South of Arid Land

Friday, 4 November 2022

Several matured asterias were in flower yesterday.

The photo is one of them, asterias cv kikko super kabuto which is 16 cm in diameter.

It was a normal super kabuto when the cactus was young but it turened to a kikko form lately.

Rain stopped yeasrday afternoon. I could see some cacti flowers in the afternoon.

The photo is one of them, Astrophytum hybrid, capricorn x red flowering asterias.

The cactus is degrafted one and a short Pereskiopsis stock is still attached.

It is the 2nd flowering for this cactus, Aztekium ritteri in this season.

I took the photo in this afternoon.

This spring is abnormal, not so many sunshine days and so I can not see so many cacti flowers.

An other Gymnocalycuim species, spegazzinii v loricatum was in flower yesterday afternoon.

The loricatum is a spegazzinii with short spines.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2003. The current size is 15 cm in diameter.

Gymnocalycium species have started to be in flower.

A vatteri which has single spine was in flower yesterday.

It is just 10 cm in diameter. I do not think the cactus can gain more in diameter.

An aztekium hintonii was in flower yesterday.

I have kept 6 hintoniies but only this one is a flowering size.

Since I pollinated the flower, I can see the result in near future.

An astrophytum myriostigma cv Onzuka was in flower yesterday afternoon.

It was 1st flowering of Onzuka in this season.

I hope many of other Onzukas to follow this one.