G'morning vincent_cm, I've been planting occasionally mostly copiapoa and a few Astrophytum few years but not for this, the difficulty level would be too high to me. Pelecyphra species are not difficult to keep and they are also easy to root. I rooted 3 strobilliformis and more than 20 aselliformis ...

Cacti on the photo are Astrophytum hybrids, fukuryu banjyaku. They all are rooted off-sets. Since gene of ornatum is mixed in this hybrid, rooting is not difficult. Original ones were propagated from seeds given by my friend and so I do not know about the history of seeds. They show various faces. T...

The grafted character is remained on Ariocarpus species even if they were degrafted/rooted. On the other hand, off-sets removed from scions are not remained the character of grafted. The photo is rooted off-sets which do not show the character of grafted. They are retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma sei...

I completed watering of the large greenhouse yestrday afternoon. The photo is some of Astrophytm myriostigma cv Onzuka taken photo after the watering. I have kept around 40 plants which were propagated from seeds harvested from my plants. Although both parents are Onzuka, just 20% seedlings become O...

Just one small ariocarpus agavoides was in flower yesterday. The cactus is in a 6.5 cm square pot.

I will start to water today for cacti in the large greenhouse, which takes 2~3 days. This watering is the last watering in this season and the restarting will be mid of August. The photo is a Wasington Navle orange tree planted in front of the large greenhouse. I will havest very soon. Watering of c...

Two cacti on photos are Astrophytum myriostigma v nudum cv khoyo, kikkou. khoyo: autumn foliage kikkou: tortoise shell Since it is late autumn in here, they have started to turn their body colour. They will return body clour to greenish or green next summer. They are not variegated and they rely on ...

Updated photos of scions Since scions will be 2 years old in october this year, I will degraft them in October, 24 in total. Currently I have: 17 degrafted plants 24 will be degrafted in October 2024 24 will be degrafted in October 2025 Since this cultivar was new for me, I grafted them but I do not...

3 ariocarpus species were in flower yesterday. They are all degrafted/rooted plants.

The attached photo is a degrafted/rooted Obregonia denegrii. It was reddish brown in summer but it turned to gree in autumn. The cactus grows very slowly and is small, in a 8.5 cm square pot.

G'morning 7george, First I thought that cacti are totally forbidden in Australia because of that old story with Opuntia and rabbits. I have lived in just two states, New South Wales and South Australia and I do not know the situation of other states. Opentia species are "pest plants" in So...

Just one cactus was in flower in this morning. The cactus is an Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde which is shown on the attached photo.

G'morning Fatich and Nino_G, Have you ever checked the roots from time to time? How long after it started rooting? Checking roots during rooting process is not a good practice and so I have never checked roots. I set an off-set for the rooting in spring and the off-set is rooted by autumn which mean...

The attached photo is one of rooted Aztekium hintoniies. 3 off-sets on a grafted cactus were removed and set for rooting 4 years ago. Size of off-sets were around 3 cm in diameter. Aztekium hintonii grows very slowly. Current size of cactus on the photo is around 4 cm in diameter. I can see a new ri...

My current cacti collection is 4th which means I restarted 3 times from Nil. All interraptions of collections were caused by relocation in relation to my jobs. Between 3rd and 4th, I moved from Northern Hemisphere to Southern Hemisphere. Climate, available cacti, available potting-mix and pot and lo...