Sprouting out all over
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Sprouting out all over
I lopped a head of my (grafted) Punotia for a forum member earlier in the year and as a result it’s sprouted a lot of new growth. Very tempting to lop a few more off next year and see if it becomes a little bushier.
Mike
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Re: Sprouting out all over
You have been rewarded for an act of kindness, Mike!
Ralph Martin
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Members visiting the Llyn Peninsula are welcome to visit my collection.
Swaps and sales at https://www.rrm.me.uk/Cacti/forsale.php
My Field Number Database is at https://www.fieldnos.bcss.org.uk
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Re: Sprouting out all over
Whereas my Michael Kießling clone has always been well-branched (both the original grafted on Austrocylindropuntia and the piece I grafted onto Opuntia humifusa) my 'standard British' clone has been fairly reluctant to produce sufficient branches to give it a clump appearance until recently. In the last couple of years (I've had this plant now for 14 years) it has shown a bit more enthusiasm for branching and there is hope that it might become less Medusa-like as time goes on. There are, however, some very long dangly stems that reach down the sides of the pot almost to staging level; maybe this is a strategy for helping it to adjust to the uneven terrain in habitat, forming a ground-hugging clump wherever it happens to be.
Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia