Astrophytum myriostigma cv. ONZUKA f.CRISTATA

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Greetings,

Yesterday I found one offset on my normal ONZUKA grafted seedling (3months old) starting to be crest

[Karlet]

A nice surprise!

[marazz53]

Hi ToKra, very nice, graft it now...

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Hi ToKra, very nice, graft it now...

Hi Mario,

Why to graft ? Its already grafted

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

A nice surprise!

In deed it was

[marazz53]

Hi ToKra, graft the cristate part for itself...

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Hi ToKra, graft the cristate part for itself...

Hi Mario,
You think it's worth?

[marazz53]

Hi ToKra, That is what I do with mine. You will have a stronger pant with another engine. You'll have 2 plants with 2 engines not 1 stock with 2 plants. When I find some time I will show you exactly with proof of my plant...

[Simon]

That's a stroke of good luck Tokra!
If it were mine I'd cut off the big normal head to push growth to the crest. Then, when the crest is long enough to make three sections about 15-20mm, cut off two sections to regraft and leave a section on the original stock as insurance.

[cortona]

in my little experience i've noticed that cristate plants grow nice with strongrootstock and tend to revert if underfeeded to normal ones, so i agree with Mario, a personal rootstock can be a nice choice!

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Hello everyone,
I cut off cristate offset and grafted it to Eriocereus jusberti yesterday, wish me good luck... or better wish good luck to stock, to stick together 

[marazz53]

Astrophytum myriostigma cv. "Onzuka FUKURYU haku-jo"

Astrophytum myriostigma cv. "Onzuka FUKURYU haku-jo" forma cristata

Astrophytum myriostigma cv. "Onzuka FUKURYU haku-jo" forma cristata

[marazz53]

Hi ToKra, in the first photo there is a cristate offset on the right hand side. In the 2nd. and 3rd. photo I grafted the cristate offset by itself. This will help the cristate plant to grow stronger and better. HAPPY???...

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Hi ToKra, in the first photo there is a cristate offset on the right hand side. In the 2nd. and 3rd. photo I grafted the cristate offset by itself. This will help the cristate plant to grow stronger and better. HAPPY???...

Nice.

What stock you used? It looks like Trichocereus pasacana, isnt ?

[cortona]

Dear Mario, the uncristate plant deserve a post for itself, it looks beautifull! can you post a bigger photos of this plant?

[marazz53]

Hi ToKra, thanks. That stock is Trichocereus pachanoi.

[marazz53]

Hi cortona, thanks. I will take some new photos of it this week if the weather permits cos, to-morrow and Saturday we are going to have 2 days THUNDERSTORMS here in Malta...

[marazz53]

Astrophytum myriostigma cv. "Onzuka FUKURYU haku-jo"

Astrophytum myriostigma cv. "Onzuka FUKURYU haku-jo"

[marazz53]

Hi cortona, the rain etc. stopped and I went up to take a fresh photo as promised.

[cortona]

thanks, it is a really nice plant! is it a cross onzukaxfukuruyu or the reverse cross?