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  4. Posted

    I had a similar thing happen on a decapitated L.williamsii a few years back.

    It threw a weird 'blind' pup from a lateral areole which eventually split and 3 normal heads burst out.

    Now it looks like nothing unusual ever happened.

    Wish I had taken a photo really, but that photo posted by xodarap ex. Trucha illustrates the phenomenon I describe perfectly.

  9. Posted

    Great show everyone! :)

    these hybrids are great, so floriferous indeed.

    ... non related echinopsis hybrid and cross them to get an echinopsis hybrid hybrid

    hehe I like this. hybrid of a hybrid x hybrid.

    hey just a thought regarding the Tricho on Echinopsis grafts (or Echinopsis on Echinopsis if you prefer), won't the columnar scion rapidly outgrow the stock? I assume this is only a relatively short-term arrangement?

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    I'm guessing your plant is Solandra maxima fma. variegata.

    S.maxima and its' variegate AFAIK is the only commonly seen species in Australia.

    One thing I don't get is why people in my area always seem to plant Solandra near a fence or their house etc and every time it tries to grow by sending up those vigorous runners they hack it back again and again indefinitely.

    WTF I mean what is the point of planting it in the first place?

    Cuttings are fairly easy to root too IME here is a method I have had some success with:

    Take soft/semi hardwood tip cuttings about 20cms long.

    dip in rooting hormone, preferably liquid immediately

    pot them into a free draining mix

    water & mist spray well and allow to drain

    cover with plastic

    place on bottom heat source eg. hot water heater etc.

    out of direct sunlight.

    do this in spring

    they should have roots in 2 weeks or less.

    I've had them beat some of the easier to root brugs in terms of rooting time

    This method i have also used successfully for brug sanguinea tip cuttings and that's saying something cause these are difficult.

    Interestingly if you take the Solandra cuttings off the top of the plant with a tiny flower bud attached,

    they won't always abort them and can hold onto them in a state of suspended animation until the cutting forms roots at which point bud development proceeds as normal; currently I have a 10cm rooted tip cutting with a full sized flower on top! It looks awesome and about to snap under the weight. :lol:

    have fun.

    -cul.

  18. Posted · Edited by culebra22

    It has been done...

    There used to be a 35cmish Lophophora williamsii f. caespitosa clump

    growing in a garden in Mildura, for many years.

    (unfortunately this specimen was eventually stolen :( ).

    Lophs are not as sensitive as is sometimes supposed..just slow.

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