Chugga

Nice grafting for a newby

I know of one that happened very recently where a chap on property had a few dakka plants hidden together. Quite large and mature Couldnt find 3 of his sheep, they were lying dead next to the stripped plants. Nasty.........

You need a gun! Same rules everyone who is a loph rustler

No place for devils advocate here my friend. its called supply and demand. If there is no demand there is no supply and kids are not fucked up in the process...... Just my thoughts

Thaks for the tips. I have seen pleanty here on grafting. I'll traul back through the threads and have a go. On the grafts, would they go ok this time of year outdoors leading up to winter? Chugga

sorry, here is a pic for size main one approx 15mm

Howdy All, I have few Loph's that are bursting at the seems with pups at the moment. I was thinking of taking a few off and seeing if I could establish some new stand alone versions. Is it a matter of taking the pup off, allowing it to callous up and then planting? Is it the right time of year for this? They live outside so my concern is how they will go when it cools off. I would like to graft but i really need to study up a little more at this stage. As you can probably tell I havent tried this before and i'm not really to interested in butchering them for the sake of it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards Chugga

Looks like the diffusa that I have. Cheers Chugga

Cheers Lachy, Regards Chris

Howdy all, Just a quick question on melocactus ernestii. I came by a seed pod today and wanted to know if there are any particular tricks with getting these guys to come up. The pod and seeds are quite similar to Loph pods and seeds(just bigger) so i was thinking of going the old tried and tested. Any feedback or past experience would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Chugga

This one was in the ground

Hi Ace, No problems raising the point, I agree. This specimen was in quite an impressive private collection (Sydney Based). Cheers Chugga

Hi, I wasn't to sure on the lewinii part either. That was the name on the tag next to it. Unfortunately this is no longer at the place where I got it, so I cant get a pic (for obvious reasons they were rather weary of photo's bering taken). Seeing it absolutey blew me away so I was very keen to be able to get a 'lil one. Chugga

Hi There, What a relief to finally come across a site that covers such a wide spread of info relating to cactii and succulents. I have quite a few varieties but in particular have a soft spot for my Loph's. I beleive I currently have 3 different varities. L williamsii, L diffusa & L lewinii. I would like to know if anyone can help me out with some info on the lewinii. I picked it up around 3 years ago and it was from a clump app 50cm wide and deep(hundreds of individual heads). I took it from the side and the head and it would have been app 5-7mm in diametre. It is now about 25mm in diametre and I am wanting to know if clumping is going to eventually occur and at what size this may happen? Is this clumping specific to lewinii or was this just a freakish specimen? I would love to hear if anyone has any info and I look forward to catching up with others with like minded intersest. Thanks Chugga