Hanazono, in your experience, do Aztekium offsets take to Pereskiopsis easily? Have you tried grafting small Aztekium seedlings? I've got some Aztekium seedlings (Ritteri, Hintonii & Valdezii) growing but they are so small (3-4 months old). I'd like to try grafting them but am reluctant to try w...

Hanazono wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:51 pm Thanks for your comment, PseudolithosLover.

I cut 3 off-sets of Aztekium hintonii, around 3 cm in diameter yesterday.
They are under drying process currently.

interested to see how these go!

Yeah I would agree the bigger the offset (or degraft), the better chance of rooting it has... I don't know what methods people have tried in their failed attempts to root Aztekium ritteri! I think there has probably been more failures than not attempting to root Aztekium hintonii also! Not sure abou...

Some people break/twist them off, I prefer a scalpel. I would think it is more likely producing such numbers of offsets because it is grafted to a stock that promotes fast growth. Rootstocks like Trichocereus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Pereskiopsis Spathulata, Cereus tend to result in lots of off...

Aztekium ritteri I'm tiring to root one now that had a piece of graft in it which I removed leaving a hole at the base their is a picture of it around here somewhere. I can't tell if it rooted yet but hasn't dried up so I have hope. Hi Keith, Just wondering how you got on with the degrafted Aztekiu...

I think it's in one of my books.... I'm at a friends place right now but I will check and post the source of my info as soon as I get a chance....

The ruby red gymnos are not grown that way.... They are gamma radiated to get that colour. So presumeably they were seed grown as a normal cactus that could survive on its own roots producing chlorophyll. It then gets this gamma radiation treatment (whatever that is exactly I'm not sure) and they ch...

Hey all, I have quite a few lophophora in my collection some are self fertile and produce seed without any help from me. Others are not self fertile and require some assistance. What cacti (non lophophora) can be used to pollinate lophophora? In paticular I'd like to know if there is anything I coul...

I have grafted 3 lophophora onto a san pedro. The san pedro had 3 branches I put a lophophora on each branch

I'm in the process of obtaining an Aztekium Hintonii grafted onto some sort of opuntia. It is very small still. My question is do Aztekium Hintonii tend to produce offsets when grafted? its not the monstose or prolifera type just the ordinary hintonii.

Hey everyone..... I'm from New Zealand and am wanting to add an aztekium ritteri and an aztekium hintonii to my collection... I would grow from seed but just don't seem to have the knack for it... None of the cactus growers / nurseries here have them or if they do they aren't for sale! Is there anyo...

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd introduce myself....

I'm a 29 year old male from Wellington, New Zealand. My favourite types of cacti are most of the trichocereus family, and the lophophora family. I also collect a variety of other cacti. Anyway I won't be long winded... so howdy to all!