Author Topic: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings  (Read 1053 times)

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looking for healthy cuttings of different pereskia & quiabentia species + pereskiopsis spathula (or others) for grafting
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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2021, 07:54:55 AM »
Have pereskiopsis spathulata cuttings if you want. Would be mostly midsection cuts. Have a bunch of tall leggy ones that need cut.
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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2021, 08:17:25 AM »
I'm really look for good size sections because I hopefully want to propagate my own. I also may need somethign on the thicker side as Ill be using em as rootstock for thicker cacti.

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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2021, 09:44:44 AM »
I have pereskia aculiata and perescopsis poteri

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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2021, 12:43:36 AM »
I'd be interested in p. poteri, has it ever flowered

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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2021, 06:30:14 AM »
I'm really look for good size sections because I hopefully want to propagate my own. I also may need somethign on the thicker side as Ill be using em as rootstock for thicker cacti.

The thickest sized ones I have found were Pereskia grandiflora...they also have an upright growth pattern. The least vine like when they get large. Not sure about rate of growth, but they may better support grafts. I heard pereskiopsis is better for speed of graft growth, but I haven't read anything about that.
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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2021, 07:00:53 AM »
The thickest sized ones I have found were Pereskia grandiflora...they also have an upright growth pattern. The least vine like when they get large. Not sure about rate of growth, but they may better support grafts. I heard pereskiopsis is better for speed of graft growth, but I haven't read anything about that.
Of course I see this now after ordering some others! I got Pereskia lychnidiflora (the one i bought hopefully might be a misidentified quiabentia sp.!) , pereskia bleo which also seem to be thicker stemed and upward growing.
This is also part of my own pseudo-experiment to test out different cacti rootstock for columnar/larger cacti.

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Re: WTB: different pereskia, quiabentia or pereskiopsis sp cuttings
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2021, 10:11:39 PM »
P. Poteri. Not flowered yet but I saw it in the wild. I can send 2 plants 10$ each. Message me if interested