tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post2094804301908122464..comments2024-03-19T00:53:50.337+01:00Comments on LOPHOPHORA: Spring awakening in the coldhouselophophorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761323377202060305noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post-73305835385670935312010-03-25T21:00:29.910+01:002010-03-25T21:00:29.910+01:00Please keep me updated on how this develops! Your ...Please keep me updated on how this develops! Your method is as beautifully simple as it is effective, and I plan on shamelessly copying it ;-) (even though I've read somewhere that foreign pollen can induce self-fertility; I haven't been able to find any conclusive information on this, though)lophophorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761323377202060305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post-27503147755794329902010-03-25T04:59:56.725+01:002010-03-25T04:59:56.725+01:00A friend and I pollenated a lophophora williamsii ...A friend and I pollenated a lophophora williamsii which is self-sterile with an obregonia... About a month later a seedpod popped out containing only 2 seeds, but seeds none the less. Am waiting to see if they germinate at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post-8925283616767642642009-11-28T17:25:47.644+01:002009-11-28T17:25:47.644+01:00My Acharagma roseana flowered for the first time t...My Acharagma roseana flowered for the first time this spring (and my A. aguirreana are still small seedlings) so I haven't made any controlled experiments yet. I'm planning to, though - the results of <a href="http://lophophora.blogspot.com/2000/01/online-articles.html" rel="nofollow">Butterworth et al.</a> indicate a close relationship between Acharagma, Lophophora and Obregonia so chances are they will crossbreed, as you say. I haven't made any other hybridization attempts either.<br /><br />I have been pondering what constitutes a "safe protocol", i.e. how to minimize the possibility for selfing. I'm imagining protecting the stigma from the stamens with e.g. a plastic straw and then carefully remove the stamens, but suggestions are welcome.lophophorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761323377202060305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post-30009840474920879292009-11-18T01:19:57.737+01:002009-11-18T01:19:57.737+01:00It is said that Acharagma is closely related to Lo...It is said that Acharagma is closely related to Lophophora and that it may be possible for them to interbreed and create hybrid offspring!<br /><br />Have you ever tried making a hybrid between Lophophora and anything else?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171279975838973995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9906682.post-47325631888752981822009-04-27T15:33:00.000+02:002009-04-27T15:33:00.000+02:00Nice to see the bees visiting your lophophora! Jus...Nice to see the bees visiting your lophophora! Just one worry though - if you're using Imidacloprid to control RSM, there is a risk that the bee may take the pesticide back to the hive. Bees are particularly vulnerable to Imidacloprid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com