arnold500

grandeflora?

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. I have tried to upload larger pictures without success. The smaller ones are from seed, although not exclusively. I live in the UK and there are plenty of long term collectors of lophs, I have a friend with an awe inspiring collection who has sold and gifted many plants including some 1 year seedlings last year. last winter i lost a good number of plants in the frost, so have this year also visited a nursery to bring back the numbers. I have all varieties of loph,(williamsii, diffusa, fricii, dicipens, ceoposita, virridencens and one jourdinada {excuse all the spelling}) plus some with location detail. I also have seedlings of the fricii bought back by Habermann in 1923 (I think). @majic dirt the grafts pup on there own in an attempt to continue growing with the peres vigour.

Hi Guys i have taken some photos of my loph garden.

Hi Moses You might be right, re variegated and montrose. however to me they look 'soft grown' I think its quite common for small Mexican cacti to grow columated if the conditions are too good. i know the traditional wisdom is to water from the bottom, however with seedlings that size I tend to water more conventionally, that way you can control the amount of water. In nature it might only rain once a year. Also the size of pot compared to the loph will allow retention of water over a long period, I know this from experience digging up seedlings I thought were dry to find a clump of damp soil in the centre of the pot. Also peat retains moisture and is also nitrogen rich. Try a bit of tough love, 50:50 loam and grit, and a few mls of water once in a while. only my opinion...

hi All I was wondering if it was possible to use Pereskia grandifolia in the same way. If so it might prove a longer lived graft as its a bigger frame and also the seeds are available.

Hi Wisperz Nice plant, is that a clay medium, and if so is it mixed or straight? A500

Hi All A quick question, I have some Pereskiopsis where the leaves have turned a ruddy brown, however the stems are still true green, they seem to have stopped growing. Is it possible to reboot them? should i remove the leaves and snip off the top? Its early summer here and I was hoping for some growth, they were kept indoors during the winter and subject to lights for the last couple of months, my fear is that they have gone into dormancy when they should be coming out. Also is there any need for leaves on grafts, the reason I ask is that one graft that over wintered has also stopped and the under leaves are red also. Perplexed A500

Well I think the rule book can be rewritten. There are survivors or at least not all is lost. Lophwise there has been loss, but not to the extent that I first thought. The thaw was slow and I think this helped. In despondency I left them where they were and I think this saved them. A lot of the bigger plants Ceopositas 5+ inches diameter perished as well as multi headed williamsii's. The smaller (3-6 year olds) faired best,the ones that had buried themselves did well. The clay pots may have helped as those in plastic faired less well. difusa faired worse. Some are borderline, if they do get through they will have a lot of work to heal. My test is if my finger breaks the flesh its beyond help, and every time the roots are mush, those that offer resistance I am hoping will pull through. The trichocerus suffered more. the only survivors are some 6 inch seedlings all the rest (some 16 year old) perished.(it was a sad sight to see them flopped over and split as they defrosted) I have cut them off as short as possible but there is now mould and I cant seem to do anything about it. My hope is that the roots will be dormant and sort themselves out in spring! (I have moved these inside) Will have to wait until spring to work out ariocarpus loss rate as they remain firm. The seedlings - I am afraid to dig out - in case I damage the root. All in all, all is not lost and nature has won through, and if I think about it freak weather must happen everywhere once in a while, sort of survival of the fittest, and as williamsii may be the evolution of diffusa they have an advantage, certainly the less "pure bred" faired the best. So here's to variation. Thanks for all the support A500 BTW Chiral they were in a glass fronted potting shed, I guess this helped as a wind shield. They are on shelves so the cold air falls away. There is no insulation. We live on top of a hill again this was probably better than a valley.

How are your cacti looking today arnold? Well I have accepted that I will have a massive loss. They are all still solid and I plan to leave them to defrost slowly. There may be some life deep in the root, I guess after a wait the tops will come off and will have to hope for resetting. I cant believe my complacency in preparing for winter. luckily I took a late summer holiday so stopped watering a few weeks before needed and then we had a warm period so the roots are best prepared. Looking at what I've written I realise I'm talking it up, ever the optimist. I had thought as the trichos are from high altitude they would be resistant however they too are solid. Any ideas on survival temps? (ever hopeful) some are 5 foot or so others are 12". and all places between. A500

Living in the UK we have been used to mild winters. This has led to some complacency and in my case disaster. We have just had a cold snap of -16c. 200 lophs and 60 trichos 30 ariocapus and a variety of other cacti and succulents have frozen solid. I fear the end has come, Is there any coming back from this situation? What if anything is the advice of knowledge base? A500 :-(

can't add much to what's already been said, but heart felt commiseration from the other side of the world. A500

Hi mac What are their approximate size? A500

No these are not cultivar names, they are "pet" names, This peyote is not the brackii, well not that I know of, the comment was more tongue in cheek as it "appears" white. The other two are examples of peyote that have been renamed and therefore "don't exist"

So here are some peyote from my collection, sorry some of the shots are poor quality but there is no macro function. This diffusa seems to be pupping from the growth point. this williamsii is "stacking' Now for a few that dont exist First the lophophora ziegleri (this is one of my favourites) Then the lophophora viridescens The mythical white peyote And lastly a couple of lost peyotes "sunami" and "tsuwiri"

I have a diffusa and a williamsii that seem to be pupping from the growth point. The williamsii has formed what can only be described as a "stack". I will try and post photos if of interest. A500