Botanical Garden - Cagliari

Bed:Yucca Flat; Family: Cactaceae; Origin: Mexico

origin: Mexico

Arid House

University of California Botanical Garden, Alameda County

June 5th, 2014 ◊ cameraphone

2014-June-D 039

Near Guamuchil, Guanajuato

Cerritos, San Luis Potosi

Succulents greenhouse

Cerritos, San Luis Potosi

This was part of the private collection of cacti and succulents at Manor Nursery, Angmering, West Sussex. The collection was started in 1948. The nursery is now gone. The collection has been dispersed to various new locations.

Astrophytum is a genus of six species of cacti, native to North America.

These species are sometimes referred to as living rocks, though the term is also used for other genera, particularly Lithops (Aizoaceae). The generic name is derived from the Greek words άστρον (astron), meaning "star," and φυτόν (phyton), meaning "plant."

Grafted plant.

And we continue posting Astrophytum hybrids from that batch I planted 4 years ago!

Astrophytum

+ 1x Astrophytum myriostigma cv.Rokkotsu Fukuryu

Near Las Tablas, San Luis Potosi

Near Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi

Near Guamuchil, Guanajuato

(Mirakuru Kabuto).

Astrophytum myriostigma

Pen mit Canon FD Macro 4/100

cultivated, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA. April 2004. from slide.

Cerritos, San Luis Potosi

This was part of the private collection of cacti and succulents at Manor Nursery, Angmering, West Sussex. The collection was started in 1948. The nursery is now gone. The collection has been dispersed to various new locations.

Planta de 3 años, tipo silvestre.