As the title says, H. 'Mammoth' with a flower stalk plantlet:
I had a few similar wither away before I decided to separate and root them, any tips on what and when should I do to maximise its chances?
Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
Nice! May I ask - did you force the plant to develop this (e.g. by cutting the stem)? I've never seen any of my Haworthias develop plantlets like this, even though it is said to happen occasionally.
My inkling would be to try rooting this sooner rather than later and treat it similar to a leaf cutting, but it would be very interesting to read what others who might actually have done this recommend.
My inkling would be to try rooting this sooner rather than later and treat it similar to a leaf cutting, but it would be very interesting to read what others who might actually have done this recommend.
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
Nothing in particular, if I recall correctly the flower stalk died off rather prematurely on this one, but I have a similar plantlet on H. cooperi var. truncata that flowered in full glory (will, it's still only Haworthia and its flowers...) and developed one, so this doesn't seem to be a factor. Maybe I have a neighbour with a wee nuclear reactor around?Christian wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:10 pm Nice! May I ask - did you force the plant to develop this (e.g. by cutting the stem)? I've never seen any of my Haworthias develop plantlets like this, even though it is said to happen occasionally.
My inkling would be to try rooting this sooner rather than later and treat it similar to a leaf cutting, but it would be very interesting to read what others who might actually have done this recommend.
Are you me, Mike?! Now "just" to keep it alive!
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
I've read that cutting the flower spike just above the first flower encourages these to form, don't know if this works though. These offsets on the flower stems usually continue to grow until the flower spike dries up. I'd leave it attached until the stem dries and then root it as a cutting. It happens with Aloes and Gasterias as well. Has anyone tried cutting the flower spikes to encourage stem offsets?
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
How's the plantlet working out Mat?
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
Oh, it is certainly in a desperate need of a new pot! I am also considering some leaf propagation attempts instead, will see how I feel about it when the repotting time comes.
I tried to match the framing of the first photo, but the light is much brighter now - "in person" it looks somewhere in between of the two photographs:
When looking at "windows", I am not that impressed by this cultivar to be fair:
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
It's looking good to me! Mammoth is on my list of wants so if you do make leaf props or the keiki survive/root let me know!
Been drooling over some of the ChinaHaworthia forms after Anttun put his thread up and can understand what you mean about the windows.
Been drooling over some of the ChinaHaworthia forms after Anttun put his thread up and can understand what you mean about the windows.
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Re: Not an Echinopsis, and not even a flower, but an odd Haworthia truncata 'Mammoth' with its own satellite dish!
@edds: check your PM
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