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Old 30-01-2012, 11:11 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens
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Default again: my epiphyllum grafting

Am 30.01.2012 22:03, schrieb joevan:
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:33:48 +0100, wrote:

One of my grafting experiments.
In April 2010 I grafted a piece of an epiphyllum on a Myrtillocactus. It
has not died yet, but there has not been much growth either except for a
tiny sprout in spring last year, which broke off (due to my clumsiness
. But there are small buds again this year at the uppermost eyes at
both sides. The scion at the right of the stock has grown last year.

G Willi
http://members.aon.at/supervague/images/garden.html

Cool, I have an orchid cactus that looks something like that. How is
it done, the grafting I mean?


First I cut off the top of the cactus. Then I cut a sharp wedge out
across the top of the remaining stock and carved the epiphyllum with
precise cuts so that it would fit precisely into that slot. I put both
parts together as quick as possible and fixed them with a rubber band.
After a few weeks I removed the rubber bands.

Thanks for looking.