Hello, this season I crossed the following plants:
#19 Astrophytum asterias v. nudum variegated
(https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz53/gk80/cactus/19-1.jpg)
#980 Astrophytum asterias v. nudum
(https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz53/gk80/cactus/980.jpg)
And here are the results:
#19 X #980
(https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz53/gk80/cactus/DSC08410.jpg)
#980 X #19
(https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz53/gk80/cactus/DSC08409.jpg)
What do you think?
Is it allways the father stronger than the mother?
How do you choose which one will be mother and which one father?
I would love to read your opinions, comments and suggestions.
usually if you want variegated asterias seedling you have to chose a variegate mother and use the flowers that harise from the yellow/red part of the plant, talking about sperkabuto i have the impression that father plants are teh responsabele ofthe beauty of the sons.
Thank you cortona... that's something I've never heard before.
I don't know if the fruit came from a flower in the yellow part of the plant.
The picture of the #19 is from the past season. Maybe this year it flowered frome another place.
GK80
The first picture is a beautiful plant. the seedlings in the last picture is beautiful. congratulations
hello!
this is a asterias marble variegated in flower today:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k0uPUuhP760/T8-U4EMl9eI/AAAAAAAAGPg/-wujfeYakLs/s509/06062012908.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8hZnzIvq3Dg/T8-U3Nz82QI/AAAAAAAAGPc/a4nHC-FWyFs/s513/06062012907.jpg)
what do you suggest for the crossings?
for the moment we brought its pollen on ooibo rurikabuto
greath choice, i will do the same and reverse cross!
here they are, seedlings from ooibo bonburi x marble variegated:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yE8xyRxse3w/UM45cOlnluI/AAAAAAAAIL0/GR35ymV8lgo/s517/131220121609.jpg