Bert&Ernie Posted January 12, 2013 yea I had another one but I cant find it so I assume it has died the base of it is pretty much all white.... I like the patters where the green pigment hits the white, it looks very trippy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theuserformallyknownasd00d Posted January 12, 2013 awesome! the majority of the one i pasted is a grey/white, my pic doesn't do it justice. lately my collection is becoming more focused on freaks over medicinals. today i just admired :-P d00d 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted January 12, 2013 yep it is a beautiful thingy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted January 12, 2013 checked the grafts watered the seedlings and found another adenium flowering for the first time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 15, 2013 Did some pereskiopsis grafts today... Finally. I have had real trouble with peres down south, they just keep rotting on me, must be the cold. I chose a ariocarpus fissuratus x lloydii, two nitrogen mutants and a loph to be my test subjects. Hope they work! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) I'd set up a little cupboard or fish tank with a light in it for your peres Bogfrog they do a lot better in controlled humid conditions and don't need very strong light at all. Edited January 16, 2013 by Stillman 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Thanks Stillman, yeah i have already got them in a chamber and my mate is giving me a light this arvo for them. He did a few successful peres grafts, so know all i hear from him is raving about his technique and how i should do it lol Those boys treat me like i am silly sometimes, but it is they who are the silly ones I just pick my moment rather than barreling in like a mad-thing. Edited January 16, 2013 by bogfrog 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted January 16, 2013 I brought my pereskiopsis grafts indoors for the mild winter here a couple weeks ago and they have taken off - they get only indirect light, but my batch of seedlings has started growing very fast on them when they had almost stalled while outside - the pereskiopsis like the warm temps for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) today ( actually a few days ago) I found these two strange grafted lophs the first one is variegated and the flower is growing different to how I normally expect them too ( sticking much further out from the plant) and the areoles are a bit spikey. and the second is of a pup that hasn't quiet emerged from its mother plant flowering and pushing out two skwished flowers.. weird. Edited January 16, 2013 by watertrade 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted January 16, 2013 Very nice man, love the veriegated one is it a williamsii ? do you have any other veriegated lophs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teonanacatl Posted January 16, 2013 See if that colour hold before counting your chickens. Id say its a burst of growth lacking chlorophyl at the moment, that also explains why the flower is where it is. The two squished flowers are cool!! You've got yourself some nice plants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtarman Posted January 16, 2013 Been experimenting with giving heaps of water to my bridge's, almost waterlogging at each daily watering. After about 10 days they seem to be enjoying it actually, guess it's coz the heat pretty much dries em out between waterings anyway. Also been hardening off my takeaways...couple of loph containers and 3 bridge containers going atm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted January 16, 2013 See if that colour hold before counting your chickens. Id say its a burst of growth lacking chlorophyl at the moment, that also explains why the flower is where it is. The two squished flowers are cool!! You've got yourself some nice plants. What are your thoughts on this one , it was half green and half white when it germinated ,do you think it will keep growing like this ? It seems like the green side is growing faster then the other side. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted January 16, 2013 See if that colour hold before counting your chickens. Id say its a burst of growth lacking chlorophyl at the moment, that also explains why the flower is where it is. I did wonder if this was the case - I have seen it happen before. I'm going to will this one to continue! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theuserformallyknownasd00d Posted January 16, 2013 Very interesting MM! Good luck with it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teonanacatl Posted January 16, 2013 What are your thoughts on this one , it was half green and half white when it germinated ,do you think it will keep growing like this ? It seems like the green side is growing faster then the other side.image.jpg That one would be variegated yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 17, 2013 How dumb is it not to graft a heavily variagated seedling? I have a brevilispinulosus x juuls x peru which is pure white on the top half and green on the bottom half. It is about a year old and only 1.5cms high. Way too big for peres nw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted January 17, 2013 graft it onto an echinopsis barrel or a little tricho. It will go Nuts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 17, 2013 Cheers, i think i'll do that when i next get in the mood for grafting. I'm quite enjoying grafting on wee trichos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted January 17, 2013 Did some watering and weeding, gardening is a funny thing, you can nurture and care but the plant that comes up in the pavers always grows the best. little yellow portulaca 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted January 17, 2013 New Tricho bed, mostly T scopulicola as they do very well in my climate plus some Psycho0 x scop and my favourite pachanoi. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 17, 2013 Thats a niiice pachanoi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted January 17, 2013 gave them a water, cursed the very ground the slugs crawl on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted January 17, 2013 Nice pics! Love the hemisphere thing here on earth.. I've had fine success grafting seedlings that were quite older onto pereskiopsis - like 1-2cm seedlings. I also cut a pup off of two of my crested TPM x SS02 seedlings this fall and grafted them to pereskiopsis - hooked up just fine and are growing well.. Those pereskiopsis are champs! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
endorfinder Posted January 17, 2013 Yesterday I came back from a couple of weeks in SE Asia, after doing a graft and a ~1000 seed sow the day before leaving. I've come back and everything's doing sporting! Before I left I got an offer for all the lovely river sand (and coarser) I can carry. I had 1000 odd peruvianus and 50 loph seeds burning a hole in my pocket so I decided to plant them all in a single large plastic tub and let them germinate in my absence. I certainly didn't expect to see this many little guys sprouting 12 days later on my return! There must be ~100 already, I'll top it up with some fresh sand tomorrow and hopefully have a few hundred viable little babies within a month or two ! :D My first ever ariole graft (backberg onto pere stock) seems to have taken well, although it'll be a few weeks before it's ready for show and tell. 3x chunky ~8" pachanoi cuttings taken before xmas are now dried and ready to reroot in new pots, I've mixed them up some nice sandy soil in pots, soaking in peroxide overnight before I settle them in tomorrow. All my adults got a feed of seasol, although so did most of the garden (didn't tell them that, though). Now I just need to be patient and harden them all up so I can migrate the bigger fellas to my newly built cactus bed later in autumn! I have some pics I took of the fantastic cactus garden at Singapore Airport if anyone's interested, but I'll put those in another thread if so. Here are some pics of dragonfruit cultivation on a small family farm in Vietnam (Mekong Delta) - notice the loosely strung incandescent bulbs hanging between the trees to induce fruiting twice yearly rather than once. The flowers have been reduced back to make sure the fruit is nice and healthy. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
