Ariocarpus retusus

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Ariocarpus retusus

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Most common species of the genus in cultivation. Old plants are true collector's items. Flowers come in a variety of colors from white to various colors of pink.
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Re: Ariocarpus retusus

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How can they grow them in those shallow pans?
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no direct sun and relatively frequent water
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What about the tap root? Where does that go?
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just winds around the bottom of the pot.. sometimes comes out, and can be cut off
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Huntington Gardens habitat shot. If you ignore the cactus on the right and the shiny dogtag id's glowing from overexposure (bad camera!) you will notice 14 of these guys nestled in the ground.
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First time ever flower for this A.retusus which I have had in the ground for exactly two years now. It gets afternoon full sun and dappled shade before that.
Ariocarpus retusus in flower, Mesa, AZ.
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This has no discernible areole
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Flowering very early this year probably due to our summer heatwave. There are thirteen flowers on it this year.
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Nice!

No flowers on mine yet, but my in the ground one has grown since the picture with the flower posted a while back:
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This was the one I showed in 2017 so you can see how it’s grown.
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Not sure why it has duplicated.
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It was so excited to be posted it just wanted to be shown twice! LOL.
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A different one
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