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lewis avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts : 862 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2008-05-07
| Subject: giant pereskiopsis Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:49 pm | |
| OMG! a normal pereskiopsis plant is shown on the right of the huge one with 'gigantism'. i think we need to get hold of some of this for grafting! imagine the growth rate!!! from site: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.kaktusy.com.pl/pliki/kurioza/chimery.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddigitostigma%2Bx%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN | |
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Lachy Moderator
Number of posts : 733 Location : Langwarrin Registration date : 2008-04-05
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:28 pm | |
| That... can't be right. Imagine what that would do to a scion! | |
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Kada Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 204 Location : International Registration date : 2008-04-05
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:45 pm | |
| looks normal, what's special about it? when grown in ground, outdoors in good conditions, they will grow much larger than that. they create shrubs/bushes/hedges etc when older. | |
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lewis avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts : 862 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2008-05-07
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:43 am | |
| normal? nothing on that site is normal... | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:00 am | |
| I too would consider it normal. They get pretty big like Kada said and they get massive sharp spines on them too, with these and the glochids it's hard to believe they are so popular. They their uses though and for this they can be forgiven lol | |
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Lachy Moderator
Number of posts : 733 Location : Langwarrin Registration date : 2008-04-05
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:22 am | |
| I certainly recognise that they indeed are big - sometimes it's easy to forget that Pereskiopsis exists in a form other than as an 8-inch cutting with a fragile Mexican species grafted to the tip... however, in this case the size of the plant and the growth pattern surprised me. Normally, to see a stem of that size you'd expect some branching to occur. This specimen has just grown straight up. | |
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lewis avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts : 862 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2008-05-07
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:33 am | |
| ^yep. because its got something wrong with it.. 'gigantism'. on the site there is the same thing with Opuntia subulata. | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:59 am | |
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Hellonasty Admin
Number of posts : 1824 Location : NSW Registration date : 2008-04-04
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:00 pm | |
| It certainly looks big to me | |
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Kada Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 204 Location : International Registration date : 2008-04-05
| Subject: Re: giant pereskiopsis Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:40 am | |
| ya many cool things on the site, but i just dont see anything but a big peresk there. try growing one in a big pots with good rich soil, high humidity full sun and 30C, you will get the same thing Pereskiopsis vary GREATLY just due to the environment | |
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