Cactus / Flowering of Ariocarpus hybrid

Ariocarpus hybrid, retusus v elongatus x fissuratus posted on 17th in this month was in flower yesterday.
The flower color was mixed color of father and mother plants.

Cactus / retusus cultivar

I collected seeds from my cacti, Ariocarpus retusus v major cv Daruma Royal and sowed on 12/11/2006. The growing speed of own-root Ariocarpus are very slow but retusus show quite acceptable speed if you gave soft sunlight and a lot of  water in summer.
The photo is 1st flowering of one of them, 13 cm diameter of body size.

Cactus / lloydii

I bought seeds of Ariocarpus fissuratus v lloydii and sowed on 11/08/2005.
Several young seedlings were grafted onto Hylocereus stocks.
I degrafted 2 of them later.
Degrafting  and rooting of fissuratus is hard because liquid from cutting face runs continuously and difficult to stop. This leads rotting during rooting process nornally.
I did degrafting with a short vascula-bandle of Hylocereus because this method was not necessary to cut the plant body.
I have not checked yet but I assume the short vascula-bandle has died and roots from body have developed.
This is the 1st flowering of this cactus.

Cactus / kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde

This is one of kotschoubeyanus forms, RioVerde.
The flower color is different from standard one.
The appearance of body is very similar.

Cactus / kotschoubeyanus

Ariocarpus kotshoubeyanus is a very small cactus.
Kotschoubeyanus has various var and forms.
This grafted one is the standard kotschoubeyanus, making pale color flowers.
Kotschoubeyanus is relatively easy to grow by own root.
They will be in flower within 4 years from the germination.

Cactus / agavoides

A grafted Ariocarpus agavoides was in flower yesterday.
I bought seeds and sowed on 29/07/2003.
Several young seedlings were grafted on Hylocereus stocks.
Almost all have been degrafted but only this one has remained as grafted plant.
I collected seeds from this plant and propagated. Some of seedlings have started flowering.

Cactus / scaphirostris

I bought seeds of Ariocarpus scaphotostris and sowed on 31/10/ 2003.
The success ratio of the germination was very poor but I could graft several seedlings onto Hylocereus stocks.
I degrafted later abut only 2 plants were remained.
This is one of them, showing a monstrosa appearance.