Cactus / ruri kabuto

Ruri kabuto is not a asterias v nudum.
It is a hybrid of senil x asterias and its gene is fixed.
The body color of the mature plant will be ruri (azure) color.
Since the body color is attractive, I crossed some other asterias and collected seeds this year.
   Ruri kabuto x Super kabuto
   Ruri kabuto x Miracle kabuto
   Rurikabuto x Variegated kabuto
2 ruri kabuto were in flower yesterday.

Cactus / Hanazono kabuto

Astrophytum asterias have been in flower continuously.
The photo is a cultivar Hanazono kabuto.
This is a degrafted plant.

Cactus / horstii

Several grafted Discocactus horstiis were in flower yesterday.
I like this species and sow seeds every year.
The growing speed of own-rooted plant is very slow and I do not have any flowering size plants yet.
When you grafted young seelings, scions will be in flower aroung 3 years old.
The photo is 3 years old one. The scent of flower is very nice.

Cactus / variegated asterias

It was a clear warm day yesterday.
Many Astrophytum asterias were in flower.
I did cross pollination but it takes time to mature fruits from now.
The photo is one of asterias.

Cactus / red flowering asterias

I put a photo of red flowering asterias on this website before. This is one of pups of the plant.
It is a good flower color but the size of body is too small.
Frequent crossing in history made the size of body small.
Although it is the begining of autumn, astrias are in flower.

Cactus / grafted denegrii seedling

I sowed Obregonia denegrii seeds on 08/10/2011.
Seeds were collected from my own plants.
The fruit of denegrii is very small and you can not collect so many seeds from one fruit.
I grafted several young seedlings and 5 scions were taken.
The photo is one of them, 2 very small pups are coming out.

Cactus / grafted Ariocarpus

I grafted Ariocarpus seedlings on Pereskiopsis stocks in this season.
Grafted seedlings are:
retusus v furfuraceus cv Seiji
retusus v major cv mitsuibo
retusus v furfuraceus cv Sugri cauliflower
kotschoubeyanus v elephantideus
84 seedlings in total.

I used 15 cm length of Pereskiopsis cuttings as stocks and grafted scions in a simple wet-box.