Growing Ariocarpus from seed

摘要

"Art is the imitation of nature", said Aristotle. Although in the realm of fine arts I am better represented by the famous Bertolt Brecht quotation, "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it", the words of Aristotle perfectly capture the essence of our horticultural art. In practicing horticulture we learn from and mimic nature in order to produce plants that imitate nature on their own accord and stand by themselves as objects of art.