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Story:
This original plant appeared unexpectedly in a grafted plant, the
graft-chimaera sprouted up as a small branch from the point of
union of the
stock and
scion from the
callus containg
tissues of both species.
Description:
This is a very slow growing plant with an external
layer of
epidermal cell of
Ortegocactus macdougalli that
cover a second inner layer of tissues of
Opuntia compressa like a glove. The plant colour is the
unmistakable grey-blue metallic tone of the Ortegocactus, but
the plant shape is that of a minuscule Opuntia with small irregular
cladodes up to 3-5 cm of length. This plant is quite unstable and
have a tendency to revert to common Opuntia shoots.
Chimeras in the the Cactaceae family: Chimaeras
of plants belonging to the Cactaceae
family are very rare and quite unusual in
cultivation. The first chimera + Hylocalycium (Hylocereus
undatus + Gymnocalycium mihanovichii forma rubra
“cv. Red Hibotan”), was described in cactus & succ .J. of
America 1987 61- 4 2,
Recently some other chimerical cactus have
been signalled in internet for example:
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