tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post7342329470797790202..comments2024-03-17T03:31:37.213-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Random plant event: Cereus peruvianus sucker?mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37145451889476136012009-08-22T13:53:59.430-07:002009-08-22T13:53:59.430-07:00The log-cutting theory would explain it; I didn...The log-cutting theory would explain it; I didn't know these could be propagated that way (I would have assumed they'd just rot).<br /><br />The mealybugs lasted longer on the older, much taller two plants; the six small ones had mealybugs to one degree or another but the infestation never seemed particularly dire on any of the plants, just persistent and hard to eliminate. This mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-17878923035184723582009-08-22T11:30:42.173-07:002009-08-22T11:30:42.173-07:00Not neccesarily... It's common with these plan...Not neccesarily... It's common with these plants to grow them from log cuttings. That's where you take a 1 to 3 foot section of the plant stem, cut at both ends and lay it flat on the ground, then half bury it. The 'log' will then send roots into the ground, and all along the top it will send up new growing tips. These tips are then broken off and rooted. If this was how they Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66540630971630344402009-08-22T09:12:36.383-07:002009-08-22T09:12:36.383-07:00I couldn't swear to it, but I think this plant...I couldn't swear to it, but I think this plant was <i>probably</i> seed-grown. When I first bought them in Nov. 2006, there were three plants per pot, and I divided them. It's been long enough that I'm not positive, but I think they were sort of shaped like a fat cigar, tapered on the bottom. If they'd been grown from cuttings, there would have been an obvious cut, still, correct?mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-19784424368335673882009-08-22T07:59:57.267-07:002009-08-22T07:59:57.267-07:00When you potted it up, were there any areoles belo...When you potted it up, were there any areoles below the soil line? A cactus can offset or bloom from any areole.<br /><br />Claude has a point. If your plant was grown from a cutting, it may simply have been old enough to start branching out and it just decided to grow a branch from an areole beneath what is now the soil line.CelticRosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-90312611313165357922009-08-22T05:26:29.189-07:002009-08-22T05:26:29.189-07:00I would just be thrilled (aren't you?!) that m...I would just be thrilled (aren't you?!) that mama is happy in her home and producing for you ;) But I know your inquiring mind wants to know HOW...WHY??? Like your blog title states...lol.lynn'sgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104383899991317740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66272490936346867872009-08-22T05:17:09.281-07:002009-08-22T05:17:09.281-07:00I've seen them used as fences (not even goats ...I've seen them used as fences (not even goats eat them I guess) but no habla espanol, at least not enough to ask how they managed to get them so thick - suckers? Imagine your picket fence bursting into glorious bloom some night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-91739096247462848572009-08-22T04:24:17.578-07:002009-08-22T04:24:17.578-07:00Well, if it was grown from a cutting, the cutting ...Well, if it was grown from a cutting, the cutting may have been getting ready to put up a branch in what was now below the soil line. Usually they don't start branching until they're at least 3 feet tall, and the first branches on my hildemannianus started right below some minor damage on the stem, so maybe there was a ding on the stem below the soil line... the next 2 branches came Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.com