hostilis Posted January 17, 2014 I just found out about this new Aztekium species. I was only aware of riterii and hintonii. Have any of you heard of this or are any of you growing it? Here's a paper on it. http://xerophilia.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/AZTEKIUM-VALDEZII.pdf I would love to get my hands on some seed. If I would have heard about this earlier I would have tried to get some seed before sowing my other aztekium seed. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimzy Posted January 17, 2014 They look like little alien creatures buried in the mud! Awesome. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
modern.shaman Posted January 17, 2014 I heard of this cactus 6 months ago thru xerophilia. The seeds have been on sale for atleast 3-4 month now thru a czech site. The seeds are around 7 dollars each at the moment. They have appeared cheaper recently on the popular auction site however I wouldn't trust those seeds. I was gonna get some seeds however they were sold out at the time I made my order however they have now returned. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkheadrev Posted January 17, 2014 Yeah , they are trying to keep a cap on the location , but they are also trying hard to get seeds out to collectors and vendors in order to discourage poaching . I have seen seeds going on a few auction sites already . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted January 17, 2014 Same here. Thay are SPENDY! I might have a trade in order here soon. I see some people from the czech republic selling plants on ebay too. I'm guessing they're poached, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkheadrev Posted January 17, 2014 I would hope that people haven't already poached this species , we don't even know the full extent of it's population yet. As a collector I'm happy , but I wouldn't have minded waiting five years before they released the discovery to the public, if it meant keeping the species from vanishing from the fucking earth. I will do my best to get the seeds into circulation locally if I manage to get my hands on some , if it even matters at this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) unique plant .............. Edited October 10, 2014 by Dreamwalker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prier Posted January 17, 2014 Does anyone on this forum actually grow Aztekiums? fucking cunts of things to grow from my experience. only had success with grafts and even then... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted January 17, 2014 I have some riterii and hintoni growing from seed. I actually successfully grafted one to a pereskiopsis from seed. But these god damn fucking thrips munched on it and dehydrated it. I also have a small plant grafted onto a myrtillocactus (riterii) The valdezii seeds on ebay are like $250 for 100 seeds or $30 for 10 seeds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prier Posted January 17, 2014 How old are your plants? We have a few riteriis on spach grafts, usually get 5-10 years old then die, bastard things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted January 17, 2014 How interesting, I just happened across that article/report yesterday as well. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted January 17, 2014 I just started some like a month ago. Lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Bump! what a gorgeous thread to find i found this too http://www.arides.info/article0003.html just now, looking for info to swat up on hope its useful to ya as a handy link I think I'm gna use the med cap and baby food tub "tek" to try growing some aztekium from seed... -prep soaking in bleach solution -good to go ....and finally get round to using zell's 100% mineral based substrate and distilled water tek but may boil/nuke/kill with power for just in case.. izer gna use pure aquarium silica after i figure out what to bung my med cap holes with -might just get another fresh cap and not bother with the holes yet... shrug after some fun ...ended up with a triple layer "fukken pro" tek x] this time instead of using perlite, verm and seed loam(john innes seed) I used washed and nuked horticultural gravel, washed and nuked non-clumping granular kitty litter (DE silica -NOT FULLER'S EARTH! )and washed+nuked horticultural sand... and some icing for the cake ...will remove the dividers/labels ..and re-nuke it and re-hydrate it with boiled distilled water, cool and sow ...when it happens now to go hunt some seed.. -edit- found em, and then had a really bad dream that the valdezii were (ritteriiXhintonii) X astrophytum myriostigma kikko , ... gah, still feels real even now... -later edit- I may add 2 more dividers for different location data ritterii and hintonii like this Edited December 23, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanishfly Posted December 17, 2014 I have a A. hintonii on its own roots, that flowered a couple of times in 2014. And a A. ritteri that is grafted - it has made some moderate growth, but has never flowered - but grafted plants seldom do. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) theyre sneaky flowerers, I've only had one flower on one of my 2 grafted ritterii.. and only noticed it after it had shut I have 1 hintonii own roots but it's never flowered ... but then, I've only had them since earlier this year. I give them 5-6X strength tomato feed when i water them though Edited December 17, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) My grafted plants flower like mad. Way more than my own roots ones since they flower all year round. Edited December 17, 2014 by hostilis 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Here's a paper on it. http://xerophilia.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/AZTEKIUM-VALDEZII.pdf love how they gold plated seeds for storage and will definitely be in it for the long haul .... and honoured to do my bit towards: "controlled breeding efforts to mitigate the effects that could occur by illegal collection of plants" here's some out-sourced porn to keep us going in the mean time till we can make our own Edited December 17, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) rawrz i very much look forward to that happening on my grafts... thanks H maybe I'll be able to hone the flowering skills once I learn more about stocks.. I think mine are on tricho's, but whatever they are , they apear to be the best stock for a heated tank, myrtillos hate it in there n so did jusbertii still growing peresk' outside and in the GH too for futures down her path.. I'll take a pic , maybe will try again later when the lights come on in the Ixtlahuatl look fwd to any of your guy's aztekium porn too and grateful to, recieve/further-share, any help/info I can get/aquire; in having all 3 flowering away like mad eventually and covered in fly shit (like on zelly's phwoaaarn)...i mean seeds it's nice to read that their upkeep becomes very easy if you can get them through their preliminary years and lol , anything with the word Aztek involved draws me like a magnet Edited December 22, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted December 18, 2014 Does anyone on this forum actually grow Aztekiums? fucking cunts of things to grow from my experience. only had success with grafts and even then... http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37251&p=455855 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanishfly Posted December 19, 2014 Some of us do grow them, with a degree of success. My A. hintonii, blooming in July 2014. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) gorgeous flower! , I sure look forward to a bloom like that one on mine maybe mods here will stop editing my posts and I might stick around to show the flowers by then Edited December 28, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted December 22, 2014 Officially one of my new favorite flowers! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted December 22, 2014 hows your last sowing round goin now hostilis? any piccies? at what size/age dyu reckon my crappy phone camera will be able to photograph some ? (lol, sorry, I'ze real eager ... my seeds've not even arrived yet) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites