Sunday, July 24, 2005

Sowing in the rough - III

I’m not sure if it’s the seed, the coldhouse environment or sheer coincidence, but in addition to the deviating growth forms described in an earlier post one of the Lophophora williamsii (SB 854; Starr Co, Texas) seedlings turned out achlorophyllous.

Achlorophyllous Lophophora williamsii
Achlorophyllous Lophophora williamsii

The seedling lacks chlorophyll and will not survive on its own roots for long so I grafted it on Pereskiopsis spathulata – hopefully it will survive and prosper.

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4 comments:

  1. I hope it survives. You are very lucky to get an albino, I would love to see its growth progression. Keep us updated.

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  2. Unfortunately it didn’t survive. I must have crushed too many cells when cutting the delicate seedling (even though I’m using a surgical scalpel for grafting). Today it’s flat and dry, almost looking like a miniature dried jellyfish stranded on top of a Pereskiopsis.

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  3. Thats to bad. A seedling I grafted onto opuntia a couple of days ago died too.

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  4. Seems like we ought to attend a grafting class ;-) I’ve no experience grafting onto Opuntia yet, but last year I sowed O. compressa and plan to follow Valentino Vallicelli’s grafting instructions.

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