These seedlings are several years old and blooming size. Their populations have been under heavy pressure in Mexico so it is a great relief to have growers that are so successful with propagated plants. Some experts will note the areoles at the tips of the leaves and argue that this is ariocarpus furfuraceus. Many others have reduced a. furfuraceus under a. retusus so perhaps they are both right. Woody Minnich has traveled widely in the Chihuahuan desert where these grow and claims they vary from hill to hill so the name game may go on forever in this family. In any case these plants are the long leafed form of retusus/furfuraceus and are lapping over the 4” pot. We are proud to present them as the largest non-collected plants we can find. We have no backup stock.
They have a taproot so must be allowed to dry quite completely in the summer growing season. Keep even drier in winter. Not recommended for landscape plantings.
