some trichos

[some trichos]

pm'd about rosei 2 and superpedro pup !

[MY FIRST LOPH GRAFT]

Great work Myco, for a first effort, you have inspired me to try grafting also. I hope I am as lucky as you and get two lophs for my effort also.

One question, do you know when is the best time of year for grafting ? Would it still be ok to graft in Melbourne at the moment, or should I wait until spring/summer ?

Cheers,

Swiper.

[*Some Orgasmic New Additions*]

Great score, RF !

You are making me Jealous, I would love some lophs like yours, good luck with them, hope you get many years of enjoyment, and flowers and seeds !

Cheers,

Swiper

[What did you do to your cacti today?]

Potted up a TBM that has it's first pup !

[T.W.A.T]

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[T.W.A.T]

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[Some new additions.]

I like the log style Spaciana !

Hope it grows into a forest for ya !

[What does it mean when you say a cactus has terminated ?]

Stillman, thanks I get it now.

Thanks EG, and thanks Michael for the example pic, it's a beauty!

Cheers,

Swiper.

[What does it mean when you say a cactus has terminated ?]

Thanks shruman, that's what I thought it meant, now I know !

Thanks EG for the reply also.

So I suppose if you take a cut from a cactus, you have terminated the tip, does that make sense ?

Cheers,

Swiper.

[Giveaway seeds and a few cuttings and plants]

pm'd

[T.W.A.T]

Choo Choo bars

[What does it mean when you say a cactus has terminated ?]

Hi All,

I have seen the term ' my cactus has terminated ' on this forum a few times and was wondering what it means ?

Cheers,

Swiper.

[mutant's update]

Great collection of plants, hope one day to have such a collection myself, thanks for sharing. Love the pachanoi crests !

Cheers,

Swiper.

[What did you do to your cacti today?]

Today I have planted some seeds.

L.Williamsii, T.Peruvianus and T.Bridgesii.

[tiny crest pup graft to peres :)]

Hi Myco,

good work there, I'm doing some soon also.

Any reason why you have removed all the leaves ?, I watched a vid on grafting, he left a few leaves on the plant.

Dont the peres use their leaves for photosynthesis ?

Cheers,

Swiper.

[What did you do to your cacti today?]

Nice pics of a great plant there zelly.

Today I potted up my first peres cuts, can't wait to try grafting some babies onto them !

Cheers guys ,

Swiper.

[ID's please]

Thanks very much for all the replies, guys. I saw a few pasacanas at a nursery and they looked very similar.

Cheers,

Swiper.

[loph seeds 100 packs x6]

Yes please pm'd

[Anyone else like the Joe Rogan Experience?]

Oh yeah and that guy Aubrey Marcus who described his ayahuasca experience in the amazon (with his mother), that was the best explanation I have ever heard of the ayahuasca experience.

[Anyone else like the Joe Rogan Experience?]

A regular JRE podcast listener and UFC fan here !

I especially like Joey Diaz and Bert Kriescher, they crack me up !

Hamilton Morris and Graham Hancock are favourites also.

[ID's please]

Thanks for the info guys, I'll be sure to put some pics up when/if they flower.

Cheers,

Swiper.

[ID's please]

Hi All,

I scored a couple of cacti with some pots that I bought, any ideas on what they are ?

Cheers guys,

Swiper.

[Loph problems]

^{Thanks for all the advice people. Silly me, I should've eaten the caterpillar instead of grinding it into oblivion beneath my boot !}

^{I do check my cactus every day, somedays I can spend hours just looking at them, they are fascinating plants. Sometimes I can nearly hear them talking to me !}

^Cheers,

^Swiper.

[Loph problems]

Thanks EG, I will leave alone for now. I can't see any orange rot on the plant now, it was mainly where I had cut the roots off with the cuttings.

Regards,

Swiper.

[Loph problems]

Hi All,

About six months ago a friend gave me this plant when he knew I was getting into cacti, it's about 10 yrs old.

So the first thing I do is take some cuttings from it and plant them up (including the mother plant ) then watered them in nicely.

BIG mistake, they all started to develop orange rot. I caught it in time, removed them from their pots and allowed them to dry out for a few weeks.

It was all good so I potted them up again.

Then a few weeks ago some nasty bird decided to have a peck at the mother plant and did some damage to a few buttons, so I got some mesh and covered the pot.

Today I noticed some really bad damage, a fat bastard caterpillar eating away at my favourite plant, I don't know how long it was in there but it is now a very flat caterpillar.

Any advice on what to do next ?

I have removed it from its pot and will leave it to sit for a couple of weeks. And I think I may invest in a small greenhouse.

Should I clean as much of the caterpillars wastes (like mud) from the plant, or just leave it ?

Cheers,

Swiper.