Astrophytum asterias "Super Kabuto" 4" pot but we know that a

but we know that a whopping 36% of all plants are in the “exceedingly rare” category

we love the rare stuff

One of the most coveted succulent plants discovered in recent years

Xeric plants live amongst boulders and rocks

the gi is dyed in a Walnut bath which reacts with the different mordants and untreated background

Astrophytum asterias "Super Kabuto" 4" pot but we know that aAnother product of master Japanese plant breeder Tony Sato (see Lithops salicola "Sato's Violet" from this week's update), Astrophytum superkabuto originated with a mutation that occurred in just one field collected individual of A. asterias found in 1981 by the Japanese Mr. Masaomi Takeo who then sold to Tony Sato at a high price in Japan.