These are some beautiful cacti if I can get them to grow into adult cacti. They have interesting skin colorations as seedlings, and Echinocereus fendleri can be fairly cold hardy. I doubt if they could ever grow outdoors in Wisconsin, but they do live in places with very cold winters.
This Echinocereus subinermis is a year and a few months old growing with a few other seedlings in its plastic pot. Lots of seeds were planted, but only a few plants grew, so I guess I'll have to plant even more seeds it get more plants.
Here is another photo of an Astrophytum asterias seedlings and they are only a few months old. They are just starting to get their distinctive skin color and form.
This is one of 3 Astrophytum senil v aureum seedlings that are 2 years old now. They should start putting out spines soon - I think... They were started from Mesa Garden seeds number 70.03.
These Astrophytums and a really great hybrid and grow into some of the most beautiful cactus plants. This one is one of 3 plants started from seed 2 years ago and the seeds were from Mesa Garden under the number 48 Astrophytum asterias superkabuto. This is a plant that should never be placed outdoors in a state like Wisconsin because they will usually die from fungal attacks. They will grow well in a sunny window, but it is very risky to put outdoors in a wet climate.
This is another Astrophytum asterias seedling two years old and has been living both under artificial light and sunlight. This one is also from Mesa Garden seeds, but the number is Astrophytum asterias 47.05 and is a beautiful plant too
These Astrophytum asterias seedling is 2 years old now. This one actually survived a summer outdoors in Wisconsin last year, but is now sitting on a window sill. I'm unsure if this species would continue to survive being outdoors in the growing season and am thinking about keeping it under artificial light. The seeds for this plant and 2 other companions are from Mesa Garden and the number was 47.2 on their website.
