Cactus / Astrophytum hybrid

This grafted cacti is Astrophytum hybrid, capricorne v niveum x asterias cv super kabuto.

I sowed seeds on 28/08/2010. The germination sucsess retio was not too bad but abnormal seedlings were included quite many. I think both of capricorne and asterias are Astrophytum but are in different flower groups and makes this stressed gene issue. I grafted two seedlings. One was a normal seedling and the other was abnormal one. This one was normal.

Cactus/ rioverdensis

I bought 10 seeds of Turbinicarpus rioverdensis and sowed on 31/08/2006. I grafted young seedlings.

This is one of them, flowering currently.

Cactus / ritteri

A grafted Aztekium ritteri is in flower today.

I grafted several pups a few years ago. This is one of them.
I bought seeds and tried to propagat several times but I could not get any successful result.
I collected some seeds from my plants last year. I will try to propagate again.

Cactus / Ariocarpus seedlings

I sowed Ariocarpus seeds on 03/09/2011.

I use heating pads for seeds germination. I can set 18 of 10 cm square pots at one batch. 1st batch of germination was campleted in this morning.
The photo is one of pots, Ariocarpus retusus v jermilae. All seeds were collected from my own plants.

Cactus / miracle kabuto seedling

I sowed seeds of miracle kabuto quite many on 30/11/2010.

1st repottings of these seedlings have been completed. The photo is one of seedlings, almost one year old. The diameter is 11 mm. This seeling was nudum a while but large flecks started to appear lately.
I think a good miracle kabuto will start as a nudum form and change suddenly.
I believe this seedling will be a good one in future.

Cactus / agavoides

The repotting of Ariocarpus seedlings has almost been completed. I repotted agavoides this morning.

I sowed seeds in 2006. Seeds were collected from my grafted plants. You can see a white tap-root. The body grows very slowly but the root grow in a good speed. You have to maintain tubercle tips well when you propagate agavoides but one of tubercle tips is dead.

Cactus / a short grafting stock

When you graft a cacti, the scion may show a differnt character from original one. It depends upon the type of the grafting stock. The special character in relation to the grafting will disappear when you degraft.

If you want to keep the grafted character, you can remain a short stock. The short stock is buried in pottingmix. I cut stock last autumn and set the cacti on a empty black pot. It is the time of potting because roots have come out from the short stock.
The photo is Echinocactus horizontalonius.