October heralds blooming season for those rugged members of the genus Ariocarpus.



A. bravoanus has kicked it off for me in 2014, with my two specimens blooming simultaneously (unusually, one of mine has become a double header, as the pic shows) - so I have been making like a bee with a little sable artist´s brush.
This is the most recently discovered species, only coming to light in the early 90s - but seeds fairly quickly made their escape from the state of San Luis Potosi.

Very nice. Do you mean this is the most recently discovered species for yourself?

Beautiful plants spanishfly!! I cannot wait till mine are mature and blooming! Did you grow these from seed?



It is the most recent discovered species in the genus ariocarpus I believe.

Most recently discovered species of the genus.

No, hostilis, I bought these as young plants - I do have one of their offspring that I grew from their seed, but that has yet to flower.

That is interesting. How many cacti do you have, SpanishFly?

Just stunning flowers for such hardy stone like cacti

Next time I am up on the roof I will have a count - but the total number keeps changing as they keep setting seed on their own !!

I just had a count of all plants - mostly cacti but a few Euphorbia. I made it 220 - but that included 40 Lophophora williamsii and 70 (!!) Encephalocarpus strobiliformis of various sizes. They are supposed to be difficult to propagate by seed, but they just do it on their own here.

Belay my last !!!!

My Turbinicarpus alonsoi were looking a bit crowded today in the pot they shared,



so I unpotted and separated them, repotting them individually.

There were also 11 sprouts of various sizes - I told you the number kept increasing on its own.

My little Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus putting up a single flower !!