Dreamwalker. Posted February 4, 2015 nah mate,, no trich flowers for a while here. i had my other cereus flower a few weeks ago. is it possible to collect pollen and freeze or something for the future? Yeah really worth doing...for the sweet fruits or the seed or both. Everyone has their own way...mostly using silica gel. I use salt....its more handy. I get a clean jam jar....fill 1/3 with salt...put in 350c oven for 30mins....allow to cool with lid just sitting (not fasten) on top of jar....(This process dries out the salt)...then I use imitation luncheon paper ...forming in into a cup & inserting it in the jar (stops the salt from coming out etc..) Tape paper to top of jar (sealing it)...still need to be able to screw lid on...I get 3 cotton buds tape them together at 1 end ....stick into paper cupped jar after rubbing them through the pollen ...seal jar with lid..buds inside it...put in fridge till needed or freezer if you want it for next season... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted February 4, 2015 Cheers for that DW. Collected pollen last night. Beautiful bloom 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted February 5, 2015 meant to add I make a smaller paper envelope, removable (finger size to hold cotton buds & pollen), that sits inside the larger p. envelop in the jar..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brendo Posted February 5, 2015 I vote flw bud....Thanks! So it flowered last week & I pollinated it carefully with a soft paint brush. If it's flowering again now, does that potentially mean I failed? Or is it more that likely an indicator this particular variant isn't self fertile? How long do fruits normally take to develop? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Not sure .. Edited February 6, 2015 by Dreamwalker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted February 5, 2015 repotted some baby"fats" sprayed some dryers out tore a few arseholes in some clingfilm gave em a love checked the yowie amputee victims and added some prettys to an acacia pot 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) my loph will are all self fertile so far (the ones that have flowered) and they will flower again and again (if theyre happy) as a normal thing (despite how cool it is) very re/productive plants from what i can learn of them, pollinating causes more seeds , If it has got loads more seeds in the fruit than one that has been self polinated, you know it worked ;) self pol = maybe 3-4 seeds in my exp cross pollinated = maybe 8-12 seeds in my exp , who knows tho , maybe more? come to think of it , im sure i read somewhere in the depths of time that thats how some "seedless" fruits can be developed, i forget where though Edited February 5, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted February 5, 2015 got a couple newcomers notably a seedling Azureocereus hetrselianus or what the fuck its called mandrakes are growing their fruits I think/hope the frost is over 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Cursive Posted February 6, 2015 repotted some babyDSC00002.JPG"fats" sprayed some dryers outDSC00003.JPG tore a few arseholes in some clingfilmDSC00004.JPG gave em a loveDSC00005.JPG checked the yowie amputee victimsDSC00006.JPG and added some prettys to an acacia potDSC00007.JPG Nice pots on the wooden shelf! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zed240 Posted February 8, 2015 Harvested the fruits and put up a giveaway/sale of seeds http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=40724 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted February 8, 2015 Potted up a stack of seedlings. PsychoO x Paradeyes PsychoO x TPM PsychoO x N1 PsychoO x Super Pedro TPQC xTPM Peru Super Pedro x J3 PC x Scop Tarma Huay T.P Arica T.Bridgesii Unkown Trich's & A.Myriostigma 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted February 8, 2015 Added these cuties to the collection also. Anyone help with the unlabelled on the right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaughingOwl Posted February 8, 2015 My winter closet garden. I'm in the states and a cold part of the states at that so still going to be a couple months before they can see the outdoors again. Serra blue x ss02 grafts terscheckii monstrose Ss01/ss02 x huanucoensis Peruvian grafts Tbm Pachanoi unknown parentage. Crazy fast grower put on close to a foot in the last 5 months under lights. Huanucoensis x kimnach Just started collecting about 6 months ago and I seem to have become rather addicted. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted February 8, 2015 Hi laughing owl,, what type of light setup are u using? They're looking really good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cubism Posted February 9, 2015 Added these cuties to the collection also. Anyone help with the unlabelled on the right? image.jpg Am shit at IDs but is it Myrtillocactus geometrizans??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted February 9, 2015 Am shit at IDs but is it Myrtillocactus geometrizans???Hi Cubism,, I don't think so as I have at least a dozen of those in different stages and it doesn't match. I'm thinking after a Google search it could, maybe,, be a Stenocereus?? Still unsure...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaughingOwl Posted February 9, 2015 It's a 2 foot 4 bulb t5ho with 6500k bulbs. It seems to be working pretty well but it's also a small space only about 1 foot x 2 foot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gr33ntea Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Compared Lophophora Huizache grafts to non huizache Lophophora Huizache Lophophora that is not Huizache I actually cant tell the difference (besides shorter spines on average) , i'll let them grow a bit Edited February 10, 2015 by gr33ntea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gr33ntea Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Here they side by side Edited February 10, 2015 by gr33ntea 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolname Posted February 10, 2015 i finally degrafted this beast today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Señor Corrochio Posted February 10, 2015 i finally degrafted this beast today 2015-02-10 14.31.35.jpg from peres? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolname Posted February 10, 2015 from peres? no they were grafted on T. pachanoi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gimli Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Quickly came home for lunch break, had a quick walk around the garden and noticed some bits of Pachanoi I dumped in the garden have started growing pups. They were only put there around 2 weeks ago? These bits get filtered shade, explains why they're doing better than the Bridgesii or Pach in another spot lol The pup on a piece of Yowie I have in a pot has seem to have grown a bit more exciting times Edit: turns out the piece of Bridgesii I got locally also has a pup just starting :D Edited February 11, 2015 by Gimli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gr33ntea Posted February 11, 2015 Originally i had a loph on the pc pach, but the graft failed so i tried it again with a tiny spach graft that had a variegated astro aerole graft on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brendo Posted February 11, 2015 Took a pic of this plant, Echinopsis Los Banos. Does anyone know anything about the origins of this plant? Is anyone growing it? It's crossed with T. Pallarensis. In the last few months it's put on some really nice growth. Looks almost Bridgesii.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
