Saw this on Facebook with no explanation. Can anyone explain what's happened here?
Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
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- greatnorthernexotic
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Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
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In the greenhouse: ariocarpus, astrophytum, aztekium, copiapoa, lophophora...
In the outdoor arid bed: hardy agave, aloe, dasylirion, hesperaloe, opuntia, yucca...
BCSS #54601 (LEEDS BRANCH)
youtube.com/@greatnorthernexotic / instagram.com/greatnorthernexotic
In the greenhouse: ariocarpus, astrophytum, aztekium, copiapoa, lophophora...
In the outdoor arid bed: hardy agave, aloe, dasylirion, hesperaloe, opuntia, yucca...
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
It looks like someone confused "leek cultivation" with "Lophophora cultivation" at some stage in their past.
- Tina
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
I've never seen such awful lophophora, were they grown in a pipe
Tina
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Well they look healthy and they’re flowering, they don’t really look like they’ve been grown in the dark, maybe potted in 100% Phostrogen. Weird?
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- gerald
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Are they grafted? I really like them
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Gosh, they’re horrible.
Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
I not convinced anyone can hold that much beer, but we might find out soon with the two games back to back
Mat
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
good one, they are truly hideousI not convinced anyone can hold that much beer,
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
- DaveW
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Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Could they be clones from offsets from an original plant since both look remarkably similar in size and character? All plants are individuals if grown from seed, but propagating from offsets will produce genetically identical plants. However only a DNA test would prove this.
Those who grow Lophophora's know they grow quite fast but proportionally gain little size since the basal tissue compresses or concertina's almost as fast as the crown grows. This is shown if a plant gets marked near the crown by how quickly it disappears to the corky or naturally compressing barking base. In the plants shown the natural barking is stretched out compared to normal compressing, therefore the original plant may have been an abnormal tall growing mutation that has been clonally propagated?
Those who grow Lophophora's know they grow quite fast but proportionally gain little size since the basal tissue compresses or concertina's almost as fast as the crown grows. This is shown if a plant gets marked near the crown by how quickly it disappears to the corky or naturally compressing barking base. In the plants shown the natural barking is stretched out compared to normal compressing, therefore the original plant may have been an abnormal tall growing mutation that has been clonally propagated?
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