Another experiment: Epiphyllum-Pereskiopsis graft

Ken1983 · Post by **Ken1983** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:44 am

One day i saw a shoot looking fat on the Epiphyllum. Was very curious what will happen if i graft it on the Pereskiopsis so i did it.

It seemed to be attached.

Discovered new growth after few days.

Anyone tried this before? I understand that grafting introduces lots of pups and makes the cactus ugly. But in this case the more the merrier? I hope the join can grow stronger so it don't break later.

luddhus · Post by **luddhus** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:03 am

I've not seen that before, it feels as if Epiphyllum would be a little too big for a Pereskiopsis. Have heard of Schlumbergera grafted on Pereskia though.

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:29 am

cool hope it turns out good

hafezzahruddin · Post by **hafezzahruddin** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:27 am

Well, I disagree that extreme pupping makes cacti look ugly. Some people love them having lots of pups. I love them pups too.

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:56 am

untill the pups grow up and eat a bag of dog food a day and chew up all your plants and eats the naybors rabbits and you gotta bail em out of the pound every month
My dog had puppys a few months a go

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:00 am

well done kevin. after a bit you may find eppi's grow faster on their own roots though. once htey are a decent size.

what speceis is that?

Post by **daiv** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:04 pm

Ken, Rainbow Gardens nursery in SoCal has rows of Opuntia (ficus-indica?) "trunks" that stand about 3 feet tall. They graft the epis on top of those. The opuntias are in the ground in a shade house type setup. I think they get incredible growth with that setup as one could imagine.

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:49 pm

Daiv, you happen to have a photo of that? sounds very interesting, i have never seen opuntia used as a commercial root stock before...kewl.

PoC · Post by **PoC** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:03 pm

Very nice Ken. I hope you give us an update later on as well.

Have you (or anyone else for that matter) grafted anything onto Epiphyllums before? I have some Wittia amazonica seeds and was thinking about attempting a seedling graft or two onto Epiphyllum species as well as other stocks to see how they do and have been curious to find out any related information.

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:47 am

one thing that describes epiphyllum as a graft stock: very weak!

Ken1983 · Post by **Ken1983** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:43 am

I agree, i won't even think of using epiphyllum as stock unless you like a 90degree plant.

I don't know what epiphyllum is it. Here is an update.

stanislas · Post by **stanislas** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:45 am

I've grafted a Schlumbergera on a pereskiopsis. It grows very fast. It also flowers a lot.
I used a Pereskiopsis porteri. This plants has a thick trunk and it seems to support the scion pretty well. In fact the Schlumbergera is quite big now and is about 45cm/18inch in diameter and is well on its way the grow towards the soil and forms a kind of umbrella. I'll take a picture and post it soon.

stanislas · Post by **stanislas** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:08 pm

Schlumbergera on a pereskiopsis:

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon May 10, 2010 7:29 am

I don't see the point of it but it looks amazing!