Astrophytum AS-CAP

	Astrophytum hybrid AS-CAP (A. asterias x A. capricorne )	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

A beautiful hybrid with woolly areoles and a few short spines.

Description: The superb feature of some of this hybrids is due to the intersection between the traits of the ancestors. Many of them have inherited by A. capricorne raised ribs but spines are usually very short. The flower are also very beautiful.

Compare with the inverse hybrid CAP-AS which is similar but with (usually) longer spines.

Many Astrophytum hybrids have been developed involving A. asterias & A. capricorne and are now in cultivation.

Photo of Astrophytum hybrids:

A. hybrid AS-CAP (asterias x capricorne)
A. hybrid AS-CO (asterias x coahuilense)
A. hybrid AS-ONZ (asterias x ONZUKA)
A. hybrid AS-SENAU (asterias x senilis aureum)
A. hybrid CAP-AS (capricorne x asterias)
A. hybrid CAP-AS green (capricorne x asterias green)
A. hybrid CAP-SK (capricorne x SUPERKABUTO)
A. hybrid CO-AS (capricorne x asterias)
A. hybrid MY-OR (myriostigma x ornatum)
A. hybrid ONZ-AS (ONZUKA x asterias)
A. hybrid ONZ-SK variegated & albinos forms (ONZUKA x SUPERKABUTO)
A. hybrid ONZ-OR (ONZUKA x ornatum)
A. hybrid OR-MY (ornatum x myriostigma)
A. hybrid OR-ONZ (ornatum x onzuka)
A. hybrid SEN-AS rosa (senilis x asterias nudum)
A. hybrid SEN-SK (senilis x SUPERKABUTO)
A. hybrid SK-CAP (SUPERKABUTO x capricorne)
A. hybrid SK-CO (SUPERKABUTO x coahuilense)
A. hybrid SK Multi-hybrid (SUPERKABUTO multiple interbreedings)
A. hybrid SK Multi-hybrid variegated & albinos forms (SUPERKABUTO multiple interbreedings)

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Origin: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

A nice plant obtained by controlled pollination of
♀ Astrophytum asterias
x ♂ Astrophytum capricorne

A beautiful dichotomous old specimen.

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