I've Never Had an Ariocarpus Flower Before!

[Teotzlcoatl]

....and it looks fucking awesome!!!

The above is my cactus and my pictures, feel free to do whatever the hell you want with these pictures! Anti-copyright!

Edited September 18, 2009 by Teotzlcoatl

[cactophyle]

That's nice!

[GingaNinja]

good works man.

great pics

[Hellonasty]

Really nice plant, congrats on the flower.

[bit]

Nice plant and flower!

[Illustro]

Damn, thats so awesome :D

I never realized how cool A. fissuratus look before. Nice man.

[rahli]

Nice plant Teotz. Is it wild collected? Looks pretty old.

I'm pretty sure they require cross pollenation to set seed. I've got two grafted onto peres stock and can't wait to produce my own seed.

What a beauty!!

[incognito]

georgeous fissuratus teotz!

you certainly have a way with plants! : )

[Teotzlcoatl]

Thanks guys! I hope y'all enjoyed the pictures!

Is it wild collected? Looks pretty old.

Yes it is wild collected and shame on me for not knowing this when I bought it!

Shame, shame, shame on Teotz'!

Check it out!

Edited September 19, 2009 by Teotzlcoatl

[Illustro]

Have you had any luck reporting it yet? I have left a link on your thread posted, hopefully it may be of some use.

[karode13]

Beautiful!

[zelly]

Yes it is wild collected and shame on me for not knowing this when I bought it!

fwiw, most ario's sold on e bay in the usa are collected from the wild, I know of only a handful of legit growers.

I actually met the person who is responsible, he runs a cactus wholesale only operation, with a minimum purchase of $5000.00. Many different rare & endangered cacti species are routinely harvested from the wild.

He operates out of Arizona with clients in Ca, Az, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma etc.

At the time, I was offered 125 ario fiss, each between 8-13cm.

[Teotzlcoatl]

I'd turn him in if I knew who his was....

This is like shooting bald eagles or something!