pushes flowers from odd locations.
I believe the gene of hanazono is mixed in this one.
The plant is 12 cm diameter, a mature age.

Cactus / asterias

Many asterias were in flower in this afternoon.
Astrophytum asterias are my main collection and keep them in my 2nd greenhouse.
The photo is in my 2nd greenhouse.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

An Astrophytum asterias cv hanazono (flower-garden) was in flower yesterday.
This Japanese cultivar will push flowers from everywhere over the body.
I degrafted this one with a short vascular bundle of hylocereus stock some years ago.
It was weak a while but it seems recovered now.

Cactus / pectinatus

Only 4 plants of Echinocereus are in my greenhouse.
The photo is one of them, E. pectinatus v castneus.
I bought the seedling 10 years ago.
The flower color of Echinocereus is very attractive.

Cactus / super kabuto

The maximum temperature of yesterday was 31 'C, warmed up.
Many asterias were in flower yesterday.
The photo is one of them, super kabuto.

Cactus / horstii

A grafted Discocactus horstii was in flower.
This flower has a very nice scent.
I hope the technology allows to attach scent on website someday.

Cactus / aselliformis

Peleciphora aselliformis propagated from cuttings were in flower together yesterday.
It is not so hard to root aselliformis cuttings if the plant size was more than 3 cm diameter.
On the other hand, seedlings will maintain very thin shape and need years to make a flowering size of plants.

Cactus / myriostigma

There are many cultivars in relation to myriostigma and is hard to find a standard form.
I believe this is the standard one.

Cactus / Onzuka

This is an Astrophytum myriostigma cv Onzuka.
The plant is degrafted, own-root.
Unfortunately the body shape is elongated.

Cactus / ginsya

This cultivar of Astrophytum myriostigma is called "ginsya", white sands.
I bought 10 seeds and sowed in 2003.
Only 1 plant survives  currently.
The pattern over the body looks like white sands as the name of cultivar.

Cactus / kikkou

I bought 10 seeds of Astrophytum myriostigma cv kikkou, khoyo and sowed in 2003.
Several plants have remained and they have reached to a mature age.
They changed body color whey they were juvenile but no longer.
One of them was in flower yesterday afternoon.

Cactus / alonsoi

One of degrafted Turbinicarpus was in flower yesterday.
This one still has had a short grafting stock buried in the potting-mix.
T. alonsoi is a small plant but this one has grown a large plant because of grafted once.

Cactus / hetarochromus

A Therocactus hetarochromus was in flower in the afternoon.
This is the 1st flowering in this season.
Hetarochromus will be in flower several times through spring to autumn.

Cactus / asterias

More than 10 asterias need repotting.
They have reached to a mature age and pushed 12 cm pots out.
The photo is on of them, having a reddish flower.

Cactus / strobiformis

This small cactus is a Pelecyphora strobiformis.
I have several grafted flowering size plants but I have never been able to harvest seeds.
This one is propagated from pup- cuttings.
The plant is in a 50 mm square tube.

Cactus / asterias

I am quite sure this one is neither super kabuto nor miracle kabuto.
The pattern of flecking looks like a dream kabuto but the flecking is fluffy and thicker than the dream kabuto.
It comes out from my seeds but I do not have similar parents.
I assume a gene mixed in history has come out on the plant.
The plant is still young, 8 cm  diameter.

Cactus / asterias

This asterias has reached to a mature age and shown Hanazono character.
It was very weak a while but recovered lately after the repotting.
The size is 12 cm diameter.

Cactus / humbolditii

One of Mammillaria humbolditii v caespitosas was in flower in this morning.
I bought seeds and sown in 2004.
It has not been a full blooming yet.
I believe the number of flowers will be increased soon.

Cactus / super kabuto

The weather of cool and warm are repeated frequently, which is the evidence of early spring.
Yesterday was warm but it seems a cool day today.
A mature aged super kabuto was in flower yesterday.