Possible intergenus pollination.
Possible intergenus pollination.
Did alittle experiment here the other day as I had 2 flowers from different genus open at the same time and it looks like something might be happening.
Likely a longshot that won't work as one is a Disocactus hybrid and the other a E. subdenudata
All other flowers on the Disocactus has shriveled and fallen off this one though stays connected and is starting to plump up at the base, looking like there's a fruit in the making.
Going to be very interesting to see where it goes from here!
Likely a longshot that won't work as one is a Disocactus hybrid and the other a E. subdenudata
All other flowers on the Disocactus has shriveled and fallen off this one though stays connected and is starting to plump up at the base, looking like there's a fruit in the making.
Going to be very interesting to see where it goes from here!
Usually this means you self-pollinated. There are no end of unusual "hybrids" offered up each year, nearly all of which are selfed plants. You sometimes get extremely weak seedlings which is often a sign that there was an actual cross. I think I have a cross of a Cintia with, I think, a Rebutia but it is so weak that I can hardly keep it alive.
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Re: Possible intergenus pollination.
Finally got around to updating this as I harvested the fruit today, picked out all the seeds, dried them and sowed in a baggie.
Fruit as it looked in April, never really looked any riper than this.
Today after picking it off the stem, mother plant unfortunately seem like it's on it way to die so I had to act. Luckily I have a few rooted cuttings of it growing happily.
And the seed harvest.
Going to be very interesting to see if they germinate and what grows if they do.
Fruit as it looked in April, never really looked any riper than this.
Today after picking it off the stem, mother plant unfortunately seem like it's on it way to die so I had to act. Luckily I have a few rooted cuttings of it growing happily.
And the seed harvest.
Going to be very interesting to see if they germinate and what grows if they do.
Re: Possible intergenus pollination.
Here's to successful germination and interresting hybrids .
Re: Possible intergenus pollination.
What ever happened to this SnowFella? Anything? Did they germinate? What do they look like?
I wasn't raised a Cactolic but converted to Cactolicism later in life
Re: Possible intergenus pollination.
PLEASE TELL ME!!paulzie32 wrote:What ever happened to this SnowFella? Anything? Did they germinate? What do they look like?
Buying a cactus a day will keep the madness away.