Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Date: 1996 November 5
Location: Tamaulipas

The crown of the plants is flush with the surface of the ground, and it is quite possible (indeed inevitable) that they get walked on (and even driven on) which doesn't seem to harm them at all!

The plants of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus near Tula are pale flowered (var. albiflorus).

They grow in ground resembling dried mud. The area must be quite wet during the rainy season (Summer).

You should be able to see 4 plants in flower and (more difficult) at least one not in flower.

An Ariocarpus flower at far right, dwarfed by Echinocactus horizonthalonius.