The Collection
Ariocarpus are the living rocks of the Chihuahuan Desert: slow, sculptural, and deeply collectible.
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Each Ariocarpus grows from a thick tuberous taproot and presses flat against the limestone, taking years to reach the size you see here. The whole genus is CITES Appendix I, so everything we offer is artificially propagated nursery stock, never wild collected.
Our Ariocarpus care guide and the species pages in the Ariocarpus encyclopedia cover the limestone substrate, sparse watering, and habitat behind every plant in this collection.
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Type: Seed grown · Size: 6.35 cm (2 1/2 in) · This is Specimen A Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla is a selected cultivar of the Chihuahuan Desert living rock cactus, chosen for a far more chaotic, deeply convoluted fissuring than the wild plant carries. The specimen pictured is the exact 6 cm plant you will receive,…
Type: Seed grown · Size: roughly 6 cm · This is Specimen B Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla is the heavily fissured cultivar of the living rock cactus, and this listing is a second, distinct seed grown plant from the same batch. The specimen pictured is the exact plant you will receive, cultivated in our own greenhouse…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 3.5 cm (1.4 in) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla Variegated is the variegated expression of the heavily fissured living rock cultivar, and this listing is for the exact 3.5 cm plant in the photographs. At rarecactus.com we grow our Ariocarpus from seed on the hard, lean mineral…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 6.9 cm (2.7 in) across · One-of-a-kind specimen, imported from Japan Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla Variegated is the colour-broken form of the heavily fissured living rock cultivar, and this listing is for the exact 6.9 cm plant in the photographs. At rarecactus.com we grow our Ariocarpus from seed on the…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 5 cm (2 in) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla Variegated is the colour-broken form of the heavily fissured living rock cultivar, and this listing is for the exact 5 cm plant in the photographs, a seed grown specimen that still carries its original Japanese nursery tag marked…
Type: Seed grown · Size: 2.3 in (5.8 cm) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Ariocarpus fissuratus lloydii is the southern living rock of the Chihuahuan Desert, and this listing is for the exact 2.3 in plant in the photographs. At rarecactus.com we grow our Ariocarpus from seed on the hard, lean mineral regime the genus demands,…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 5 cm Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus is the smallest and flattest of the living rock cacti, and the variety macdowellii is its compact, fine-tubercled form. The specimen pictured is the exact seed grown plant you will receive, cultivated in our own greenhouse. About Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus presses itself…
