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Cacti cross breeding Information
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AriocarpusAstrophytumGymnocalyciumLeuchtenbergiaLophophora |
MammillariaObregoniaStrombocactusThelocactusTurbinicarpus |
Cacti breeding compatability chart
There are 4 options:
Readily means the cross works often and easily.
Successful means the cross works often but sometimes doesn't. "Hit and miss".
Possible means the cross can work, but may not work every time.
No means the cross has not worked.
These are only our observations, crosses that have not worked for us, may have worked for others.
Each box will also have 2 numbers representing successful crosses and unsuccessful crosses, in that order. 2/4 means 2 attempts worked and 4 failed, for example.
Ariocarpus | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
A. agavoides |
A. fissuratus |
A. kotschoubeyanus |
A. retusus |
A. scapharostrus | |||
A. agavoides |
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A. fissuratus |
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A. kotschoubeyanus |
Possible |
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A. retusus |
Possible |
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A. scapharostrus |
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Astrophytum | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
A. asterias |
A. capricorne |
A. caput-medusae |
A. myriostigma |
A. ornatum | |||
A. asterias |
Self-sterile |
Successful |
Successful |
Successful | ||||
A. capricorne |
Successful |
Self-sterile |
Successful |
Successful | ||||
A. caput-medusae |
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A. myriostigma |
Successful |
Successful |
Self-sterile |
Successful | ||||
A. ornatum |
Successful |
Successful |
Successful |
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Gymnocalycium | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
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Leuchtenbergia | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
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Lophophora | ||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
L. diffusa |
L. fricii |
L. koehresii |
L. williamsii |
L. diffusa |
Readily: Self-sterile |
No |
No |
No |
L. fricii |
No |
Readily: Self-sterile |
Readily [2] |
Possible |
L. koehresii |
No |
No [2] |
Readily: Self-sterile |
No |
L. williamsii |
No |
No |
No |
Readily: Self-fertile |
Astrophytum asterias |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Astrophytum myriostigma |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Obregonia denegrii |
Readily (2/0) |
No |
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No |
Obregonia denegrii | ||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
Obregonia denegrii | |||
Lophophora diffusa |
No | |||
Lophophora williamsii |
No | |||
Obregonia denegrii |
Readily: Self-sterile | |||
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Strombocactus | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
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Thelocactus | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
Thelocactus setispinus |
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Turbinicarpus | ||||||||
Mother plants------------------------> \/Father plants\/ |
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Notes
1. We pollinated a Lophophora diffusa with Obregonia denegrii pollen and fruits set. We will not know if it was indeed a true cross or not until the seeds grow. See here for more info.
2. Lophophora fricii pollen seems rather acceptable to Lophophora koehresii, but using L. koehresii pollen on L. fricii moms has so far not yielded a single fruit.
Related Pages [Pollinating Cacti | Cacti Flower Anatomy | Lophophora Identification]
