Pereskiopsis graft might be budding... should I cut the new pup?

[modern.shaman]

A relatively new graft looks like it may be budding/flowering in the near future based on some fur starting to appear on the new growth...

With pereskiopsis I tend to remove all new pups from the stock so that all the new growth goes to the scion. This stock is about 2+ years old and places in a 16 cm pot. I was gonna let this cutting grow to hopefully flower (would be cutting back after every 30 cm of new growth). The stock is 20-30 cm long (didn't measure) and the graft only has 2 areolas. After 2-3 weeks of growth on the scion it seemed to have stalled and a pup on the pereskiopsis has appeared.

Now that I am seeing signs of a possible flower bud forming (I could be wrong) I am wondering if I should just leave the graft alone or would clipping off the new pup be the best choice. I usually clip the new pups when I want more growth to the scion but should I do the same if it is possibly flowering? Would clipping the pup cause too much growth to the scion causing it to not flower?

I assume that the pereskiopsis was not far from flowering so the flowering chemicals transferred over? The scion was also on the brink of dying from rot and only the very tip of the cactus could be saved. The scion is FAR from naturally flowering so it may not be flowering.

[zelly]

[modern.shaman]

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Will need to wait till tomorrow I guess.

[modern.shaman]

This may not be a flower fuzz but found it very strange that the graft stopped after growing so quickly and then dark hairs later appearing. This is a slow growing melted wax clone I got from a friend in Cali. He was wondering if it would grow quicker in FL; It took about a month to root and after another month of slow growth it started to rot from the base. I used the pereskiopsis I was gonna attempt to grow to flower as an emergency grafting stock.

I may be thinking it is a flower bud due to seeing Philocacti and others posting fuzz on TBMCs.

So the question is should I remove that new pup on the stock or just leave it alone. The stock was starting to pup before the scion stopped growing. I usually remove the pups to promote faster growth but am wondering if removing it will stop the bud forming or maybe it will accelerate development?

[zed240]

I would have removed that peres pup ages ago if it were mine. And I'd still remove it now. Might as well get the energy into the scion.

Just my opinion, do with it what you will. ;)

[spooge]

Sexy plant, what ever you do I hope she turns out a doozy

[Philocacti]

It'd be very interesting if it was flowering.

I have a melted wax that's been grafted to stenocereus for 6 years now. The stenocereus is about 90 cm and the scion has 3 80 cm columns and 2 small pups. I was hoping it would flower for me this season, but there no signs of flowering.

I'm with zed...I'd cut the pereskiopsis pup off.

[zelly]

imho its a pipe dream to believe for the tiniest fraction of a second a grafted tbm will produce a flower, especially considering the size of a normal trich bridgesii flower in relation to its supporting mother plant.

forced growth peach fuzz? hell ya, why not. forced growth can take on many forms.

but a mature flower developing? pipe dreams

[Philocacti]

Cacti taught me that pipe dreams sometimes come true ;)