_Cursive Posted May 27, 2014 I've had absolutely bad/average results from them.Out of 100 Loph. Will. only 20 germinated. Aztekiums 100 seeds - Zero germinated. I've ordered many many different species from them and had no germination.What other sites can you guys recommend? Thanks!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted May 27, 2014 Recently I ordered lophophora, aztekium, astrphytum seeds. I got good germination with their lophophora and astrophytum but bad percentage with aztekium Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Cursive Posted May 27, 2014 Divine Cactus had awesomely fresh seed when I ordered 2 years ago. Now they ONLY sell Lophophora. Damn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyThKid Posted May 27, 2014 I've had absolutely bad/average results from them. Out of 100 Loph. Will. only 20 germinated. Aztekiums 100 seeds - Zero germinated. I've ordered many many different species from them and had no germination. What other sites can you guys recommend? Thanks!! Agreed that the germination rate is bad for his plants but im suprised you could even see or not see the Aztekium because most people cannot spot them until they are around 6 months old due to being smaller than sand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 27, 2014 I usually have always gotten great results from their seeds, but I got 1000 of two different variations of williamsii and got around 4% germination. I was pretty frustrated considering how much money was spent on them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyThKid Posted May 27, 2014 I usually have always gotten great results from their seeds, but I got 1000 of two different variations of williamsii and got around 4% germination. I was pretty frustrated considering how much money was spent on them. He keeps "pure" genetics but i personally think he has some kind of inbreeding going on with his plants causing this issue. use to be that he was the best around i think in the 90s but then the 2000s came along and he said "fuck it" lol at least thats my guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Cursive Posted May 28, 2014 Yeah, I'm not happy with most of the seed I've bought. I'm looking for new supplier. Thanks for all the input to this thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted June 2, 2014 Out of all my pachanois from them.... This one grows without big spines and dark green shiny skin which makes it fit more as a pachanoi This one is twice it's girth with bigger spines and more bluish skin..... peruvianus????? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted June 4, 2014 A few Ariocarpus fissuratus grown from koehres seeds 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Posted July 1, 2014 Hi! I have ordered seeds from Koehres two times. They were labeled as pachanoi and peruvianus, so i had sown seeds from four different kind of bags. My seedlings are 1-2 years old. I have tried to group the similar ones together, becouse i havent labeled them. They look like cuzcoensis: I hope they are pachanoi or peruvianus: They are darker greens, with 8-9 ribs, and much wider than the others: My collection: Anyone can help me identifying them? They look like how pachanoi or peruvianus should be? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted July 1, 2014 Giving a for sure ID is hard with seedlings at that stage. They will probably look a lot different when they're mature. But they do look like they're in the pachanoi/peruvianus complex to me so far. Healthy looking little guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted July 1, 2014 Hey Peter, T. cuzcoensis are one of the easiest to spot as seedlings, and you definitely don't have any. So hurrah, and welcome to SAB! ~Michael~ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
someone Posted July 2, 2014 I wait four years from seed before claiming any definitive I.d. at that stage their dominant growth seems to start shining through. But I have no experience with cusco's/peruvians so I do not know if my subjective experience holds true in those cases. This reminds me I need a long spines cusco for my collection. Personally I think they are an extremely beautiful species. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Posted July 2, 2014 Thanks for the replies. Maybe some years later it will be easier to ID them I think growing from seed is a gamble, maybe its easier to buy mature cacti. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
modern.shaman Posted July 2, 2014 Those 'cuzcoensis' look like bridgesii seedlings to me but I do agree that you would need to wait a year or more to be sure. I have given up on Koehres for my seeds and I haven't regretted it as I am getting better germination rates and an even cheaper price. Growing from seed is a risk of years wasted growing the wrong species so that's why you should always buy from recognized and trusted vendors. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted April 14, 2015 T. terscheckii T. chilensis These 2 are the slowest Trichocereus I have in my collection 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted June 24, 2015 Germinated from a pachanoi seed bag...looks more peruvianus... But what would I know. Attractive "tiger shark" pattern. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted June 24, 2015 "Tigershark" has a nice ring to it! ;)Hey Guys, does anyone have info about the current quality of Köhres seed? Pachanoi, Bridgesii, Peruvianus, Macrogonus, Lophophora, etc? They are asking more for their Cuzcoensis seed and only sell it in smaller quanities. I am not sure if that means that the seed is a.) fresher than others or b.) less fresh.Also interested in germination rates of Lithops, Echinopsis, Turbinicarpus, Aztekium, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted June 24, 2015 I'll observe this one in the next coming years, if it displays the same pattern I'll call it Tiger Shark. Last year I bought seeds from Köhres. 100 pachanoi seeds, which I still didn't germinate. And about 11 different types of Ariocarpus seeds, which have a low germination rate. 4 of the 11 didn't germinate at all. I germinated about 100 Aztekium ritteri seeds and 25 Aztekium hintonii in the same container and only 5 germinated. Köhres have good service and all, but a lot of their seeds are (were) mislabeled and a lot have low germination rate....at least in my experience. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks Philo! I am really interested in this kind of stuff because they can have some pretty great seed, but also have some really bad batches too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Señor Corrochio Posted June 25, 2015 I bought 1000 mixed arios and 1000 fissuratus with about 10% germination rate for the mixed bag and pretty much 0 for fissuratus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted June 25, 2015 Thanks for letting us know! This really helps to realistically judge about their good and bad ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dajindo Posted June 26, 2015 Hey guys, here are my cacti grown from Koehres seeds. Tallest one (middle) is Bridgesii. Others are Pedro/Peruvianus (mislabeled them last year), expect for the left one which is Pachanoi x Peruvianus from other source. Pachanoi/Peruvianus close-up: Bridgesii close-up: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted June 26, 2015 I think your 2nd picture is the standard Koehres 'pachanoi', as sold some 5-8 years ago. I have a plant probably from the same seed batch, with those characteristic long radial spines, but grown in very strong sun and looking a bit more 'fierce', but essentially very similar. I'm assuming it has some cuzcoensis genetics. It's a very good looking cactus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dajindo Posted June 26, 2015 Yeah... Probably a cuzco. It could be the "pachanoi" from the same batch you had. Bridgesii is the most convincing, and is growing like crazy The one on the right looks like Peruvianus, but it's too early to tell. Also, germination was about 60% expect for Bridgesii which had very poor germination rate. Overall they seem professional, would order again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites