parzival

Hey all, Long time member, but sadly lost my garden and haven't been around for a while. But I've finished uni and am getting back into the swing of things. So hello!

Furthermore, B. Cappi and P. Viridis also sought

Hi folks, Haven't posted in a long while. Sadly lost my garden and am looking to rebuild. Hoping someone out there has an L. Williamsii in NSW for under $100 that they'd be happy to sell. PM me please

Why hasnt my other loph exhibited any of these strange properties then? It has exactly the same environment as the pair in question!

I should add that there is another loph is a separate pot which is always right next to these and it exhibits none of the strange growth or red dots

I keep them next to window all day that lets in indirect sunlight, so I thought they got enough light, in my experience lophs have enjoyed this level of light so I didn't think that was the problem, perhaps it is

My two lophs (williamsii i've been led to believe) have started growing quite rapidly over the last couple months, much faster than the rate they have grown at over the last few years. They grow next to a window so there's no lack of light. I wasn't too concerned until I recently noticed some strange red specs appearing on the top of one (they are a pair sprouting from one root system). The specs dont seem to be anything ON the cactus they seem natural to the cactus itself, both lophs are quite firm so I don't think there's a bug in there or something else horrible. So please take a look at the pics and give me some indication of what might be going on here, because I have no clue! Cheers!

Thinking of giving this method a go, and wanted to get some advice on how best to go about it. I'm planning on using a 5W heating mat for temps. Also wondering whether it is wise to add a small amount of fungacide, and if so, what? thanks

After digging down into the soil rather gently I found that there was still a lot of moisture trapped, so I feel that a repot will be necessary soon however I will let it sit for a bit so as not to shock it too much. It doesn't seem happy but not too unhappy so I will just keep an eye on it. Thanks everyone, once it's happy and flourishing I'll be sure to get some cuttings out there.

Alliteration is the stuff of kings. Yeah it seems the soil is a bit on the water-logging side, can anyone advise me as to whether I should let it sit for a little bit longer and recover from repotting or should i let the soil dry out a bit and repot it ASAP? thanks everyone

Getting my hands on a camera as soon as I can. The soil mixture is roughly: 40% soil, 20% manure, 20% compost, 10% sand, 10% perlite. The pooling has me worried a bit, perhaps more sand and perlite? If I were to take it out and add more sand and perlite should I wait a few days or do it ASAP?

So if I dissolved a few pure soap flakes in my next watering that ought to be enough to break the surface tension? Can the addition of soap to the soil be bad for the plant at all? Or is a wetting agent better?

Thanks, I'll let it be and try not to kill it with kindness. If it doesn't improve I'll undoubtedly post again.

Can sand be watered into the soil to improve drainage? By that I mean sprinkling coarse sand over the topsoil, so that over successive waterings the sand is watered into the soil mixture improving drainage. Would that even work or am I being silly?

Hey all, Got my first Iboga from SAB the other day (many thanks) and after a few days I transplanted it into a bigger pot with soil from my garden, some perlite, some coarse sand, some manure and some compost. After a few days I noticed yellowing in two small leaves (it's only a small cutting) and when I touched them the plant dropped them quite readily. The other leaves seem to have some necrosis and yellowing too. Now I've read that Iboga can be a bit fussy when getting used to a new home so I thought that the yellowing/leaf drop could be due to the plant being transplanted recently or the fact that it's getting used to it's new environment (despite the fact that it has been warm and humid). One thing I noticed just now when giving it some water was that the water seemed to pool on the surface of the soil for longer than I thought it should, given the fact that I'd tried to make it drain well (although I think I left a manure/compost topsoil). If I've got my soil mixture wrong, should I repot the plant sooner rather than later even though it might shock the plant even more? I'm new to iboga but I have some very happy caapi and chacruna so I thought they would be similar to grow, not sure what's wrong. I can supply pics soon if the problem is an enduring one, I just have to get my hands on a good camera. Thanks everyone