Hana's cacti

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Many asterias were in flower in the afternoon.
Photos are some of them.

3 old asterias



2 miracle kabutos


2 super kabutos


1 oibo ruri kabuto

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Grafted Discocactus, mainly horstii and one heptacanthus were in flower.
I took the photo early in this morning.

[K.W.]

Good evening Frank,

how was the scent of the many flowers? Very beautiful!
Happy New Year and much success with the plants!


K.W.

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G'afternoon K.W.

The scent of Discocactus flowers is very nice but it is hard to describe what type of scent is.
They open flowers in the same night.

Frank

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Many asterias were in flower in the afternoon.
They are in flower several times between spring and autumn.

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Discocactus placentiformis v latispinus f major
I bought seeds and sowed on 6th August 2007.
It is the 1st flowering of the cactus.

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I bought seeds of Obregonia denegrii and sowed in 2005.
Seedlings have grown slowly.

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The normal rooting of Aztekim is not easy.
I attempted several times without any successful results.

Aztekium ritteri, with a short vascular bundles of Hylocerus

Aztekium ritteri, with a short stock of Pereskiopsis
7~8 mm in diameter off-sets were grafted in 2015.

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An unknown name of Ferocactus planted outdoor was in flower.
I sowed seed in 2001.
It is 40 cm in diameter.

[cactushobbyman]

It appears I may have the same Ferocactus as you, Wislizeni.

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cactushobbyman

Thanks for your information.
Since I bought cactus-mix seeds, I did not know the name.

Hanazono

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The photo is the 1st flower of Ariocarpus in this season, bravoanus v hintonii, 5cm in diameter.

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More Ariocarpus

retusus v bicolor

fissuratus f Big Bend

fissuratus f Big bend

[Fatich]

The normal rooting of Aztekim is not easy.
I attempted several times without any successful results.

Aztekium ritteri, with a short vascular bundles of Hylocerus

Aztekium ritteri, with a short stock of Pereskiopsis
7~8 mm in diameter off-sets were grafted in 2015.

What's the soil material?

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The main potting-mix is 60% pumice sand and 40% organic material.
Top dressing which you can see on the photos is 2~4 mm zeolite.