Growing another head !!

[Spanishfly]

I was inspired to start this thread because it is happening again!

I took this pic of my largest clump of Lophophora williamsii back in early 2013.

You can see a new head starting to emerge between three of the existing heads. (I don´t use the term pup as they are generally regarded as a peripheral new growth, subordinate to Mama.)

A year (and a repot) later it had muscled its three close companions to one side, and had flowered and fruited.

I am currently closely monitoring a repeat performance.

 

[Nathaniel]

Nice! :thumb_up:

 

[AcaciaConfusedYah]

Awesome! How large is that cluster? It's a beauty!

 

[Spanishfly]

Awesome! How large is that cluster? It's a beauty!

Thanks for the kind words.

This big!

 

[hostilis]

Beautiful!!! I hope I keep my seedlings alive long enough to get that huge! I'll probably be 50 years old by then.

 

[Spanishfly]

Beautiful!!! I hope I keep my seedlings alive long enough to get that huge! I'll probably be 50 years old by then.

Just a kid, then !!!!

 

[hostilis]

Beautiful!!! I hope I keep my seedlings alive long enough to get that huge! I'll probably be 50 years old by then.

Just a kid, then !!!!

How old is that thing?

 

[Spanishfly]

I bought it as a small seedling in 1999.

 

[Aegle]

Spanishfly

Your peyote cluster is breathtakingly beautiful, you definitely have a way with growing peyote's.


Much Peace and Kindness

 

[Spanishfly]

Aegle, thanks for the kind words.

 

[Nathaniel]

How do you tell the difference between diffusa and williamsii?

 

[Spanishfly]

How do you tell the difference between diffusa and williamsii?

Easiest by the flowers - both species are quite variable, anyway.

 

[Entheogenerator]

How do you tell the difference between diffusa and williamsii?

I'll share with you the same links that AlbertKLloyd shared with me when I asked the same question some time ago.

http://www.lophophora.info/Stalking%20the%20wild%20Lophophora_english-part%201.pdf

http://www.lophophora.info/Stalking%20the%20wild%20Lophophora_english-part%202.pdf

http://www.lophophora.info/Stalking%20the%20wild%20Lophophora_english-part%203.pdf

http://www.cactusconservation.org/CCI/library/2009_Snicer_TheLittlestLophophora.pdf

 

[Nathaniel]

Right. Thanks for the info. I had never even heard of diffusa until recently and I am always curious about how to identify different cacti. They are neat plants.

That picture of Lophos is seriously awesome. Nice looking cactus, that is!