Hybridization of cacti

[Sarraceniacrazy]

Hello everyone! Is there a list of cactus that can be readily hybridized? Thanks!

Eric

[Shane]

I've wondered the same thing. I've looked and haven't found anything useful. A good place to start would be a cladogram of the cactus family (which I also haven't been able to find). Though a guide to cacti hybridization would be the most helpful resource as some groups of cacti are more amenable to hybridization than others. For example, Mammillaria species are said to be difficult to cross with other despite being closely related

[Sarraceniacrazy]

I've wondered the same thing. I've looked and haven't found anything useful. A good place to start would be a cladogram of the cactus family (which I also haven't been able to find). Though a guide to cacti hybridization would be the most helpful resource as some groups of cacti are more amenable to hybridization than others. For example, Mammillaria species are said to be difficult to cross with other despite being closely related

Thank you Shane!

[Vingames1]

I believe haageocereus and echinopsis are able to produce seed together

[Sarraceniacrazy]

I believe haageocereus and echinopsis are able to produce seed together

Thank you!

[Ferocactus57]

I know these are all possible not always easy. Stenocactus, ferocactus, echinocactus, thelocactus, leuchtenbergia. I'm not positive but I have also seen astrophytum being crossed with some of these too so I would think it's possible with all of them also.

[DaveW]

The Russian Cultivar/Lapshin Org. (text in English) covers cultivars and hybrids if you click on the links in the link below:-

http://www.lapshin.org/cultivar/list-e.htm