15 July 2008
Establishing small Punas
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
I’ve noticed this week that the small piece of Puna clavarioides that I’ve been establishing has begun to grow, sending a small shoot out of its side. It took a good long while to want to send roots out, and in fact several pieces from the same cutting are still yet to root, more than 7 months after I received them.
It does seem to be behaving slightly differently to a single-joint piece of Puna bonnieae that I’ve rooted. It seems to have diverted most of its energy into the production of a tuber, and has shown no signs of vegetative growth this year, although it’s clearly reasonably happy and plump. The clavarioides is on the left, of course.
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