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Wow. How old is the fissuratus?

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How big was it when you got it ? That can't be seed grown!?!!!!?

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A seedling about 2 cm across - from a nursery in the UK. I brought it to Spain in 2001 and it loves the conditions here.

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I didn't know they could get that big so rapidly. What kind of soil, water and fertiliser regime?

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Basically I try to emulate their conditions in habitat - where June, July & September are the wet months. Well draining soil, just a little nutrition, lots of grit and limestone. In the summer it doesn´t rain here but they get a good soaking once a week. From September to November I let God water them (he did last night). December to Feb totally dry - in cold frames, but as much light as possible. When I am watering a light low N, higher P & K fert about every third water.

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Thought I'd share a few pics of some of my favourites from my collection :)

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I was honoured to see this beasty aswell.And all i thought was how :BANGHEAD2: many :BANGHEAD2: years :BANGHEAD2: would :BANGHEAD2: this :BANGHEAD2: take :BANGHEAD2: me....

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myco, what a refreshing change it is to see good quality plants growing naturally on their own roots in attractive pots, neatly labelled. Nice.

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Philocacti - all of my Ariocarpus flower in October - all within a fortnight or so of each other. If any one flowered the first this year (and I think A. fissuratus was about in the middle) it may not do so next year.

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Thanks my friend.

I've had 3 A. fissuratus for almost 5-6 years and they flower each fall. I'm probably impatient, but 2 flowered this season so far.

This year I added 6 different species and non of them are showing signs of budding.

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A couple A. fissuratus were the first Ariocarpus plants in my collection to flower this year at the end of September, retusus were the last to start flowering. Lots of plants still producing flowers this season though, and none of the lloydii's have opened up yet.

Got a new camera and took some pics...still getting used to the new format :)

These are all own-roots plants for the likes of Spanishfly...

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my a. fiss, definitely flower before any of my other ario's consistently, year after year.

Thanks :)

My A. fissuratus are in the peak of flowering while the other species aren't showing any flower buds......yet

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the other thing, ime, is the fissy's are much more prolific flowerers then the other species- BUT my fissy's are much older then the rest of my arios. i got one bravo flower while the fissys flowered , and now the trig and scaphs are flowering

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Am loving the arios!

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Also scored this one recently. kots x hintonii

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