Jox Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) I would like to start a thread were we can put up photos of our grafts, I will be putting photos here of my grafts & trying to update when necessary. I will be trying to give the most accurate details of each graft. I encourage others to put there photos here. I will start with my Lophophora grafts. These seeds came as mixed L. williamsii & were sown on the 18/4/12, I grafted two of them onto Peres at about four months old 13/8/12. 1st L.williamsii photo taken 13/8/12 Photo taken 23/2/13 scion is 2.4cm wide 2nd L.williamsii Photo taken 13/8/12 Photo taken 23/2/13 scion is 1.5cm wide This next lot of Lophophora seeds were sown on the 3/11/12, I grafted them onto Peres on the 29/1/13 so they are only new & I will have to update in a month or so. Two L.fricci Photo taken 23/2/13 Two L.jourdaniana Photo taken 23/2/13 Two L.koehresii Photo taken 23/2/13 1st looks normal 2nd looks like it may be variegated One L.ziegleri Photo taken 23/2/13 One L.decipiens Photo taken 23/2/13 Thanks for looking & please add your photos & experiences . Cheers jox Edited May 7, 2013 by Jox 18 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Heres a couple of pics of my Lobivia Hybrid seedlings. I crossed L arachnantha (lemon white) with Lobivia firetruck (purple flower) Seedlings seem to have alot of variegated traits. And this one is dichotomous and I think somewhat variegated. and the seedling on the right is showing an unusual growth in its crown and starting to pup already. Edited February 23, 2013 by Stillman 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted February 23, 2013 Looking good mate, can't wait to see them at flowering size! A few people ask me "How do you know if your graft has been successful". I can tell normally after about 14 days, after this time if my grafts are still plump & holding colour its a success, if they are losing colour, shriveling or throwing roots, I know I have been unsuccessful. Here are a couple of photos of unsuccessful grafts. These were done the same time as the seedlings in the first post (29/1/13) L.williamsii var texana Photo taken 23/2/13 you can see the root coming from the base of the scion! L.decipiens Photo taken 23/2/13 you can see this scion is starting to shrivel & just starting to put out a root I am pretty happy with all the grafting I did on the 29/1/13, these were the only two that did not take. I hope this information can help others with there grafting journey. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Great work guys Here are some of my grafts ?verigated Trich from shruman's seeds grafted 22/12/12 TPM x N1 grafted 22/12/12 And my recent grafts Edited February 23, 2013 by mushroomman 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ethos Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) holy crud! great stuff, I don't have many but this graft was from a bunch of mixed trich seeds I grew and is about 2 1/2 years old now I need to start some new grafts this year I've been out of the loop far too long plus I have peres coming out the wazoo, thanks for the inspiration guys EDIT: note the graft is globular and I susspect it to be an echinopsis spp. time will only tell Edited February 24, 2013 by Ethos 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted February 24, 2013 This thread is dominated by pere grafts! Can tricho grafts play too? Will take some pics tomorrow, i have 5 pere grafts that have definately worked, but most of mine are on trichs. I have really enjoyed using my SS01 X SS02 & SS02 X Bridgesii seedlings as grafting stock for wee buggers, they have been working perfectly. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted February 24, 2013 I think any Cactus grafts would be great here . Also the more info you can put about your graft the better, I am know expert by any shot, so the more we can read the more we can all learn . I love Spine Collectors grafts & would love to know what they are ( I think I spotted a few Ario's). @bogfrog, Can you pleeeeessssseee add a pick of your Ario graft/grafts. My seed germinated months ago but has not done much since then, Arios are this weeks grafting project for me. Cheers jox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted February 24, 2013 I done 3 validus areole grafts today 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted February 24, 2013 Sure thing Jox, i had only one survive the first month (fungus gnats were bothering them) so i grafted it, it took ages to move, shrunk a little, so i kept it in hudity for 3 weeks & with daily encouragment from me, it finally became my 1st succesful pere graft. It was a ariocapus fissuratus x ariocapus lloydii Its putting on a good girth and i can just see the tip of a new arm springing up. Pics 2mrw! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted February 24, 2013 Oh yeah Bogfrog!!! How could I forget!!!Here is my first graft that actually took! My first 3 or 4 attempts were of seedlings that got base rot and I grafted in an attempt to try and save them.... this was one of them.. 2 others I was able to root in a sandier soil and I will likely be grafting them too when the other pach's get rolling This seedling tip was maybe 8 or 9 months in age... I have all my seedlings on almost exactly the same watering schedule and the same soil mix but the Icaros seedlings were very sensitive to watering at first... These were already very fast growers, labeled Icaros.. Not bad for 4+ months growth! October 6 2012 February 21 2013 Grafted onto a PC stock 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) A. Fissuratus x A. Lloydii TPM x TPQC Unkown crest echinocereus sp (i think) erioscye sp (i didnt graft this one, brought it grafted) pink gymno Astrophytum ... 'Haku Jo' T. huasca ortegocactus macadoulli SS02 x Juuls sulcorebutia rauschii (i didnt graft this one, it was a gift) Unkown crest 2 Unkown crest 2/ graft2 soooo...erm yeah. i admit it. i am one cactus mad woman. Edited September 8, 2013 by Ceres 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2meke Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) really good idea for a thread! this is the base of a bridgey seedling a few weeks after i grafted it 2 seasons ago. now the tip of the seedling didn't take so it's a good example of why its good to graft the top and bottom of a seedling if you can. stock is a pachanoi seedling. awesome little stock hasn't pupped once, don't know if its because the bridgey just wanted to grow or if its a really good grafting stock. will degraft before next season. the original seedling base still has a little dormant root bud so should be easy to root. oh yea the scion is 40cm now Edited February 27, 2013 by 2meke 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lhb2444 Posted February 27, 2013 My first 2 successful grafts. This first one is a TBM to T. pachanoi (grafted October 2012) which pupped pretty quickly and is now just chilling This one is my first and only successful loph graft (so far) that was grafted on to T. pachanoi on 14/12/2012, it has since been ravaged by mites and is showing some interesting growth from the damage 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) That is really cool 2meke!Question??? as far as I can tell the butt end had no spines... did it or not??I also grafted the butt end of a Peruvianus Ayucho to a Pach and the other half to Peres... cause it was my only seedlling in that batch ...looks like its doing well but I've been wondering how it'll grow... but your pic says alot! Edited February 28, 2013 by Spine Collector 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2meke Posted March 1, 2013 it had 3 sets of spines. you need at least one for new growth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted March 2, 2013 Wow, those photos are awesome - love your collection Bogfrog! Here's a pic of a grafted piece of TPM x SS02 - it has just started really growing and looks badass with the contrast between fresh growth and the suburned part. 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted March 3, 2013 Nitro, that is so unbelievably cool. Its only half past 6 am here and you already made my day with that spiny monster! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted March 3, 2013 That is one awesome crest nitro have you got any crests from your latest lot of seeds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted March 3, 2013 Here are a few of mine Jan 2013 Today Jan 2013 Today Dec 2011 Today Dec 2011 Today That is all I have time for at the moment I will post more later Cheers Got 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted March 3, 2013 how have i never seen this thread before? beautiful grafts everyone i think i just had a cactigasm!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Mushroomman - yah I've got some interesting little buggers from this year's crosses as well - here's some pics of a few of those as well as some Roseii#1: TPC X SS02/SS02xpachanoi/Juules: TPM x (SS02 x pachanoi) TPQC x TPM (curious to see if this cross puts out more freaks than the Psycho0 x TPM and (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPM crosses - if so we can deduce that the TPQC is cresting at least partly related to genetics, I would think.. Roseii # 1 x open pollinated Edited March 3, 2013 by nitrogen 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted March 3, 2013 Some beautiful grafts guys and Girls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted March 4, 2013 @ nitrogen How do you get the spines (cant think of the proper name) on your pere's to get to huge? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted March 4, 2013 TPQC x TPM (curious to see if this cross puts out more freaks than the Psycho0 x TPM and (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPM crosses - if so we can deduce that the TPQC is cresting at least partly related to genetics, I would think.. I am inclined to think so too.. i have only grafted one of your recent crosses to pere, it was this cross (TPQC X TPM) and it began cresting right away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites