Ariocarpus Seed Pods

John C · Post by **John C** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:53 pm

I pollinated all of my ariocarpus in the fall of 2009 that bloomed. Not being able to find a picture of an ariocarpus fruit, I do not know when I should take off a dead flower and hope there is seeds in there. How long do ariocarpus fruits normally take to mature and is there a way to tell. I am mainly talking about Ariocarpus fissuratus, but am also wondering about trigonus and retusus.

Thanks!

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:10 pm

Ariocarpus fruit just dries up and disappears. One day you'll find seeds buried in the wool. Not yet though.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:26 pm

A. retusus will push up a white color fruit and as Ian says will dry up rather quickly. Keep an eye out for new buldges in the wool

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:10 am

am i the only one who finds ariocarpus fruits painfully slow?

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:45 pm

Nope...I find them painfully slow as well. The fruit buried deep in the wool and the seed caught in there seems like an odd adaptation. It seems to be most efficient if the parent dies. Precisely how seed dispersal works with ariocarpus is not known.

peterb

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:15 pm

I just forget about them and eventually you'll find seeds that have to be picked out of the wool one by one

bruno · Post by **bruno** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:33 pm

along their development they are conspicuous, I just posted a few pics here http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16046
hope this helps.
Ciao

John C · Post by **John C** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:00 pm

How long does it normally take? Im getting impatient!

bruno · Post by **bruno** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:20 pm

a couple of months. If you look at the post, pics of scaphirostris and intermedius are taken in early july.
In the sequence of kotschoubeyanus the first pic is as of early may the last taken in mid-june.
Ciao