Opuntia ellisiana

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:48 pm

Ok, so the first one that sprouted somehow ended up out of the soil and fell over. The second one got a little bent when it hit the cling film as I hadn't checked them for a few days, i tried to bend it back and unfortunately decapitated it, oops!

So today I go and look and find this

The first 2 didn't look like this, is it twins lol?

CaesiumFluoride · Post by **CaesiumFluoride** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:59 pm

Just as a matter of interest..how long did these seedlins take to sprout?

I have this also, i think its just two seedlings that are close together.

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Wed May 11, 2011 7:14 pm

My first one appeared on the 27th April about 2 weeks after they were sown, the last 2 lots have come up just a few days apart.

CaesiumFluoride · Post by **CaesiumFluoride** » Wed May 11, 2011 7:32 pm

Wow thats quite quick for an opuntia! Ive read they take months!

That twin specimen, you should be able to tell if they are both seperate sprouts....do they both have a shell?

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Wed May 11, 2011 9:05 pm

I was pretty suprised they came through so quick. All were soaked either in water or in wet paper towels. I cut off a tiny bit off the tips of all the seeds, some of the i cut off bits of the outer layer too.

I can't see a shell, these were sown 1/2-3/4cm under the soil not on top. Both shoots go into that one "blob" at the top, that's not 2 "blobs" very close together.

Excuse my terminology, i'm totally new to growing these

CaesiumFluoride · Post by **CaesiumFluoride** » Wed May 11, 2011 9:25 pm

Very odd! Just let it do what it does, it could be a mutant

Be sure to post pics of what it turns out like!

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Wed May 11, 2011 10:26 pm

Almost, if not all Cacti have cotelydons. Small leaves that appear first after germination. I don't see any there. Opuntia cotelydons are quite large, can't miss them!
I hate to say, but you might be growing mushrooms

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:47 pm

Oh

I did sterilise the soil before hand, wondered why they shot up so quick. They are weird, the blob on top looks like the seeds did after soaking them.

Guess i'll start again lol

PapaBearJay · Post by **PapaBearJay** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:49 am

Well I'm thinking that it's wearing it's cap right now Darryl and that it hasn't been able to rid itself of it, which is probably why it's leaning at an odd angle.

Mine are fairly skinny as such, but their cotyledons are up and about!

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 am

Whatever these may be, they're now seperate. One still has the "blob" on top.

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:18 pm

Two sprouts from one seed? Bonus!

Looks like they need more light though.

Patriotdevil · Post by **Patriotdevil** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:46 pm

So it's not a mushroom lol. Thanks for the tip, will move them.