Astrophytum asterias

Astrophytum asterias

Friday 27 May 2022

Cactus / agavoides

 5 ariocarpus agavoides were in flower yesterday afternoon. The photo is one of them.

Agavoides has long and thin tubercles but they will be shorter if the cactus was grafted once.

The cactus on photo has long tubercles which means it has never been grafted.




Wednesday 25 May 2022

Cactus pectinifera

 An uebelmannia pectinifera was in flower yesterday.

Uebelmania are in flower many times through a year.

Flowers of pectinifera are very small as shown on the photo.



Sunday 22 May 2022

Cactus / cauliflower

 A degrafted young ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower was in flower.

A short Pereskiopsis stock is attached on the cactus, which is buried in the potting-mix.

The cactus still relies on the short stock. It was 2nd flowering in this autumn.





Friday 20 May 2022

Cactus / trigonus

 An ariocarpus trigonus was in flower.

This one is fused with an astrophytum aserias cv miracle kabuto.

Since it is in autumn, only trigonus was in flower.





Thursday 19 May 2022

Cactus / Astrophytum hybrid

 An astrophytum hybrid was in flower yesterday. Winter will start next month and so it was very late flowering for the Astrophytum species.

The hybrid is the 1st filial, capricorne x red flowering asterias.

It is still young and small, 3 years old and 8 cm in diameter.




Wednesday 18 May 2022

Cactus / intermedius

A degrafted ariocarpus fissuratus v intermedius was in flower.

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

I have many flowering size of intermedius but only this one was in flower yesterday.



Tuesday 17 May 2022

Cactus / Ariocarpus hybrid

 A young 1st filial ariocarpus hybrid was in flower. It will be 2 years old next July.

It is retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower x fissuratus cv godzilla.

The flower colour comes from father's gene.

The scion is 7 cm in diameter and I will degraft it next October.



Monday 16 May 2022

Cactus / Daruma Seiji

 4 ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma Seijies were in flower.

The photo is one of them. I like this species and have kept around 30 flowering size and many small ones.

It was the 2nd flowering in this autumn.




Sunday 15 May 2022

Cactus / agavoides

 Several degrafted Ariocarpus agavoides were in flower.

The photo is one of them. Agavoides is a small cactus, in 8 cm square pot.

The condition of cactus is qute poor but it still is in flower.



Saturday 14 May 2022

Cactus / bicolor

 An ariocarpus retusus v bicolor was in flower.

The cactus is quite old.  I bought seeds and sowed in 2006.

It is the 2nd flowering in this autumn for the cactus.



Friday 13 May 2022

Cactus / Shinkawa Tama-zouge

A degrafted young Ariocarpus retusus cv Shinkawa Tama-zouge was in flower.

It was white colour on 1st day of flowering but the colour turned as shown on the photo 3 days later.

This cultivar has thin and long tubercles.



Thursday 12 May 2022

Cactus retusus

 An ariocarpus retusus which is twin heads form was in flower yesterday afternoon.

Since it is a twin heads form, it has grown as a large block.

Allover size is 20 cm in diameter.



Wednesday 11 May 2022

Cactus / furfuraceus

 Many ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus were in flower yesterday afternoon.

They were propagated from retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower but they could not show the character of cauliflower. The photo is one of them.

Since it is a degrafted one,  the volume of wool is more than that of a normal one.




Tuesday 10 May 2022

Cactus / scaphirostris

A young degrafted ariocarpus scaphirostris was in flower yesterday.

It is just two years old.

I grafted 12 seedlings but only two of them were degrafted last October, which were large enough to degraft. 



Monday 9 May 2022

Cactus / Daruma Royal

 6 ariocarpus retusus cv Daruma Royals were in flower yesterday afternoon.

Same species are in flower on same day.

The photo is one of them. It is the largest one, 20 cm in diameter.




Sunday 8 May 2022

Cactus / kotschoubeyanus

 Several ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde were in flower yesterday.

The photo is one of them. It is 2nd flowering in this autumn for the cactus.

I lost some of  this species lately and I have to regain number.




Saturday 7 May 2022

Cactus buiningii

 An uebelmannia buiningii was in flower yesterday afternoon.

I boght seeds and sowed in 2006.

Flowers of uebelmannia species are quite small.



Friday 6 May 2022

Cactus / ariocarpus hybrid

The photo is a very young ariocarpus hybrid, retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower x fissuratus cv Godzilla which will be 2 years old next July.

24 seedlings have been grafted onto Pereskiopsis stocks. The photo is one of them.

The scion on the photo has shown the character of both parents.

The current size is 5 cm in diameter.



Tuesday 3 May 2022

Cactus / trifingers

A young ariocarpus retusus cv trifingers was in flower.

It was 1st flowering for the cactus.

Since it is still young, the character of cultivar has not shown yet.




Monday 2 May 2022

Cactus / cauliflower

An ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower was in flower.

It was the 1st flowering for the cactus.

This one shows the character of cauliflower relatively well.



Sunday 1 May 2022

Cactus / bravoanus

Two ariocarpus bravoanus were in flower.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2005.

The photo is one of them. A. bravoanus is a small cactus, in a 6.5 cm square pot.