Great photos! I love seeing Ariocarpus in bloom! Do you hand pollinate? Or is it bugs ? Mark This post was edited by Maark23 on Thu, Oct 17, 13 at 1:15

Thanks for that, joscience. Looks like it will work !!! OK let´s give it a try, this is a pic of my Ariocarpus scaphorostrus in bloom. and A. fissuratus And as promised, some of the Lophophora williamsii I grew from my own seed. (Rather, seed from my own plants!) These are about 5 years old, and have been flowering adults for 3 years. It is a myth that L. williamsii is exceptional slow growing - if you want slow, see Aztekium. I have about 40 L. williamsii now, they are just so easy to grow from seed. I gave some to a neighbour who wanted spineless cacti in her garden when she had a new baby granddaughter.

Absolutely beautiful, nice job :>) Christine

Spanish Fly and Alain I found the Dolomite Lime. I was picturing something else for some reason;). Thanks. Jeff, I pressed the emoji button on my IPad and the heart stayed this time. I have tried to use emojis before, but it didn’t stay. Hopefully for your guys sake I can’t use an emoji in my comments because all bets are off. The fuzz is for protection because these guys come from the Chihuahuan Desert and can endure some chilly temps -10C/14F. That’s pretty cold for cactus. Then I’m sure the soft fuzz helps from being beat by the sun. The fuzz is really light and soft not coarse at all. There are probably other reasons why the fuzz is there, but that’s all I got for ya right now;). Alain- I found another Trichodiadema. Check out the difference between the new sad one and the one I got a couple months. The sad one has probably three plants all entangled like my first container I purchased. Amazing how it’s the same plant, but with a little TLC they look very different. edit- I can’t use emojis in my comments for some reason. Probably for the best;).