One of my favourite grafts has split and I mean literally in half !! So much so the vascular tissue is exposed
So not happy. Looks like todays hot dry windy weather and a little too much water caused it. It was grafted to Myrtillo Geo, I thought It looked pretty turgid and fat but didn't think it would split like that.

I really liked this plant....What a shame it looks terminal. That will teach me to force growth too early in spring

I will post a pic tomorow.

sorry to hear it HN mate.
it wouldn't have split here.. only got to 21C
i don't have one but i did have the opportunity recently to buy a small own roots one for $6.. perhaps i should have taken that opportunity!
apparently they have somewhat of a reputation for this splitting behaviour, even more so if grafted. i guess they just aren't designed for fast growth...the same could be said for a lot of miniatures i think.

Yeah it got real warm round our way HN too. My cacti loved it, though the Brugmansias drooped all day in the shade

By the looks of things Cintia have very soft and thin skin much like lophophora. Too bad I guess, I have some small sedlings I will graft so not all is lost.

Still it sucks.

I would have jumped on that plant lewis !! I think Cintia are wonderful and still very rare.

very shitty happens though.....

but you may still have a plant that lives. splitting in half is oogly as &*(& but they often make it through and pup form there in 5 years you may not even be able to notice it cause you have a nice bouquet

hope it pulls through

Bummer! A very rare and collectable plant. Have heard that are very troublesome in cultivation.

Ahh damn, sorry to hear about this HN.

This comes from Cactus Art.



Cultivation:
On a graft the plants are easier to grow, but the body splits if
over-watered (especially in spring).

And now for the gory details >











See what I mean thats a serious split !!

Nasty! Still I wouldn't give up just yet, keep it dry and hopefully something with come of it.

nice healthy flesh don't let water get near there!

looks bad, but as far as bad goes it looks good

like said, keep it dry and you will have a nice cactus once more

did you cut it or was the split that wide?

I have not touched it. I think it split so wide due to the dry heat and wind yesterday.

I got one of these little buggers, and I almost watered it once which caused it to split... it has survived so far, but I only think about watering it now.

This was before it split...



CP