Jan 17, 2010

Decapitated Peyote

Here is a picture of the decapitated peyote from just after the graft, I am afraid that I might have not left it an areole to grow a new pup from! :<





This is a really interesting cross section of the peyote, it shows the 4 tissue parts very distinctly.
  • The outer epidermis (skin),
  • The darker green layer contains cells specialised for light absorption (these also contain the most alkaloids),
  • The paler vascular tissue is specialised for water and nutrient storage,
  • And lastly the whitish circle contains xylem/phloem tubes which transport products throughout the plant.


    Here is the same plant 18 days later, as you can see it has fully callused over. I am not fairly sure there is no areole for the plant to grow a new pup from, this means it will eventually just die! :<





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