Two years ago I grafted a 2 cm (~0.8'') wide Lophophora williamsii v. caespitosa cutting on a Trichocereus bridgesii stock. The main head has now grown to a width of 5.5 cm (~2.2'') and the total width of the scion exceeds 10.5 cm (~4.1'') – unfortunately the plant hasn’t flowered yet.
Grafted Lophophora williamsii v. caespitosa
I’ve given up keeping count of the number of offshoots; the plant is virtually exploding with growth.
Trichocereus bridgesii is an exemplary stock plant; it’s long-lived, fast growing, not offsetting and almost spineless.
Last year I also posted a picture of the – then much smaller – Lophophora williamsii v. caespitosa graft. A photo of the flowering plant can be found in this post.
Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur : v. 107(1) 2008 (added:
04/12/2024)
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*By:*
Belgrano, Manuel J.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion (San Isidro, Argentina)
Missouri Botanical Garden.
Morrone, Osvaldo.
Zuloaga, Fernando O.
*Publica...
5 days ago