woof woof woof Posted July 15, 2014 made 6 grafts of an A Caput Medusae I recently obtained from the Hungary mob,.... did a few on persesk also on trich and on opuntia,....... the ACM to Persk were done by splitting the peresk and also by slicing the stem in half. get a cactus on Ebay and graft the fuck out of it! :D 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted July 16, 2014 Did some grafts... TPQC x TPM var. Broccoli on T. pachanoi. This one looks like a head of broccoli. It also reminds me of the cereus monstrose "Ming Thing" I can't wait to see this monster when its 2 feet wide (it just grows in a big lump rather than vertically. Myrtillocalycium polyp chimera on T. pachanoi ] Astrophytum myriostigma tricostatum variegata (top) To T. pachanoi (bottom) to M. geometrizans seedling Stoked on these new grafts. All my columnar grafts done in june have taken and are growing now. The L. alberto that I grafted to pachanoi decided to pop out a flower within days after I cut it and grafted it. Weird eh. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted September 7, 2014 So I sowed some A, asterias variegata and A. myriostigma variegata from china. I got tons of variegates, but some of them were pure white and were dying off. So I grafted them. The other ones had green/yellow/pink/white color, but these were all pure white (albino looking, but will probably start to have color once they start growing. Top: asterias Bottom: Myriostigma The grafts. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Is that dragon fruit stock?..........I potted up loads today (actually put doz's of stems & buried their aerial roots in a long planter tray for mass grafting..when they show some growth)...need heaps of root stock & dragon fruit is so prolific... Edited September 8, 2014 by Dreamwalker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted September 8, 2014 It's mainly Selenicereus hamatus, but there are a few dragonfruit. Also pereskiopsis, S. grandiflorus and some other selenicereus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) largest flowers ..Selenicereus hamatus, up to 12" diameter.... does it flower for you? Edited September 9, 2014 by Dreamwalker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted September 9, 2014 Grafted: 4 x L. fricii cristat pups 1 x TBMC 1 x L. williamsii caespitosa variegate 2 x L. diffusa Also, I have a Eulychnia castena spiralis that doesn't have a tip, i want to graft a mid cut of it. That would work, correct? 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted September 12, 2014 Also, I have a Eulychnia castena spiralis that doesn't have a tip, i want to graft a mid cut of it. That would work, correct? should work yeah... when I did my E.spiralis graft I also did another of the bottom part... it seems to have taken, but not yet pupped... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted October 10, 2014 It's still going... 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylocaria Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) addicted, just a few grafts I've done. The two puping grafts here, are three months old. The dormant graft in the center is three years old. Go figure. Front and back, I like how this one is splitting Love these Poleska seedlings as grafting stock! And my next three scions will be these tips once the cuts are good and rooted Edited October 16, 2014 by Psylocaria 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted October 17, 2014 might be stenocereus and not polaskia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted October 17, 2014 Looks like polaskia chipe to me. I've been picking them up at home depot a lot and using them. They are great. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted October 17, 2014 might be stenocereus and not polaskia? I think it's a Stenocereus as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myeloblast Posted October 17, 2014 Polaskia and Stenocereus look very similar and are closely related. This is from wiki: "Polaskia (named after American amateur Charles Polaski) is a genus of tree-like cacti reaching 4–5 m high, comprising 2 species. Both present primitive characteristics, but Polaskia chichipe is nearer to Myrtillocactus while Polaskia chende is nearer to Stenocereus. The genus is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca." I can't tell the difference really...I'm curious if there's something specific about the plant that makes you think Stenocereus over Polaskia? Would be nice to know I've been using them as grafting stock lately too, been pretty happy with the results. Altman's put out tons of them for sale this year, and not so many Myrtillo's 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylocaria Posted October 17, 2014 Lemariocereus chichipe from a Colorado seedling distributer Under the name poleska chichipe at local hardware stores And At a local seedling distributer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted October 17, 2014 I tell polaskia chipe by the red spines on the new growth and the bright greenish/greyish skin. I have both stenocereus and polaskia plants and I can easily tell the difference between them after growing them for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylocaria Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Stenocereus pruinosus on the left, I think I think this cutting is S. griseus Wish I had a better pic. but don't, this was it in May, middle pot on the very left, right before I did the graft. Edited October 18, 2014 by Psylocaria 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) a few pic's The J3's are ~ 100mm high, (the seedlings they came from are only 30 - 50mm high) J3 open pollinated Js x Psychoo My dragon fruit, epi, selenicereus grand &/or ZYGOCACTUS. on 2 - 3m high San p columns weeping tree/cactus thingies about ~30% are working, but I think it was winter grafting that caused the failures....need vigorous growth to graft successfully...I think....spring to summer....Winter grafts are asking a lot.... & now (same plant) this San p is also in bud....win win ZYGOCACTUS, like all these grafts the original scion was 5 - 10mm high...this guy grows by the day...never expected this 1 to work...just had some sitting about , so I stuck a piece in the middle of the stock.. The successful grafts (root stock logs) don't seem to be pupping San p's, but the 1's where the grafts failed to succeed are pupping like crazy, just waiting for a cool day to graft up the new pups with what ever seedlings are at hand in the propagator..I have already done a few, & they seem to do very well...with all of 2 - 3 m of stem under them the grafts should take off like wee rockets. Edited February 25, 2015 by Dreamwalker. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gr33ntea Posted October 19, 2014 I thought the vascular ring was in the middle how you graft to the sides Dreamwalker.? Unless you graft on the vascular rings of the areole? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) I thought the vascular ring was in the middle how you graft to the sides Dreamwalker.? Unless you graft on the vascular rings of the areole? yeah both seem to work, not sure what gives the best results.........I have many where both the centre and outside edge were used on the same rootstock ..........in some the centre does better in others its the outside..........If I'm adding numerous scions to 1 rootstock, I place them on the outside & centre..you can see above with the centred ZYGOCACTUS scion, also has 2 successful dragon scions on the outside & maybe 3-4 other outside dragon scions that failed all on the 1 rootstock. The whole outside of the rootstock is also vascular, "Vascular rings of the areole".....again I have grafted on the points where the areoles spines or pups would emerge & between the areoles, on the outside, the inside/valley of the rib, both with similar success, although I prefer the areole. Edited October 19, 2014 by Dreamwalker. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylocaria Posted October 20, 2014 Ok dream walker, you inspired me going to have to try the exterior grafts, and opuntia grafts, have a peniocereus gregii seedling that rotted out at the root ball, going to try to save it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted October 20, 2014 Ok dream walker, you inspired me going to have to try the exterior grafts, and opuntia grafts, have a peniocereus gregii seedling that rotted out at the root ball, going to try to save it. be sure your grafting onto new growth (this seasons...fresh) re opuntia.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) i've read about grafting to opuntias where its recommended the pads be under 1 year, however my first attempts wereto two spineless pads which im nearly sure were over a year ... 1 out of 2 took, and then I regrafted to the other and it appears to be growing finally after pumping and then sitting idle throughout the summer... the first one is friggen huge way bigger than could have been achieved on a pere in the same amount of timeso maybe it depends on the species .. the trick I find is that A. when you cut opuntia is best to make a fast smooth cut.. if you try to cut it slow it can get "wavy" unless you have superhands... and then what I do is run the scion along the length until I find a groove that the scion fits into very well.. I tried some ario aerole grafts onto O. Humifusa and the neat thing about it is how sticky the sap is compared to spineless plants... I have a seedling and a few aereoles on both types of opuntia but none has really taken off with growth yet thought I suspect they will soon the first two pics are in June when the first opuntia graft started growing ( graft was performed in May).. the 2nd one is a pic of when I re-grafted the one that didn't take which is now showing new spines.. both were pups grafted from existing pere grafts... I also tried some seedling grafts on thin opuntia pads, and they haven't shriveled, but haven't grown in several weeks either... but dur I need to plant them in soil The bigger one is a Peruvianus, same as this clone I started from seed on New Years Day 2013i call him "Winter Blue" and here's a triple graft of a TPQC x TPM ... and the smaller is a Psycho x TPM On the bigger one I previously grafted several aereoles of a shriveling ario and they all failed on this one, so I regrafted and I kept screwing up on the cut and ended up with that shape lol These need to be in soil too but they're already growing Edited October 20, 2014 by Optimystic 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zed240 Posted October 20, 2014 Here's a pup of Eileen that I grafted onto spachianus in March this year. The vascular rings didn't fuse at all, you can see them exposed in the pics, but it must have joined OK at an areole on one side and although the scion has raised and pulled itself away from the the stock a small section of it stayed stuck and it's been growing. The stock's in a reasonably small pot for a big spach though. Didn't do much over winter but it's started to grow a bit over the last couple of months. The pic in the dark is an older one that still shows some growth since being grafted, the others show more recent new growth. Just goes to show sometimes a graft will go ok with no vascular ring connection. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
