slice Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) super pedro x j3 seedling.7x7cm. pot my first varigated cactus! Edited July 16, 2013 by slice 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted July 17, 2013 Interesting plant, but not variegated. I get that splotchiness every once in awhile. Some sort of...something, not really sure. ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixSon Posted July 17, 2013 yeah is it slightly indented? maybe viral? have the same thing happen to some plants , seems to go away eventually for me but. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted July 18, 2013 Yea I always assumed that was sunburn - I get it sometimes on mine - maybe fertilzer burn though? I'm not sure what fertilzer burn looks like.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kapitän kamasutra Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) I have a peruvianus plant I think is variegated. When it first started it looked very much like the blotches on the plant above. It was grafted on Periskiopsis then, before the seedling looked normal. Edited July 19, 2013 by spined 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted July 21, 2013 Spined your peruvi is vari for sure, nice plant! Slice the yellowing on your lil baby ime is usually caused by sucking insects and will, as alrady stated, generally have slight indentations where the yellowing is. Youll know vari when ya see it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cactuscarl Posted July 22, 2013 My j3 x super Pedro is doing some funky shit atm. Its only about 25cm high and pupped from the base when the pup reached the size of a ping pong ball it pupped from every areole like 9 pups or something like that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cactuscarl Posted July 29, 2013 Finally got around to taking a pic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barnard Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Hmm that is interesting cactuscarl, never seen anything like it before, would like to see another pic in a month or two time... Edited July 29, 2013 by Barnard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barnard Posted July 29, 2013 Just thought id show my super pedro x J3. Its by far the slowest growing and smallest cactus I have, not sure why... otherwise a nice cactus. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted July 29, 2013 Hi Carl, that looks like some kind of witches broom infection. This definately isnt normal pupping behaviour and i get that from that to time on plants. Its almost certainly a fungal infection. The pups dont grow into larger columns but just repup again all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted July 29, 2013 I think I'm the only cactus grower I know who finds variegation very unnattactive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted July 29, 2013 i find most vari unattractive, or atleast less so than the "normal" form, however I see plants and cacti occassionally where the vari actually looks very good. I think contrast is vital. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Yea I'd be more into variegation if the color wasn't yellow. Blue or red variegation - now we're talking! Edited July 29, 2013 by nitrogen 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auxin Posted July 29, 2013 Yeah, yellow variegation just looks diseased to me. Imagine you were about to go down on someone and their fun bits had yellow variegation, it would be an automatic turn off. I'm with nitrogen, I'll hold out for the cactus covered in blue lightning bolts and red star bursts 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cactuscarl Posted July 29, 2013 Hi eg yeah I was thinking that but I'll wait and see, the pupps look rather normal compared to the witches broom I have on another cacti. What do you usually do about witches broom? I've got a pachanoi with it and I've just let it grow about half of the pupps grow out of it and it looks awsome as a little clump. Most ppl say get rid of it right away but I've never seen it spread till now. I'm also hoping it will eventually throw me a crest or some other freakish growth. Any thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted July 30, 2013 Oh no not witches broom again! :0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted July 31, 2013 Oh no not witches broom again! :0 Tag!...You're it ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted August 12, 2013 cactuscarl you didn't happen to treat that with some BAP by chance? I've never seen witches broom before, but I have seen the pupping pup a few times in BAP treated specimens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cactuscarl Posted August 13, 2013 No bap but I did treat all my cacti with coconut milk last year to induced pupping (btw I believe it does work, nothing spectacular but nearly every plant puped early.) Half the pups aborted on it, it was weird tho when they died I touched them and they fell off leaving a little hole that had already healed? this is the pups that didn't abort and there starting to look normal. Weird! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites