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Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:46 pm
by Hanazono
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
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A plant showing a hint of cauliflower
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Collected pollen, dried one day on a paper
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Pollen packed in gelatine capusuels
I keep these in fridge and wait flowering of true one.
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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.
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Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:33 am
by Hanazono
The targeted species was in flower today.
I pollinated by using reserved pollen.
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Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:56 pm
by george76904
Very interesting! I never thought of gel capsules for pollen storage. I also really like the looks of that cultivar! So how long does pollen remain viable in the fridge?

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:06 pm
by Hanazono
I do not have so much experience with Ariocarpus.
In the case of Astrophytum, I got a successful pollination with 3 months old pollen.

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:12 pm
by jfabiao
Just to clarify: you keep the pollen in the fridge, not the freezer (below 0ÂșC), right?

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:44 pm
by Hanazono
Capsules are kept in a small plastic box with a drying medium because the material is gelatine.
The plastic box is kept in a fridge, not a freezer.

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:55 am
by jfabiao
Thank you. I tried storing pollen in a small ziplock bag for less than a week and I am now waiting to see if I have succeeded. :)

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:39 pm
by Hanazono
It is the harvesting time of Ariocarpus seeds.
The A. retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower pushes a fruit up.
The pollination used preserved pollen shows a successful result.
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Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 12:43 am
by Hanazono
I have been waiting flowering of both cacti.
Left one is the original A. retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower in my place, 19 cm in diameter.
Right is a grand child of the original one.
Since the grand child shows very good character and I use this one for the next pollination.
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Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:16 am
by ElieEstephane
Very beautiful specimen!

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 9:14 pm
by Hanazono
G'morning ElieEstephane,

Thanks for your comment.
I pollinated them yesterday afternoon.

Frank

Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 1:49 am
by Hanazono
One of grand children which start to show a good cauliflower's character was also in flower yesterday.
I pollinated it yesterday.
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Re: Ariocarpus cultivar

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 8:49 am
by DodoBrooke
Exciting!
Don't know much about this topic but learning...