Lophophora Williamsii Seedlings

These seedlings were sown on the 14/11/09 so they are now 7.5 months old. As with the Trichocereus seedlings they have been deprived of regular watering over the past couple of months, so they are not as well developed as they could be! They have grown to 1+cm now though and all are ready to be grafted! I do intend to leave several as they are though as they are just so cute.







Here they are on the 9/12/09 at roughly 1 month old.


9/12/09

Here is an image of some seedlings at 2.5 months old, 7/01/10


7/01/10

Here they are on the 7/06/10 at 7.5 months old.

7/06/10

I will grow some more seedlings soon as I have found these to be very satisfying to grow!

Lophophora Williamsii Seedling Update!

An update on the 50 Seeds planted 14/11/09.
Only twelve germinated over the first week which I think was down the the weather being dull. These are now 2 and 1/2 months old!
One lonely guy decided to germinate last week for no reason, so I hope more will follow his idea.

The rest have grown well and a few are beginning to grow the distinct peyote rib formation!
Here are some pictures:



Lophophora Williamsii Seedlings



Lophophora Williamsii Seedlings


Over winter I plan to sow a load more seeds under lights and heat. This way they will be able to benefit from spring/summer weather!

The First Seedling

Last month I ordered 20 Echinopsis lageniformis (Previously Trichocereus bridgesii) seeds from an Ebay vendor. I am pretty sure they are the correct genus but I guess only time will tell!

I was so eager to plant them when they came, that four went straight into a tiny terracotta pot I had. A water bottle with the bottom cut off provided the humidity needed to germinate.

A few days later one of the tiny seedlings began to emerge! (it was greeted with a worrying amount of excitement).

An accident a few days after caused the pot to fall off the windowsill and spill soil everywhere (devastated :<) but I managed to save and replant the fragile seedling.

It kept on growing wonderfully and is now about 50mm (1/2 cm) tall!

Here are a few pics, as you can see it has formed its first four Areoles!