Thought I would post an update on this graft. As you can see it is continuing to grow in the same fashion as the original pictures. I still don't know what to make of it.......I do know I like it

That's fascinating growth... the black spines against the white flecking make for a very attractive contrast.

looks great!!

Thanks, I am hoping it will produce another set of pups this year....that would be nice. Also it has one head with five ribs and the rest have 4, kinda strange.

the different ribbing is weird, but its a cool plant anyway

You can see similar plants in grafted Astrophytum. I have similar ones, myriostigma v nudum and asterias.
Normal pups will come out from areoles but your plant seems not.
I have never seen similar one on own-rooted Astrophytum.

I think the seedling on the photo of 12th March is shown quite strong Onzuka character but the character becomes weak on current plant.

I have a few A myriostogma (cv somethings) doing the same thing - they are grafted onto Trichocereus - quite an impressive way of mass propagation.

I have just done a A myriostigma kikko nudum which i hope will do the same.

Hanazono and WT please post a pic of your plants, I would love to see them.

Yes I agree with you Hanazono the pups are not coming from areoles. Have a look at the second last picture it looks like the first two cotyledons formed a growing tip each, and then the right side has split growing more heads.


Check this link out from over at Astromania, now thats a cool and weird pant.

http://www.panarottocactus.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=664&highlight=


I really like this one too,

NOT MY PLANT or PHOTO, many thanks to the original uploader

FWIW I have a feeling that the plant directly above is not a natural multiheader but rather what was originally a normal solitary A.myriostigma which, for whatever reason (be it insect damage, accident, deliberate drilling etc.) had the original growth point damaged by mechanical means which resulted in the cessation of apical dominance and subsequently the initiation of prolific new growth points from the lateral areoles. Some growers deliberately damage the growth point of solitary rare plants to induce mad pupping for propagational purposes.
This technique (i.e. drilling of growth point) is also used by commercial growers to produce the multiheaded E.grusonii so clumps popular in the trade.

Hellonasty
myriostigma v nudum cv khoyo
I took this photo in 2003. I degrafted and separated this plant and each heads has been grown own roots.

asterias cv megane-hakuten super kabuto
I took this photo in 2006. The stock has been cut as 3 cm length and buried in potting mix.

Hanazono

Thanks Hanazono. Really nice plants. I really like that kabuto