Astrophytum asterias

Astrophytum asterias

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Cactus / Grafted seedlings 4

I have tried to crate a red flowering hanazono kabuto.
The photo is Hanazono kabuto x red flowering asterias, grafted last spring.
I assume I could see flowers next spring.

Sunday, 31 May 2015

Cactus / Grafted seedlings 3

As same as the post of yesterday, this one, Astrophytum myriostigma v nudum cv kikkou, khoyo was also grafted last spring.
I grafted 12 of 40 days old seedlings.
This one has started to show the appearance of monstrose.


Saturday, 30 May 2015

Cactus / Grafted seedlings 2

The photo is a grafted Astrophytum myriostigma cv Onzuka.
I grafted 12 of them last spring.
This one shows the character of the cultivar very well.

Friday, 29 May 2015

Cactus / Grafted seedlings 1

It is late autumn in here and the flowering of cacti has ended.
I grafted quite many seedlings last spring, around September to November last year.
They have grown nicely.
The photo is an Astrophytum hybrid, fukuryu banjyaky.
One of my friend gave me seeds and I propagated. I grafted 24 seedlings onto Perskiopsis.
They show various faces, from nudum to thick white flecking.
This one has thick white flecking.


Sunday, 26 April 2015

Cactus / kotschoubeyanus

Grafted small type of Ariocarpus such as agavoides, kotschoubeyanus will be in flower in young age.
The photo is grafted kotschoubeyanus f  Rio Verde.
I sowed seeds in August last year and grafted 24 of young seedlings in September.
Stocks are Pereskiopsis.
They all 8 months old.

Saturday, 25 April 2015

Cactus / fissuratus

A young Aiocarpus fissuratus was in flower yesterday.
This is also 2nd flowering for the cactus in this autumn.
We had  unusual heavy rain yesterday.


Friday, 24 April 2015

Cactus / hintonii

Ariocarpus are in flower several times in autumn.
The photo is a A. bravoanus v hintonii, 2nd flowering in this autumn.
The plant is quite small, in a 7 cm square pots.