Sola Posted April 1, 2012 Brilliant thread and photos! I've always wanted to grow Hoddia's, my first packet of seed recently arrived, 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjsanaam 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites