Anhalonium anyone?

[iann]

L. Jourdaniana (Anhalonium Lewinii)

And I quote "extremely rare and highly sought after cactus" and "This species is very rarely offered for sale on eBay"

[Julie]

Now that is different!

[Vic]

No wonder it's extremely rare Ian - I've never heard of Anhalonium, lol!!!

[Phil_SK]

Nice bit of lateral thinking. You can't argue with "rarely offered on eBay"!

[Dirk Everaerd]

I follow this item for about 2 weeks because I am curious about it! I think it is not a cluster but 3 or 4 Lop. put in 1 pot and that makes a price of about 4?!

[Chris43]

To me it looks like a plant that has been too heavily fertilised, and has grown and sprouted oddly. Perhaps a degraft?

To quote one website, Anhalonium lewisii "weakens the heart, produces insanity, and causes a form of intoxication...............Also visions of monsters and various gruesome forms". Hmmm......a self description?

Its just a odd looking Loph. williamsii, and in my view anyone paying more than a fiver must be mad. Just my opinion of course....clearly not that of the guy who has bid ?48 so far...I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I should be more tolerant. Maybe that's my New Year's good resolution...

[iann]

It does look like a degrafted plant, especially if it really is a single plant. To me it actually looks like it is still on a graft (although the listing says own roots), sitting up there unnaturally above the soil. Probably only just been potted up

[Guest]

Hi ian,

I completly agree with you on this it is either a grafted or recently degrafted plant. I have done dozens of Lophophora and grown them on a graft until they are about 10cm diameter and then rooted them. They then take several years to look 'normal' I only did these for my own collection and the picture shows one after 3 years of being on it's own roots but it still shows signs of the pumped up grafting.

[Guest]

This is another one 18 months after taking off the graft, you will see the tufts only seem to develop after removal from the graft.

[Mr Crimson]

Hi Bob,

nice plants you got there.

I was actually looking around for pics of degrafted lophs, as I am curious how they will look after growing on own roots for a while (I want mine to look as close to natural as possible)

I have some "rarely sold on ebay" grafts myself, mounted on Pereskiopsis. One of them (around 8 months old) have had tufts on it for several weeks, seems like its going to flower soon. I also have 6 months old v.Decipiens which seems to develop tufts.


Oyvind