A few Ariocarpus infants to eyeball

Hi all,
here are a few of my Arios to look over - not many, and the oldest is only 17 years, but I do like them.

Some really nice plants there mate. Give us a close up of the fissuratus ! And the bigger myrio at the back

Wow 17 years old!!! Now don't you wish you got into cacti when you were three?

Have you assigned where the cacti goes in your will?

I want that intermedius

Nice one calycium!

I'll take a photo of the intermedius when I get home earlier enough and show it off closer up.
There's a guy on eBay that sells them, and a grower thatup in QLD/NSW that releases cacti once a year - bought a few bubs from him this year - but Arios seem hard to get. I've got a number of different vars as seedlings, but it will be a while before they look good - a legacy for the grand kids I reckon.

Love the arios calycium

I know how you feel, the seedlings are rather slow

Not sure if I will ever see mine get biggish

I have a retusus about the size of yours how many years do we wait ........bit scary eh!!!!

So long as you live to 100+, everything will be fine

Sneaky arios flowers and then deliver seeds a year later - how slow is that?

So there is hope for me yet

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Sneaky arios flow and deliver seeds a year later - how slow is that?

Too slow for my liking, hey I have to get one to flower yet.

Thought this year was the year but now another year of waiting and hoping

Yeah, know how you feel - my fero cactus has never flowered in 20 years... thinking I might finally give him some fertiliser this year. Its had sun, shade, water... makes NO difference (oops this is not a ariocarpus topic) I am hoping that my Ario flowers this year - would be a real treat at 17years.

what sort of soil mix do you make up for these little guys calycium?