My pachanois

[CβL]

So these here are my rooted (have more cuttings that are yet to root) cacti. Pretty sure that the smallest ones are PC pachanoi. Although they do exhibit the V indentation on new growth. Hard to say.

(sorry for rotated images, imageshack did it)

Big pachanoi. Will be slicing and planting the top section once the roots are established.

(you can see pot fragments from a yucca that exploded its pot in this photo. Not my yucca - I wouldn't have let it get that rootbound lol)

And these are my two (from 16!!! :/ ) reared HBWR seedlings:

Will update with new plants (very nice bridgesii specimens, and more pachanoids) in a week or so.

Edited December 22, 2010 by bluntmuffin

[bℓσωηG]

dang! those cacti are's juzt waitin' fo insertion , molly!!!??? might have to do photo shop dang danga

[CβL]

I have no idea what you just said.

[solomon]

cactus porn joke im guessing

nice plants bro, looks like your woodrose is doing better than mine..

i have some spare seed if you want to grow some more.

[bℓσωηG]

soz im drunk,and i has one track mind when drunk , and well those cacti are ,are....molly!!!!

[CβL]

I've got a couple more HBWR seeds too, I'll try and root them first.

I reckon the low germ rate was because of waterlogging caused by using cardboard pots and too much sand in the soil. Will be using seed trays next time, with finer, better-draining soil. Are you growing your HBWR seedlings in a propagator/greenhouse centipede? If I take mine out (as I did for this photo), they wilt within 30 minutes, until they're placed back into the propagator. I'm slowly opening the vents though, and will hopefully have them hardened enough to kick out before 2011.

And speaking of which... I wonder if you could use a scop for a porno scene... Muhahahaha. <purchases scop>

[tripsis]

Nice cacti, you've got some lovely, glaucous pachanoi there.

You don't need to germinate HBWR in a propagator or greenhouse. I had mine on a coastal balcony in full sun last summer and they thrived. Better to have them acclimatised to the outside environment from the outset than to have to harden them off later.

[solomon]

first time i tried in a humidity dome with heat pad underneath and they didnt do well when i tried to acclimatize them

i read (on here i think) not to use bottom heat with these guys so i germinated some more in the environment they were to grow in and they are doing much better.

[mutant]

cool cacti and sweet argyreias

shouldn't you put in bigger pots though?

[CβL]

It's funny you should say that, as all but one of the plants has been repotted within the last 3 weeks to bigger pots.

Those blue pachs were in the pots 3rd from the left in the second photo. hehehe.

[bℓσωηG]

And speaking of which... I wonder if you could use a scop for a porno scene

lol, see linky

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23054&st=50

[tripsis]

Linky depicts a despined pachanoi, not a scop. Think about how fat scops are!

[CβL]

I had no idea it had actually been done. But then again, Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. Top marks to that guy who convinced his gf!

[CβL]

Here are some more photos:

3 Pachanoi cuttings that are now showing new growth.

Close-up of one of the pachanoi, prominent v-indentations.

This is a photo of the new growth on 2nd pachanoi to the left on the array of pachanoi earlier posted in the thread. As you can see, it's now got a fair amount of growth going on. :D

Bridgesii cutting showing a little pup. Pup is growing quite good.

Attempting to root a bridgesii cutting on it's side. Hard to know if anything is happening. Can anyone see any signs of either rot, or growth? I have dusted the ends with sulfur in attempt to pre-empt rot.

Edit: Have revised identification of these to not being Pukatea. Still growing them anyway though.

Edited March 26, 2011 by bluntmuffin

[bℓσωηG]

Hey now i see those pachanoi the right way up they're even more sex ... i mean cool, they're not pc pach , lucky New Zealand and your awesome Trichos!

[CβL]

Thanks man, the only thing now is to breed some new clones from these existing genetics. As far as I know, NZ hasn't contributed any unique clones to the genepool - yet. It'll take time, but I'll try and change that. ;)

The plan is to try and find an intermediate between Lophophora and Trichocereus, and then just breed across the intermediate. I think I read that this is possible (although VERY hard).

[bℓσωηG]

Your bridgesii , i reckon is a really cool looking cactus although its looking more to me like a peruvian/ cusco, with its spination and aeroles, did it come from Coromandel Cacti? Ive seen pics posted on this forum of similar looking bridgesii from there.

Is there a reason you planted it on its side?

I hear its possible to cross Lophophora and Turbinicarpus, what would this intermediate be that you mention? sounds pretty far out man.

[solomon]

blowng and bluntmuffin: a cross has already been done between loph and turb

oh and its on here

lophoturbina

flowering lophoturbina

edita: jeez its beautiful. and i think i've seen astrophytum x lophos somewhere too

Edited January 7, 2011 by centipede

[bℓσωηG]

Oh damn i could have tried that x , had both flowering at the same time...I wonder what pollinated what to get viable seed? I mean was the Lophophora the receiver of the Turbinicarpus pollen or vice versa?

[tripsis]

That's an incredible hybrid. Really beautiful and unusual looking progeny.

[solomon]

Hey now i see those pachanoi the right way up they're even more sex ... i mean cool

 

lols.

the info your after might be in one of those threads blowng, i dont think the topic starter is still active tho.

[bℓσωηG]

yeah i checked, looks as though he killed his lophxturbina too , probably over watered it

[CβL]

Wow, well that's a start. My goal is to try and breed Lophophora genes into an intermediate, then breed the intermediate with one of the Trichocerei. Then we'd have this reasonably fast growing species which contains some genes from Lophophora, and maybe it would be possible to breed that hybrid directly with Lophophora and Trichocereus, alternating until the required genes showed themselves prominently. A non-invasive field test would definitely be needed however. I'm thinking along the lines of infrared spectroscopy. I don't know if it can be done easily. But I'm imagining some device similar to a refractometer in operation, but operating using infrared absorption spectra and a reference sample of alkaloids required.

Then the race can begin in earnest. Muhahahaha! :D

And yeah, that is where those bridgesii are from.

Although I hope to get some more diverse genes soon.

Edited January 7, 2011 by bluntmuffin

[bit]

This is NZ's most unique clone. To be honest some days when I look at it, I wonder if it's even Trich. Have not seen this anywhere else online/in the world. It sprouted mixed in a lot of completely different seeds from KK

T. Peruvianus "Martin"

Edited January 7, 2011 by bit

[bℓσωηG]

omg, bit thats mouthwatering