Cactus / Astrophytum hybrid

May will be soon. Only one Astrophytum species was in flower yesterday afternoon.

It was a hybrid, capricorn x red flowering asterias.

I think the flower is true red which comes from father's gene.

Cactus / Daruma Seiji

I thought it seemed the flowering of Ariocarpus was interrupted but I found 4 retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma Seijies were in flower in this afternoon.

The photo is one of them, around 12 cm in diameter.

I sowed seeds harvested from my cacti in 2008.

Cactus jarmilae

 I bought 25 seeds of ariocarpus retusus v jarmilae MM 110 and sowed in 2003.

Some of them have survived.

The photo is one of them, 16 cm in diameter.

Cactus / fissuratus

A young Ariocarpus fissuratus was in flower.

It was 1st flowering for the cactus. I sowed seed in 2013, which was harvested from my cactus.

The cactus on the photo is still small, in a 6.5 cm square pot.

Cactus / retusus

 An ariocarpus retusus was in flower.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2003. Several young seedlings were grafted and degrafted later.

It is one of them, which relies on own-root currently.

It seems not to be able to gain diameter, just becoming taller.

Cactus / bicolor

 An ariocarpus retusus v bicolor was in flower.

I bought seeds and sowed in 2006. The name tag said " Ariocarpus retusus v bicolor n. prov KMR61".

Since the old pot was tight, I repotted in January. This one is in flower every year in this season.

Cactus / pectinatus

 An ariocarpus retusus v pectinatus was in flower.

My friend gave me seeds and I sowed them in 2018. 12 young seedlings were grafted but mice ate scions and only 3 survived.

I degrafted and rooted them in 2020.