Cactus / castanea

I do not collect so many Frailea.
I just collect castanea only and germinate from seeds.
This seedling is very young and very small but show the cristate.
I try to keep and grow this one well.

Cactus / kotschoubeyanus seedling

Own-root Ariocarpus is growing very very slowly and called as Living Rocks.
I sowed kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde seeds on 30/09/2006. Some of seedlings were grafted but I remained quite many seedlings as own-root plants.

Some of plants started to be in flower last year. They are in flower again.

Cactus / varigated Ariocarpus

Varigatin pattern of the cactus is not stable.
You believe a very nice pattern on seedlings but the pattern would surely change during growing.
I found 3 varigated young seedlings of lloydii x furfuraceus and grafted in January this year. Varigation pattern of two scions did not move to tubercles.
I still keep these two plants but I do not have so much hope.
One plant have varigation on tubercles. This will be a varigated Ariocarpus.

Cactus / ritteri

This is a grafted Aztekium ritteri on peskiopsis.
I grafted 6 small pups one yeare ago. They have grown quite well.
I found the size of ritteri pups should be more than 5 mm. If is was less than 5 mm, hard to get successful grafting result.

I added 5 more graftings 6 monts ago. They are smaller but looks all right.

Cactus / Cauliflower

I sowed seeds of Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Sugri Cauliflwer on 02/10/2010.
I grafted young seedlings on preskiopsis as grafting trial using a wet-box.
The success ratio of the grafting was quite good.
22 grafted seedling are growing well. The attached photo is one of them.

Cactus / Agavoides

This is a grafted Ariocarpus agavoides, 2nd flowering in this season.
I am not sure why but a grafted agavoides shows a very short tubercles.
I collected seeds from these short tubercle agavoides and sowed.
Own-root seedlings whoes parent are short tubercles show very long tubercles.
This means the grafting afects on tubercle length.

Cactus / Ariocarpus hybrid

I crossed Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus x bravoanus v hintonii and sowed seeds on 07/10/2009. I garafted 12 young seedlings.
1st flowering was last year. They are in flower this year also.
The photo is one of them.