Stretching lophs

[naja naja]

G'day all

I've never cared for loph's before, but a few months ago I recieved my first 2. Since it is winter, I have had them in a 25degC room, close to a window. But it doesn't get alot of light and they seem to have stretched a bit. I can't really see this as being a problem, but just wanted to get an opinion from u more experienced loph carers. I've been keeping them really dry and only watering when they start to soften a tad.

Cheers all

naja

[woof woof woof]

heh,...... make freaky stretchy lophops naja naja!

if you could give em more light. personally i do not see a problem is they stretch a little..... i think that the tissue is not as hardy if they are to bright green. maybe watering a little less is also a good idea under lower light conditions.

[naja naja]

Maybe I should have mentioned that it is not epidermal stretch, but rather the cacti seems too have morphed from being a nice button shape, to being more columnar looking, but no real epidermal growth has occured.

[occidentalis]

I've seen this happen before

It usually happens when they're kept awake over winter but not given enough light.

I reckon either go all the way and keep them pumping or give them nothing and let them go dormant. The second option will give you more flowers in summer.

[Fenris]

From the title I had imagined a small plastic box placed around the loph so when it reached the edges of the box it has nowhere to go except up, resulting in a 4 sided stretched loph Much like what they do to fruit like tomatos and watermelon when growing them in a box.

I bet nobody has tried growing a cactus in a constricted enclosure for aesthetics before.

I wonder what a square loph would be worth.

[occidentalis]

I wonder if the Japanese have tried it yet?

[planthelper]

and than we flood ebay with cube cacti!

sounds like a plan, incredible brainstom fenris!!

[AndyAmine.]

Not jst square cacti but "Ultra Rare Square Cacti!!!!!"

[Darklight]

Maybe I should have mentioned that it is not epidermal stretch, but rather the cacti seems too have morphed from being a nice button shape, to being more columnar looking, but no real epidermal growth has occured.

I had one etiolating away grafted onto a scop for a few years, it reached about 15cm while never getting rounder than about 4cm diamater. It was exceptionally healthy and pupped every year.

I cut it off at the graft, it set roots and once it was put into a sunnier spot it filled out nicely, now it pups and flowers.

[transDiMenTional]

Maybe I should have mentioned that it is not epidermal stretch, but rather the cacti seems too have morphed from being a nice button shape, to being more columnar looking, but no real epidermal growth has occured.

I had one etiolating away grafted onto a scop for a few years, it reached about 15cm while never getting rounder than about 4cm diamater. It was exceptionally healthy and pupped every year.

I cut it off at the graft, it set roots and once it was put into a sunnier spot it filled out nicely, now it pups and flowers.

Pics?

[occidentalis]

I saw one like this recently at a friends house. Turns out she had been fertilising it with menstrual blood over winter . Bloody hippies.

[planthelper]

 

it happens with a lot of the grafted lophs, but aswell with the one's on ther own roots.

[smogs]

I saw one like this recently at a friends house. Turns out she had been fertilising it with menstrual blood over winter . Bloody hippies.

ewww!