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.

Cactus / cauliflower

An ariocarpus retusus cv Suguri cauliflower was in flower in the morning.

It is a degrafted one showing the character of cauliflower slightly.

The cactus is in a 15 cm pot.

Cactus / godzilla

 A degrafted ariocarpus fissuratus cv godzilla was in flower yesterday.

The cactus is in a 9.5 cm square pot.

9 more siblings have pushed flowering buds up. I will see more flowers soon.

Cactus / aselliformis

A pelecyphora aselliformis was in flower in this afternoon.

The cactus is a rooted  off-set. The rooting of this species is not so difficult.

The cactus is just 5 cm in diameter.

Cactus / principis

 I have kept two leuchtenbergia pricipis. One of the was in flower yesterday.

I bought them in 2006, which were very small plants.

They are around 25 cm in diameter currently.

Cactus / placentiformis

 I took a photo of discocactus placentiformis v latispinus in this morning. I think the flower was opened fully last night. It was 2nd flowering in this season for the cactus.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2007.

The cactus is 19 cm in diameter currently.

Cactus / coahuilense

 Two astrophytum coahuilense were in flower yesterday.

I bought several small plants in 2005.

The photo is one of them, 15 cm in diameter.

Cactus / fissuratus

 An ariocarpus fissuratus f Big Bend was in flower yesterday afternoon. 

It is the 1st flowering of ariocarpus species in this season. Autumn will be soon.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2003.

Cactus / super kabuto

 Three astrophytum asterias were in flower yesterday.

The photo is one of them, a super kabuto.

I sowed seed in 2005. The cactus is 14 cm in diameter.

Cactus / vatteri

 A gymnocalycium vatteri was in flower yesterday afternoon.

I could see flowers of this cacti several times in this season.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2004.

Cactus / alonsoi

 Three degrafted turbinicarpus alonsoi were in flower yesterday.

The photo is one of them.

Alonsoi is a small cactus but the cactus shown on the photo is around 9 cm in diameter.

Cactus / astrophytum hybrid

 Yesterday was very hot, 43 C'. Two cacti were in flower.

The photo is one of them, astrophytum hybrid, hakujyo fukuryu banjyaku.

The cactus is 12 cm in diameter.

Cactus / hrizonthalonius

 A small echinocactus horizonthalonius was in flower yesterday afternoon.

I propagated this one from seed.

The cactus is just 10 cm in diameter.

Cactus / denegrii

 An obergonia denegrii was in flower yesterday afternoon.

I propagated this one from seed.

The cactus is 10 cm in diameter. I think it is the mature size of the species.

Cactus / loricatum

 Two gymnocalycium spegazzinii v loricatum were in flower yesterday.

The photo is one of them. I bought seeds and sowed in 2003.

The cactus is 15 cm in diameter currently.