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intelligentlife
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Some dormant time pictures, next pics I start to take when grow season starts again. These are at zone of approx +18C..+22C temps, depends how cold it is outdoors. I have only sprayed some water for them but not much at all, these are not at coldest spot in my grow area.
I have donated lots of plants around community because I have obviously no room to grow so much trichocereus plants. I hope those people who have got seedlings from me are satisfied and like to grow cactus plants... 
10/21/2014

This crested plant I have will receive some 14/10hour light cycle under 72Wattage of fluoro tubes.. I give it some dormancy before summer but let it grow some, it's a bit slow grower compared to others.

I'm very interested that one plant, it terminated growth tip and grew pup above the cactus, very interesting to see how it does, do I probably have two hybrid mutts.

Moar pics will come as fast as sun starts to rise above horizon again, sun goes down and away so fast.
Finally I am free of duty to take care of any cactus plant several months. But anyway, I can't wait spring starts.. hahah.
Edited by intelligentlife (10/21/14 01:02 PM)
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 Looking good IL!
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Re: Trichocereus hybrids from seed! [Re: MrGiraffe]
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intelligentlife
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kactus.brand.g said: I really dig this  

I'm just trying to imagine what kind of plant this is after next season..!
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kactus.brand.g said: I really dig this  

I'm just trying to imagine what kind of plant this is after next season..! 
I could never be so lucky! Keep us posted for sure
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Some early x-mas update!
I have been cloned cresting plant. But actual cresting spot haven't been cut. Only time will tell do these two grow cresting or what. Probably root them on their own after summer or somethig. Never planned to cut actual Crest section from this. (Other plants you'll see when season starts, most of them have anyway already in USA. wink.
I haven't give dormancy for this. It's very small due to slow growth compared to other trichs from these austalian hybrid seeds. Anyway, I t stated to have 6 columns with one cresing, so I have cut (at different time) two columns and gafted them to pereskiopsis. I have only 72Wattage fluoro light, it's enough over winter. I just keep this thirsty, not watering more than 2-3 times over winter, usually when it's very dry soil and plant goes soft. Otherwise it will have unecessary etiolation due to lack of light power.
12/18/2014 Picture.

12/18/2014 Pic from abobe. 5cm pot.

12/18/2014 Grafts (another is about 1,5month "older" as graft.


Pereskiopsis gaft was very easy. I used this kind of humid dome and heat mat. I didn't use any pressure, just make clean cut with kitchen knife and then add seedling on top of pereskiopsis.
 At this picture I have some lophs and astrophytum plants, testing to grow them in pure coco coir, with strong fertilizers. Just for testing and adjusting them to strong fertilized soil from the day one. 
So grafts happened inside that under 72W fluoro light, Dome have holes for air circulation. I just kept top hole closed. I haven't fail yet with this tek of using pereskiopsis as graft stock for young seedlings. Only isopropyl alcohol(to clean knife) + heat + humidity for one week and always seedlnigs have attached. 
Now I have 3 clones of this, let's hope those grafts turn to crested or some sort of mutts!
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intelligentlife said: Some early x-mas update!
I have been cloned cresting plant. But actual cresting spot haven't been cut. Only time will tell do these two grow cresting or what. Probably root them on their own after summer or somethig. Never planned to cut actual Crest section from this. (Other plants you'll see when season starts, most of them have anyway already in USA. wink.
I haven't give dormancy for this. It's very small due to slow growth compared to other trichs from these austalian hybrid seeds. Anyway, I t stated to have 6 columns with one cresing, so I have cut (at different time) two columns and gafted them to pereskiopsis. I have only 72Wattage fluoro light, it's enough over winter. I just keep this thirsty, not watering more than 2-3 times over winter, usually when it's very dry soil and plant goes soft. Otherwise it will have unecessary etiolation due to lack of light power.
12/18/2014 Picture.

12/18/2014 Pic from abobe. 5cm pot.

12/18/2014 Grafts (another is about 1,5month "older" as graft.


Pereskiopsis gaft was very easy. I used this kind of humid dome and heat mat. I didn't use any pressure, just make clean cut with kitchen knife and then add seedling on top of pereskiopsis.
 At this picture I have some lophs and astrophytum plants, testing to grow them in pure coco coir, with strong fertilizers. Just for testing and adjusting them to strong fertilized soil from the day one. 
So grafts happened inside that under 72W fluoro light, Dome have holes for air circulation. I just kept top hole closed. I haven't fail yet with this tek of using pereskiopsis as graft stock for young seedlings. Only isopropyl alcohol(to clean knife) + heat + humidity for one week and always seedlnigs have attached. 
Now I have 3 clones of this, let's hope those grafts turn to crested or some sort of mutts!

Very nice,and I love the little Astros and Lophs!
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I'm using 72W CFL light with 16/8hour cycle for these.
While other spent dormancy. My crested seedling have got some artificial light and sections I have taken out from it seems to do fine, I'll probably root them on their on when they reach size after summer.
01/23/2015

I don't keep these under humid dome anymore. Haven't kept for a while. I have been think a possibility these may go cresting at some point of their life.. Or not.. still clones from cresting seedlnig. I don't want to cut crested section to be grafted anytime soon..

I can't wait how that Crest section starts to grow when I cut off rest of the columns off and move it in to sun at coming spring!
----------EDIT 01/24/2015----------
Rest plants I have spread around the world or they are reserved, but here is from now on all I got. Going to grow these and everyone is on their own pot! These have been spent time ~2meter far away from 150W HID Bulb. It's been on use some 2weeks now.
 I have only water spray'd only few times these plants as well.
 Avg temperatures have been +22C day and +17C night or so.
Edited by intelligentlife (01/24/15 12:48 PM)
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03/06/2015 UPDATE
 I have soak every plant soil with water one time and first time this year.
Some plants I have left, no etiolation over winter. Except those grafted to pereskiopsis. (they are just "fingers" cut off from crested cactus. I managed to take 2 and graft them to pereskiopsis plant. When they have length enough, I root them to grow on their own. Hopefully these too may be mutants as well.. They are from same crested section..
 Picture above have two sections from that crested cactus grafted to pereskiopsis. Two clones and one mother plant.
In pics can be seen very much how slow this crested cactus grows. Colunar sections is mostly cut off and grafted like I said. Only one "finger" from cactus keep on cresting, others start to grow columns. I prefer to let plant grow only crested section.

Crested cactus pot is 2inch(5cm) diamater. It's been under fluoro lights (72Wattage) over winter. Today watered as well and moved to sunny windowsill. It was pretty high temps today.
If possible; Those community members who have got these hybrids´from me can post photos later here from these plants. I have some 20% of the plants left, totally ~80% I basically donated around to shroomery users to grow. Hope you post pics here after significant growth have occur and so on. It may later on make this thread more interesting! 
 Do anyone know how likely it is those clones from this cresting cactus may turn to crested later?
Edited by intelligentlife (03/31/15 10:06 AM)
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Given enough time and I'm sure it will turn crest later. I have like 3 or 4 columns, or how you put it 'fingers', from my crested peruvianus that are not crest. I don't doubt they will grow roots, grow tall and eventually turn back to crest.
Was that crest baby just random trich seed or were they seed of crested cacti? Sorry if I missed that but that's pretty awesome IL. I can't wait for my babies of mutant parents to go crest or monstrose or just something really cool.
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Re: Trichocereus hybrids from seed! [Re: ferrel_human]
#21370076 - 03/06/15 10:12 AM (8 years, 10 months ago) |
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ferrel_human said: Given enough time and I'm sure it will turn crest later. I have like 3 or 4 columns, or how you put it 'fingers', from my crested peruvianus that are not crest. I don't doubt they will grow roots, grow tall and eventually turn back to crest.
Was that crest baby just random trich seed or were they seed of crested cacti? Sorry if I missed that but that's pretty awesome IL. I can't wait for my babies of mutant parents to go crest or monstrose or just something really cool.
All plants in this thread is mixed hybrids of australian seeds. scopulicola/pachanoi/bridgesii genetics.
At first pages you can see pics from some mother plants. At my first post is list of trichocerues hybrids I have grown.
I was planned to grow enough big with these pereskiopsis, then root on its own later.
This(crested cactus) is just accident, I got seeds from this forum, didn't count them but end up with +100 plants and send them other people mostly. Only keeping few.
I call them "fingers" because at one picture cactus look like "hand" and because they are so small they are more like fingers than columns. Column as a word feels to me it's big enough or something.. Anyway, english isn't my native language anyway.
Thanks for your comments dude.
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Yeah I kinda figured that. They look great man. I too have enjoyed grafted trichs to pereskiopsis. I feel them to be a little easier than say astrophytum. To this day I have had no luck with them. But it's a learning process. Live and learn my man. Live and learn.
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Re: Trichocereus hybrids from seed! [Re: ferrel_human]
#21419793 - 03/17/15 09:38 AM (8 years, 10 months ago) |
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Update! 03/17/2015
New season started. Not all plants have photographed and I have about dozen of these. Rest of the seedlings have spread around the world.



People who have received plants from me: Feel free to upload pictures from these plants to this thread to get more pictures from all of these hybrids.
And plaese: add month/day/year to know when pictures have been taken.
I would like to see how they do later on..
Would like to see later on pictures from these plants from people who have received them.
Edited by intelligentlife (03/17/15 10:02 AM)
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Just read through this, thanks for documenting your grow 
Very cool read, and also quite helpful, thanks!
I can't wait until I have some nice and big healthy cacti like you, that crested one is awesome too!
I am sprouting some monstros seeds and have hopes for some cool mutations 
Cacti are so amazing, and those look like some great genetics
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Cresting cactus. Grows relatively slow. Managed to get two cuttings out from this to pereskiopsis. 03/26/2015 pictures from crested cactus, both sides to give better idea of it. Pot is 2inch diam.
crested mother plant. I have cut clones and grown them to pereskiopsis from this. Hope they turn to form like original cresting clone!

And small sections grafted to pereskiopsis and grown for some reson relatively slim. I need to wait a bit more before I cut these off and plant on their own roots. These columns are both exact same clone. I just cut columnar sections off to leave only cresting part to original plant. (well it's size of seedling)
If this plant have genetics to get start growing crested, these cuttings should do it. So far they have grown pretty ugly, slim and column. But same clone than cresting mother plant on it's own roots.

 I give these two cuttings (I managed to propagate from this mutt) to person who give me these seeds.
Growth speed is very slow with crested compared to other cacti from those seed bags. I don't know why pereskiopsis graft caused those small tips to grow like that and so slim columns. How possible it is these clones can eventually start cresting over the time? if motherplant is crested? I'm not any expert with pereskiopsis but I had no other choice to graft small sections to pereskiopsis. Cut sections can be seen at mother plant. so Or should I graft cresting section to get crested plant. These have all grown very odd o I think these two small grafts grow mutts, but they have grown as colums.
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So.. I started watering these young ones when it was nice sunny days.. Then suddenly came hard frosts and indoor temps were +10C night, +20C day.. Few of these didn't manage it. They are only cacti I lost this spring to sudden cold temps after sunny period. Drinking water some time, going ok.. But didn't manage almost 2week lasting cold and damp. They have been rotten long time. Well few blue myrtle stocks died as well to cold, then some cereus columns as well but not all. These had also problems with climate isn't so hot..
Picture is taken 04/04/2015
 Root/base rot, mother nature chosen victims. 
I didn't try prevent cold and damp to make sure I have good ones living, tolerating climate here.
Rest plants are ok. Toughest seems to survive here.. It's still outdoors -10C frosts. Night time greatly under +20C and day time when sun shines is +30C or more. Non sunny days it's still <+25C ..Average temps at cloudy days have been +20C or so.
Well I didn't had room for them anyway.. 
Damn I like these nature wipe off genetics can't manage. They could have been died later on as well.. It's good to have only those survive cold and moist periods as well.
Pics 04/13/2014 from survivors. Mites seems to have eaten some tips of these over winter.
 One of these have very bad sun shock spots but it doesn't show at pics.

And crested plant doing fine.
10 plants(+crested one) left. Rest of them (+80 plants) have new home. I have taken extra care of crested one anyway. Grows slower.
Edited by intelligentlife (04/13/15 08:04 AM)
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Pics 07/05/2015

Winter here was rough for these australians and they had mites as well easier. Spring was very cold and damp. These have survived. Rest of the plants have new home. (I don't have space to grow so much trichs)
Crested. It's relatively hard grown one.

Clones from Crested cactus at pereskiopsis.

I've left only crested section growin on it's own root.
Don't know what happens with clones, but they have crested mom.
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Update from crested seedling. I've need to cut offshoots and colums off. Seems to do well. Crested growth is better when I've removed other "normal" parts of the plants away. It have tried to pup from base but I've cut all off, only leaving crested part. It seems to get growth speed after I cut pups or colums.
09/03/2015 - Pics from both side. 5cm pot. (2inch)

Edited by intelligentlife (09/04/15 01:13 AM)
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intelligentlife said: Update from crested seedling. I've need to cut offshoots and colums off. Seems to do well. Crested growth is better when I've removed other "normal" parts of the plants away. It have tried to pup from base but I've cut all off, only leaving crested part. It seems to get growth speed after I cut pups or colums.
09/03/2015 - Pics from both side. 5cm pot. (2inch)


Looks stellar man. 
Good to have you back man.
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