Ariocarpus cultivar
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:46 pm
I bought 20 seeds of Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower and sowed in 2005.
The germination rate was not so good and only 2 grafted seedlings survived.
One showed a hint of cauliflower character but the other did not at all unfortunately.
I built numbers by collecting seeds from these 2 scions.
I have 24 of degrafted flowering size plants.
Only one shows true cauliflower character and several others show a hint of cauliflower.
They are in flower currently but the true cauliflower one is not yet.
I collected pollen from plants shown a hint and wait the flowering of true one.
Flowers of degrafted plants
A plant showing a hint of cauliflower
Collected pollen, dried one day on a paper
Pollen packed in gelatine capusuels
I keep these in fridge and wait flowering of true one.
The true one
I am waiting the flowering of this plant.
I am quite sure this one will be in flower soon because I could see flowers in this season last year.
The germination rate was not so good and only 2 grafted seedlings survived.
One showed a hint of cauliflower character but the other did not at all unfortunately.
I built numbers by collecting seeds from these 2 scions.
I have 24 of degrafted flowering size plants.
Only one shows true cauliflower character and several others show a hint of cauliflower.
They are in flower currently but the true cauliflower one is not yet.
I collected pollen from plants shown a hint and wait the flowering of true one.
Flowers of degrafted plants
A plant showing a hint of cauliflower
Collected pollen, dried one day on a paper
Pollen packed in gelatine capusuels
I keep these in fridge and wait flowering of true one.
The true one
I am waiting the flowering of this plant.
I am quite sure this one will be in flower soon because I could see flowers in this season last year.