do you guys think this is rare?

Anything relating to Cacti or CactiGuide.com that doesn't fit in another category should be posted under General.
Post Reply
User avatar
snarfie
Posts: 382
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:39 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

do you guys think this is rare?

Post by snarfie »

pachycereus pringlei variegata. found it for sale as a partially randomly variegated seedling, bought it for just €5 :mrgreen:
and how can i propagate the variegated part? does anyone know if they can be propagated by areole grafting?
here it is:
Image
Young professional amateur in Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis growing and hybridizing
User avatar
Brunãozinho
Posts: 424
Joined: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:33 am
Location: Paraíba, Eastern Brazil

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by Brunãozinho »

The picture is not showing here. It should not be such a common cactus, but I can't say for sure.
For propagation you can graft the top, the rooted bottom will develop new shoots that you can graft again. I have done this sometimes... But offsets might take a long while to appear and sometimes the new shoots are not variegated, at least in my experience.
Bruno
User avatar
snarfie
Posts: 382
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:39 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by snarfie »

thank you. i'll try to post it in an other way later
Young professional amateur in Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis growing and hybridizing
User avatar
snarfie
Posts: 382
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:39 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by snarfie »

here it should be ^-^
Attachments
pachycereus pringlei variegata.jpg
pachycereus pringlei variegata.jpg (51.45 KiB) Viewed 1278 times
Young professional amateur in Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis growing and hybridizing
User avatar
Brunãozinho
Posts: 424
Joined: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:33 am
Location: Paraíba, Eastern Brazil

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by Brunãozinho »

Hi, on the first post I couldn't see the picture because of my internet, sorry.

This cactus looks great and specially at this size it should be easier to graft. ;)
Bruno
User avatar
snarfie
Posts: 382
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:39 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by snarfie »

Thank you for tthe reply, do you think an areole graft will work?
Young professional amateur in Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis growing and hybridizing
User avatar
Brunãozinho
Posts: 424
Joined: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:33 am
Location: Paraíba, Eastern Brazil

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by Brunãozinho »

I have never had good results with areole grafts. You can also graft part of the side of the cactus, but you should find a way the make the connection between the vascular bundle of the stock and the vascular channels from the scion, those more unusual grafts require a bit more experience.

If you really want to mutilate and propagate this clone... well, here's what I would do: graft the top of this cactus onto another columnar, choose a good stock, healthy and with the necessary size. Wait for the variegated cactus to develop new pups and graft those too after a while.
Bruno
User avatar
snarfie
Posts: 382
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:39 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

Re: do you guys think this is rare?

Post by snarfie »

thank you, i'll leave it alone for the winter, and try to graft the top once i get at least one other graft to take, and if it is growing
Young professional amateur in Schlumbergera and Rhipsalidopsis growing and hybridizing
Post Reply