Another one :/

Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:25 pm

Got another one..

This is a cutting from a different friend of mine. His "mother" plant is very strange for a succulent! It is like a small bush of branches and leaves like what you see in my picture.

What ever this is, it hurts to touch. Tiny, invisible thorns like cactus thorns get stuck on the outer dermis of your fingers.. you only discover they are stuck there when you touch other things.. and they are next to impossible to get out with a tweezers!

Though this was a cutting, it must have taken root, because the top new growth has happened in about 3 weeks.

Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:38 pm

I'm sorry I don't have time to research the ID of your plant, but to get those thorns out -- they may be what are called glochidia -- just coat the affected finger(s) with rubber cement, let it set, then peel it off. The thorns will be embedded in the rubber cement.

Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:33 pm

Great Tip!!

Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:59 am

Kisal, That's a GREAT idea!!!! I sure learn a lot on here!!!

Thank you.

Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:35 am

Still no idea? If needed, I will take a picture of the mother plant. It is truly strange...

Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:37 am

I think that would be the best idea!!! Then you can hopefully find out?

Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:09 pm

Hopefully someone will see this:

THis is the mother plant from which I obtained my cutting

Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:25 pm

Still don't know what it is, but it sure is tall! Wow!!!
Must be somebody on here that can help you?????

Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:12 am

Apparently last summer, each branch grew about a foot (12 inches).. so.. I can look forward to my cutting getting quite big very soon!

Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:31 am

Fascinating (in my best Mr Spock voice)

Can you get a close up photo of the leaves, topside, underside and where it attaches to the plant stem?

It's a mystery that's itching to be solved! I think I've seen it somewhere before in my travels ... but the name escapes me for the moment.

Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:44 am

Next time I see my friend, I will take better pictures of the mother plant.

Also, I apologize for the poor quality of my digital camera (2005)

It is night time, so I couldn't get an underside photo properly. I wanted to show how the new growth has very visible hairs (or perhaps thorns??).. and the older leaves are just odd!!

Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:08 pm

!!!! I think I found the name of my plant!!!!

It's in the cactus family, with the name Pereskiopsis spathulata

Most of the photos are very similar.. It just seems that my cutting and my friend's plant is not doing as well as it could be!!

Anyone have tips for care??

Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:44 pm

Well done, you! Super-sleuth!

It's a cactus, eventhough it looks like a succulent. I would guess normal *cactus care* should apply, although having lots of leaves would mean it looses more water more quickly.

Interestingly, a lot of people have successfully grafter other types of cacti to it! Grafting cactus onto Pereskiopsis

Hey tinypixiexoxo, once you have the plant all settled nicely and flourishing under your careful ministrations, can I have a small cutting? I've got lots of Gymnocalysium mihanovichii "Hibotan" (moon cactus)pups that I'm dying to graft onto a suitable host and share out! I'll even send one to you if I know it can survive the post.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:12 am

FistulinaHepatica wrote:Well done, you! Super-sleuth!

It's a cactus, eventhough it looks like a succulent. I would guess normal *cactus care* should apply, although having lots of leaves would mean it looses more water more quickly.

Interestingly, a lot of people have successfully grafter other types of cacti to it! Grafting cactus onto Pereskiopsis

Hey tinypixiexoxo, once you have the plant all settled nicely and flourishing under your careful ministrations, can I have a small cutting? I've got lots of Gymnocalysium mihanovichii "Hibotan" (moon cactus)pups that I'm dying to graft onto a suitable host and share out! I'll even send one to you if I know it can survive the post.

Holy Moly where to start!

First, that explains the odd photos on the internet.. And now I get it!!! Grafting a moon cactus onto my.. plant (for short :roll:

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I will do one of two things depending on the outcome of the first: I will see if my friend would be willing to part with another cutting. If this would please you, about how big would you want it?

If not, when do you think I should take a cutting from mine (and again, how big?)

The one I have has already doubled in length, and August is apparently the month where it will really grow. Depending on how long you want to wait, or how large of a cutting.

Let me know! :shock:

Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:21 am

The diameter of the stalk is probably important.. mine is.. not very big :shock: