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.