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Good idea Sina. Didn't really think of it that way. I did notice a few of mine were not effected at all.

Looks like this will be a very nice form. Congrats.

Hey KLUE. I had the exact same thing with many of my grafted lophs. It is definety a bacterial disease. Check out this thread over at Aus cacti forum. I didnt realise it was bacterial and treated one of my plants for spider mite by raising humidity. The result of that you can see via the link. http://forum.auscactiforum.net/pests-disea...essing-t197.htm

They look good ! At least you didn't skimp on the pot size They will be lucky to out grow them pots in 2 years. No drama really just make sure you give them enough time to dry out between waterings or you may encourage rot due to large volume of soil and a wet mix. Good job.

Thanks mate

Hey everyone, I'm after some young Hylocereus cuts to be used as grafting stocks for the coming growing season. I don't care what species just so long as they are fairly young and less than 15cm long. Just PM me, oh and i'm after heaps of em.

The Ornatum twins are rotting in reverse...... so to speak. Most rot is generally caused by over watering but your plants are roting due to a lack of water. The plant tissues are slowly decomposing and creating an nice environment for disease. Very hard to fix because its a catch 22 you NEED to add water or the plants will slowly die but if you do water you are helping the disease. The Myrio is just suffering from over exposure to sun and should be ok.

Looks to have bugs too. Looks like scale and possibly some kind of borer! Keep it away from your other cacti.

Yeah looks fine, I wouldn't touch it unless it starts to get bigger. Just plant it

Planthelper sold a few Lago plants a little while ago, probly over a year ago now. I wonder who bought em.

Looks nice. I was thinking there was room for something like this. Good job.

Looks like a Cereus Peruvianus to me.

I have been very busy in the garden, but this leaves me no time to post here. I have been sowing seed and grafting. I also made a new shelter/greenhouse for my cacti. Pics soon.

Nice looking plant. How big is it? Hard to tell from the photo.

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

Andy, I think "mechanical trigger" is refering to the "flick" type.

I'm in a low himidity eastern N.S.W climate and find if the pere is in total shade with lots of diffuse light it will grow like an animal Give it a shot. Also they need to be watered much the same as a leafy plant. Direct sun seems hinder the plant greatly. Kada, Just a note on grafting stocks. Ariocarpus and Lohos seem to like Peres as a stock and will grow like mad once established. Astrophytum are a little different. You can sucessfully graft them to peres but it is very difficult and many are lost. I am yet to try Hylocereus for Astrophytum I am in the proces of sourcing some.

Patrick, Mate I find the earlier I graft lopho seedlings to peres the easier and greater sucess. I ususally graft them about 14days after germination up to a month. This is not to say you can't graft 2-6 month olds, you can, but it is much more diffucult and thus a lower sucess rate. After about 6months I graft to Trichocereus, Opuntia or Myrtillocactus geometrizans. I want to try Hylocereus I have heard my great things about this as a stock. Good luck

You just need to dry the pots out, it the environment causing it. It tends not to spread but can effect many plants when they are all subject to a humid/wet environment for a prolonged period. There are plenty of threads on this one. Search around.

Looks like standard black rot to me. Certainly has done a number on that Bridgesii. If you are getting black rot frequently you need to look at the environment your plants are in. Remember Trichos like other cacti need to dry out at some point or they will rot. Also look at air flow and direct sun, I find trichos need good air flow and a least a little direcct sun. I see this looks like a recent cutting. I try and cut the exposed end on an angle to stop water pooling and thus promoting rot.

Watertrade, From my exprience they take about the same as Astros about 4-8 days. As you know cacti are strange wonderful things, I have had a few ario seeds germinate after sitting in the propagation chamber dormant for 2 months. Ario seed can be a little hit an miss also, but generally if they have not germed in 2 weeks it does not look good. I germinate them under the same conditions are astros and they usually do fine.

Ario seedlings - planted mid January

This one was grafted a few weeks prior

Cacti seed planted today 21/2/2008: Ariocarpus Retsus "No Areole" Astrophytum "Superkabuto" Astro asterias "Kituko" Astro Myrio "Bohumil Schuetz" I will post pics of previous seeds and grafts soon.

I don't see why anyone would completely dry out a sacred LOPHOPHORA. Why do you ask ?