6 July 2008
In your own good time…
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
It’s been another one of those years for my ariocarpus. I’ve lost an Ariocarpus fissuratus which seemingly never re-established its feeder roots after the winter, and my A. lloydii is looking distinctly peaky, having apparently decided to discard all but a couple of tubercles in the centre of the plant. They both came from the same source, and I must admit when I see plants like the one on the left flourishing, I wonder whether the sickliness of those plants is related.
It’s reassuring when a plant as slow-growing as Ariocarpus scapharostris is very obviously in growth, showing the lovely fresh green colour of a new tubercle. It will of course be a good long while before these tubercles reach their full size, but at least it’s moving!