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incognito, tripsis - it means a lot to me, thank you :wub:

etherealdrifter - i wish i could take care of it, but i can't. It's one of the friendliest cats i have ever dealt with. AND it likes cacti.

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what's the story with that beautyfull loph recieving full sun?

i guess your other lophs get full sun aswell...

are some loph more sun hardy than others? or could all lophs be trained to recieve full sun?

i used to give my lophs more sun than i do now, seeing your pics i will try to give some of my lophs far more sun.

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I think all Lophs can be trained to receive full sun. Most plants in fact, but especially xerophytes.

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planthelper - i agree with tripsis.

When i graft lophophora onto pereskiopsis i just put the newly taken grafts in a spot where it get's 4-6 hours of direct sun. They get discolored but it's ok. They keep on growing healthily. As long as they don't get burned they will adjust to the direct sun. I leave them to grow there until they start to green up. Then i introduce them to full sun all day. I never got a seedling burnt this way, in addition they start to set flower in 3 months :)

Here are some discolored grafts i have right now

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Looking at that thing makes me wanna squeeze it or something.. :unsure:

May I ask what the purpose is of grafting cactus? :blush:

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Depends on what's being grafted. Reasons can include, but aren't limited to faster growth, more resilient root system, disease resistance, the scion might be an albino and hence unable to survive on its own roots, art and for simple pleasure.

Edit: The above could be said for grafting any plants, not just cacti.

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Thankyou, most interesting :)

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Philocacti, always nice to see your plants, that grafted lophophora is special indeed, when are you planning to degraft it?

I agree with the full sun technique, it works for me as well - the secret not to burn your cacti is to move them gradually, increase the time of the full sun slowly, moving them to a sunnier spot every week and they will get used to it easy. :)

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Thanks Pacha :)

this is my fattest pachanoi seedling i have

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a lighter for comparison

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it is so plump that was tearing up from one side, i have no clue what caused this

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I just love spring :wub::)

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T. cuszco

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TBM

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Melted wax bridgesii

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eileen

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T pachanoi

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it is so plump that was tearing up from one side, i have no clue what caused this

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The cactus ribs blew up because it drank too much water, it happens many times and is absolutely normal - new growth will be fat and healthy.

Classy lophs you got! ;)

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thanks Pacha, one day i would love my collection to be as beautiful as yours

it's very strange how they can uptake so much water that make them burst, so in the cactus world this one would be obese

This is a bridgesii that a spider decided to build it's home on,

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I love the seedlings pictures, the trichocereus seedlings sharing a pot, they look awesome!!

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Grafted early this season

Ariocarpus fissuratus

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Lophophora williamsii

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T. glaucus

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T. pasacana

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Ecuadorian T.pachanoi X Psycho0

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SS02 X Juuls seedlings

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SS02 X Pachanoi

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T. pachanoi seedlings

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T. pachanoi seedlings, the 2 light green ones are T. cusco and the tall one in the back is a "Bridgesii X SS02", it's one of the fastest Trichocereus i have

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TBM

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4 ribbed "Bridgesii X SS02" seedling

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A. fissuratus

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didn't know the can get this woolly

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awesome, maybe it's going to flower! or it's pupping?

keep it up cacti maniacs!

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this is the oldest graft i have

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these are from this year

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however, non of them seem to want to flower.

how old do grafted arios flower?

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loving every last bit of this thread,

you tbm's remind me of:

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amazing cacti, are you in Egypt? Was amazed at how unblemished that big grafted Loph was, no bug marks at all! How do you keep all those cacti in full African sun all day without any sunburn, especially with the Lophs?

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Philo,

I had Ariocarpus flower for me after 2.5 years, grafted on pereskiopsis for most of that time. Was Ario , fissuratus will generally take a season or two longer.

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qualia - hahaha thanks, the tbm looks totally different now :)

SaBReT00tH - after i graft my lophos i let them in shaded area for 3-5 months then i introduce them to direct sun, usually they get very red and as they grow they start adapting and the new growth greens up and takes over,

i had a rat/bird/insect (i really don't know what it was) bit one of my lopho graft, but never happened again. probably found out how bitter they are and told the rest of his gang :D

Hellonasty - oh man, i can't wait. Hopefully next season or something. With lopho grafted on pereskiopsis they flower faster than those grafted on columnar. So to insure i'll get the fastest flowers on arios i'll leave 1 or 2 grafted to pereskiopsis in case it has this characteristic.

woke up this morning to this

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then i found these guys stealing my crop hahahahaha

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Far out man... Just whoa.

brb gotta change shirt it's covered in drool

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nice thread to llok at as always.

qualia, that was a verry nice pic! :lol:

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