Areole grafting?

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Lewis_cacti
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Very well done Hanazono! :) Mammillaira luethyi is a very rare plant in Australia. i want one but my seeds did not germinate!
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cactusbutt wrote: Thu May 01, 2008 6:55 pm here is my one and only try so far,6 weeks after grafting.I used F.glaucescens f. inermis
it sat and did nothing for 5 weeks and this last week it has really taken off.kinda blurred pic
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Hello, did you just attached the areole or a tape was used to make sure the scion and RS bond well? Thank you in advance.

I am planning to use this technique in my G. spegazzini and G. paraguayanse that have been rotting inside.
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Re: Areole grafting?

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As Hanazono implies we should really call it tubercle grafting to avoid confusion since you could not graft an areole without any tubercle tissue to sustain it below. With such small scions also it is important you line up the vascular bundles with that of the stock. It is not always correct to place them central on the stock since that may miss the vascular bundles and risk a dry graft where the union eventually fails. With grafting on Pereskiopsis the stock diameter is very similar to that of the scion so can be more centrally placed.

Note in the video below on grafting tubercles on an Opuntia pad the tubercles are staggered rather than in the centre so as to be on the vascular bundles which form an oval shape in flat padded Opuntias. Unlike the normal circular shape in most circular section cacti.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA3ZIjHGKZ0

Opuntia pads are of course stems not leaves as the link below calls them. However grafting on newly forming pads may prove more successful since the vascular bundles being newer are not as lignified as in the older pad, therefore more like grafting on Pereskiopsis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rq47ErX6n0

Regarding aligning or overlapping vascular bundles for a successful graft, if you click on the image in the link below it will enlarge. See:-

http://www.kadasgardens.com/grafting2.html
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