Cactus / armatum

The photo is a Gymnocalycium spegazzinii v armatum sp nova.
I bought seeds and sowed on 16th November 2003.
It looks very healthy since I repotted it in September.

Cactus / miracle kabuto seedling

My main collection is Astrophytum asterias.
I collect seeds from my plants and sow every year.
You can see various faces of asterias seedlings when you propagated from seeds.
The photo is a good miracle kabuto, sown seed in 2012.
It has fluffy flecking, 5 cm in diameter.

Cactus / Onzuka

This Astrophytum myriostigma cv Onzuka is 2 years old.
I degrafted this last September with a short Pereskiopsis stocks.

Cactus / Astrophytum hybrid

An astrophytum hybrid, senill x super kabuto was in flower.
The body shows mixing of both parents.
I rooted an off-set removed from a grafted plant.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

This one is a quite old hanazono kabuto, 16 cm in diameter.
It is very flat and starfish shape.
I bought seeds and sowed in 2003.

Cactus / miracle kabuto

Many miracle kabutos were in flower.
The photo is one of them.
I collected seeds from my plants and sowed in 2006.

Cactus / red flowering super kabuto

A red flowering super kabuto was in flower yesterday.
Actually the color is not true red, reddish.
This one was propagated from normal super kabuto seeds.
It may be mix red flowering gene in history.

Cactus / super kabuto

The weather in this month is not normal, cooler than normal year.
It should be continuing very hot days in November in here.
Many asterias were in flower yesterday.
The photo is one of them, super kabuto.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

This is also a hanazono kabuto showing a typical hanazono character.
I bought seeds and sowed in 2003.

Cactus / hanazono kabuto

I have tried to create a red flowering hanazono kabuto.
The photo is a degrafted 1st filial plant, hanazono kabuto x red flowering kabuto.
It is just 2 years old, showing hanazono character.
I can see a hint of red flowering but it is not good enough.
I will cross a red flowering asterias on the plant and will challenge in 2nd filial.

Cactus / ornatum

Seed of this Gymon spegazzinii v ornatum also was sown in 2003.
Since spines cover over top of the plant, it is hard to open flower completely.

Cactus / loricatum

This is another Gymno, spegazzinii v loricatum.
I bought seeds and sowed on 16th November 2003.
This species has very short spines.

Cactus / ambatoense

My collection of South American cacti is small.
This is one of them, Gymnocalyciume ambatoense.
I bought a small seedling in 2003.