Price range: $600.00 through $999.00
*Being as rare as this plant is, inquire by email*
Run Amok. The macrogonus x bridgesii that has produced the spineless monstrose tips that I’ve shared for the last 6 years. Sown in our garden, the weirdo’s don’t stop on this clone. The growth is almost exactly like TBM clone A or long form pen!s, while being much more resilient to disease and fungal activity. The blues come in stronger, the thick columns come in wider. The veiny ribby mouth shaped tips come in stranger every time. The tips never grow spines, so its a very slow propagation to work with, but the benefit of that long process has produced very consistent inconsistent growth. Always spineless at the tip, and always offsetting with areoles initially. It’s like we discovered TBM again but better. We didn’t release any of this clone for 5 years because we wanted to make sure we understood exactly how this was going to grow. It would have been sad had the plant been released to people with no areoles and failsafes for its growth pattern.
You will receive the exact cutting or one similar In size or heft. Fresh cuttings will need 5-7 days to callous before shipping
As with a clone like this, its very important that the areoles are healthy for new offsets to grow if the tip ever terminates just like TBM. Thats why you won’t find this available without spines and areoles attached.
These ornamental plants are grown outdoors in full Southern California sun, no shadecloth, no greenhouse.. They are healthy but some have some blemishes and marks maybe evidence of old pests even. We do our best to keep them healthy. I’ve recently knocked it down with an insecticide and fungicide. Plants sent unpotted or bare root when dry.
I use hormodin3 rooting hormone and I like to dry for a week or two on their side exposed to air. When calloused I root them in pure coco coir or potting media. I stand them up and keep them dry. Warmth at the base with a heat mat in winter helps or warm direct sun in the morning for 2-3 hours. I then taper in more sun around lunch and then all day if you can without burning it. Small sips of water as the medium dries to tease the roots out. This can be 2 weeks to 2 months. When roots arrive then I pot them in soil. And let them get some water. Or you can do all of this in the same pot of soil if you like.
T5 full spectrum bulbs or a good LED vipar spiderfarm hlg is good. You can dive into ppfd and lux etc
Have heat mats that have a thermocouple set to 75* in the soil. You don’t want the soil to get too hot so it must be regulated.
Use clean new soil. Pasteurize in the microwave if you so choose. Start your seed with a soak of hydrogen peroxide as that helps slightly soften the kernel. Some people like to go a bit stronger with fungicides to start with too.
I Feed often . Kelp or a good liquid nutrient. They are fairly hungry plants even at this size. Mycorrhizae when you can. Beneficial microbes are great too.
Humidity domes for 2-3 months is what I use to get them to germinate and grow to the size where they can acclimate to no domes. Some people use takeaway containers as they can hold the moisture in indefinitely without having to refeed or water. Most important is find what works for you!
