Sola Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Brilliant thread and photos! I've always wanted to grow Hoddia's, my first packet of seed recentlyarrived, so I thought I'd do a little research when I stumbled across this little gem. I hope there are lots of successful Hoodia germinations and there's plenty of genetic variety to go round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertrade Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I don't know if its a big deal or not? but one of my Hoodia seedlings turns out to be a crest. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planthelper Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 wauuuu, and you know what, you deserve it, this is fantastic!suddenly the hoodia becomes a "show stopper", never seen anything like it, great pic.my hoodia seedling (post #17) with 3 cotyledons, unfortunately was damaged by a pest animal lately, i hope it will survive.i mention this, because, i'm very sure to have observed that this, 3 cotyledons seedling, was growing faster than all the rest, so always watch out for those features, with any type of seedling. <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert&Ernie Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 a crest! that's awesome mate I cant wait till i get my first crest in my collection and PH sorry to here about your seedling i hope it bounces back with even more vigour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsanaam Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) Nice.....Different looking cactus to the same old same old......ESP lovely looking flowers!Inspires me to germinate seeds I bought from SAB a few months back...Can anybody here report on it's Validity as an aphrodisiac ?Thanks Edited May 27, 2012 by jjsanaam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillman Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 watertraden if you manage to get some offsets that crest I would be very interested in buying a piece of it. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertrade Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 watertraden if you manage to get some offsets that crest I would be very interested in buying a piece of it. cheers sure - I will have to remember what I did with it. hopefully not left out in the frost - but somewhere safe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planthelper Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 i might add at this point, that propagating hoodia from cutting is possible. so you can try to multyply the hoodia crest, like that.i choose thumb long cuttings, and did let them calluse for ~2 weeks, and than placed on the surface of friable pottingmix.the strike rate is not as high as with echinopsis though.\a save methode propagating the crest, would be grafting onto stapelia. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=26939 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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