Very nice Alain. Astrophytums are great for flowering over a relatively long period, and the flowers certainly are big and attractive. Are you doing an pollinating? The last appears to be one of the Super Kabuto types, very attractive. I have several like this and have gotten some seed from then this summer. It's always fun to watch what comes up from the seed of this type.
I have not produced seed on my plants for a while as my capacity for seed growing has been taken up with seed I have purchased. At the Mesemb. event [ held every two years ] someone sells a lot of hybrid Astrophytums and the last photo. is one of those. It is fun choosing from all the different ones available. I think if I produced my own I would end up with the same problem as with Lithops and I would want to keep them all. In the last BCSS journal Stuart Riley wrote a good article on Japanese Astrophytums. Stuart was at the Edenbridge show and I purchased a 'Onzuka' but he did not have many of those in article for sale.
Lovely flowers!
ReplyDeleteVery nice Alain. Astrophytums are great for flowering over a relatively long period, and the flowers certainly are big and attractive. Are you doing an pollinating? The last appears to be one of the Super Kabuto types, very attractive. I have several like this and have gotten some seed from then this summer. It's always fun to watch what comes up from the seed of this type.
ReplyDeleteI have not produced seed on my plants for a while as my capacity for seed growing has been taken up with seed I have purchased.
ReplyDeleteAt the Mesemb. event [ held every two years ] someone sells a lot of hybrid Astrophytums and the last photo. is one of those. It is fun choosing from all the different ones available. I think if I produced my own I would end up with the same problem as with Lithops and I would want to keep them all.
In the last BCSS journal Stuart Riley wrote a good article on Japanese Astrophytums. Stuart was at the Edenbridge show and I purchased a 'Onzuka' but he did not have many of those in article for sale.