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! :<