karode13 said:

I usually graft these onto myrtillocactus as it's a stock I've grown to like. Pretty easy to graft ime. Good luck with yours!

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I have read it too. But I have only trichos and that I have just taken cutting from p. torch. and that p. torch is cutting too. There is something li 2-3 inches of torch cactus, vascular rings seems to be same size in ortegocactus and at that short torch

I readed one cactus specialized page where is listed species what is good for stocks and the page says that san pedro is almost as good as mythrilocactus.

I think this going to work. I have practiced grafting lots of lately. Trichocereus seems to be easy plant with grafting. Ofc not everything works but most of grafts have started to grow nice.

Have you seen much of difference as ortegocactus plant when it's grow grafted? I have seen pictures where that cactus have taken opuntia form cause of graft. And have read lots of stories about grafting this cactus, it starts to grow maybe unexpected forms. nice..

If I success with this, I make another tricho graft too. I like to make grafts where is very short 1-2inch stock only, or less. So I can grow the plant in pot and cover the actual stock plant with rocks. It is more decoration style than very long stock.

Only coryphanthna I have 4inch long stock above the pot but I have planned to cut coryphantha away from it after it have reaches bigger size. My coryphantha as scion and tricho as stock have make coryphantha grown more in +2months than before it grows in 8-10months. I am very exited to see what kind of form ortegocactus will grow. It's my first "special" cactus if compairing to anothers cause it's kinda tricky grow with own roots. After long practice of grafting and success, it is kinda addictive and very cool form of cactus growing!

I have thinking to buy some peresiskopsis and try few lophophora seedlings with it. But at the moment. I have loved to trichocereus as grafting stocks. I have grafted one peyote to t. terscheckii seedling (about same size plants) So it looks like normal peyote in the ground but uses small round t. terscheckii seedlings roots.

For some reason I have loved to starting to make grafts where the stock can be actually hide lated so only scion plant is visible.

Can anyone say, is it safe to graft ~3-4inch+ diameter peyote if I have good and fat but short san pedro top rooted allready? I am not want to kill my loph but I have several peyotes and one would be potential to graft one of my fattest san pedro grow top what is rooted. Pedro is only 4inch tall and +2inch wide rooted tip

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Also I got new already grafted fascinating elychina castanea f. varispiralis cactus already grafted to trichocereus

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GoOnThen said:

Elychina castanea f. varispiralis are a very cool plant that is high on my list of must have.

Cheers
Got

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I found it by accident from internet vendor and after I saw it I buyed it asap! Also it's great cause it is already grafted.

It is anyway very cool and nice cactus! Form is more interesting than TBM-cactus to me

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After day one. My Ortegoocactus graft seems very nice. Better than many of my grafts

I have succeed grafting to just being fast and doesn't have used any alcohol/water/etc even to clean the knifes. Only cleaned knife once with water and then "chop, chop = slice, slice = ready Growing. Tricho is just loveable cactus. I have moved many of my peyote/diffusa/fricii grafts to new stock. Little delay have come to my loph grafting but after a patch of nice small trichos, I have moved every lophophora grafts to trichocereus stocks.

By the way.

How easy mammillarias is to graft? I have one crested mammillaria but I am afraid to cut it cause I don't know what exact species it is and rarely here I can find crested plant like this!

That mammillaria would be maybe nice when growing to of trichocereus, but I'm not expert and what kind of vascular ring crested plants have?