asterias kikko

[Carlo & Daniele]

some of the plants from our collection:









and some results from these plants:







what do you think about them?

[mrkabuto]

Hello every body!


Carlo & Daniele, your asterias kikko are very nice!
I like especially the small one with big areoles. I think the Thai call it 'Mama Kikko" because it has big tubers.

Astrophytum asterias cv Kikko is the best cultivar for me! It is the prettiest among all astrophytum cultivar!!
Here are someone of my collection:

Typical pattern:



x Super Kabuto:



Special pattern:


little 'Muscle':





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[mrkabuto]

Some flowers:







I tried to cross these two plants, but I didn't have seeds  maybe there are from the same clone?


With asterias Kikko, I don't have many seeds in general... and you?


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[mainy]

All your plants are really beautiful, I haven't yet kikko in my collection but it's in my project of nex year ! Maybe I will begin with seed because I'm curious of their growth.

[fanecchissimo]

i do LOVE asterias kikko! i have few, will post soon the pictures, but i think they are fantastic!

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

some of the plants from our collection:
what do you think about them?

They are gorgeous .. Very good work 

[Carlo & Daniele]

With asterias Kikko, I don't have many seeds in general... and you?


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We have few motherplants of asterias kikko but they produce quite a lot of seeds.
The one you like, the nudum with big tubercles if from seed of the plant in the first photo.
The second one is less marked than the first one, but it has a very nice flower and it produces good seeds!

[xwa27]

[Carlo & Daniele]

great plants Sandro! love the geometry of the second one, and the last one is simply outstanding.

[mrkabuto]

I don't have much luck so...
I had several Kikko blooms this year, but only one gave me seeds... 
I have many plants that look sterile, especially in clones from China. Those from Thailand are better, they do a lot of seeds.


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[mrkabuto]

The first and the last are very strange!
I like the white form one, very nice!



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[dag]

it seems all the nicest forms of asterias kikko are in Malta !

congrats

[droftorces]

oh I recognize the last, I had put on Astroweb!

here :  http://www.cactuspro.com/astro-web/cultivars-asterias#les-cultivars-d-asterias-selectionnes-sur-la-forme

elsewhere thank you for allowing me to take your pictures to the site;)

[sharkxing]

the first and the last are incredible!!!

[Carlo & Daniele]

yes it's true, i think it's because of cloning from offset. Many clustering plants are not fertile.
that's why we prefer to produce new plants from seed.

[Astro]

Asterias kikko

[Carlo & Daniele]

Nice plant Astro!!!

[Astro]

Thanks

[SEA]

My asterias kikko

[fanecchissimo]

@ SEA i like your last kind of kikko, i do have a similar one, which lost stock but i saved on another..

it is a bit different from other forms, and particular!