mrstinky Posted November 1, 2004 approx how long does it take for a 2ft san pedro cutting to flower? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted November 1, 2004 1 night! or do you mean after how long, they start flowering the first time? pedros might take 15 years to flower from seed. but large cuttings taken from specimens which have flowered allready might, flower allready after one year. planting them out helps them to flower earlier, whilst container grown one's never seem to flower. [ 01. November 2004, 07:36: Message edited by: planthelper ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted November 2, 2004 most trichs flower for 2 nights. the first to be pollinated the second to produce pollen. some species do it in one night, but pachanoi isn't one of them as far as I know. I will know more tomorrow .... my first pachanoi flower opened tonite. Also, flowers stay open longer in dry weather than in humid weather. sadly it is humid tonite.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrstinky Posted November 2, 2004 cool. So if I want flowers sooner I should get cuttings from cacti that have already flowered! -can't argue with that sort of logic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangebrew Posted November 2, 2004 I don't think it work's that way unfortunately. it'd be nice if it did! There's no way to guarantee flowers. Just because you get flowers one year also doesn't mean you are certain to the next, as I think I'm going to find out this year. Things like plant size, winter temps, stress etc. all seem to be factored into whether or not a plant flowers. The only way I've had guaranteed success is to get a cutting with a flower bud already starting, as long as it's fairly well formed, it always seems to continue to go on and produce a flower. Re flowering time: I got a couple of nights last year out of my pach flowers, they also stayed open for a good part of the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
