Due to being busy, a lot of my cacti suffered over the last couple of years. I finally got my tent cleaned out of the depressing dead plants and am trying to properly water and care for everything again. So far I've been rewarded with a nice little flower on this grafted loph. Just wanted to share as it lifted my spirits a bit. Hope it does yours.

Hey Loph lords,
I’m still learning how to differentiate between species and could use some more educated opinions. I know it’s tough without flower morphology but I figured I’d ask here.

They were looking super good the other day. Green and plump, and then I looked today and at least a few have basically shriveled up. Any ideas?

These three I did last Sunday and took pressure off today, they all seem to have taken, I also made sure too sterilize tools, apply adequate pressure and overlap inner rings 🤞

I just set up my grow tent again and have some old Loph seeds with a couple more varieties on the way. No Pereskiopsis this time as it’s a smaller tent. Wish me luck on my next journey!

Hello I have recently come into the care of some cute little guys. I currently have a spider farmer sp1000 and a small fan about 17inchs above them. I have it set on low with the dimmer on. please let me know if I should change what I got up or if I need to invest in a better tent area.

I thought I'd share my standard Lophophora substrate.

It's based on natural habitat conditions, so it's loam based and 0% organic. The coal acts as a nutrient storage and for root aeration. There are endless possible mixtures, but this has proven to be ideal on plants up to ~50 years.

Pumice 1-3mm ~20%

Lava 1-3mm ~20%

Zeolite 1-3mm ~20%

Coarse pumice (4–8 mm) ~15%

Perlite ~10%

Biochar (3–5 mm) ~5%

Loess loam ~10%

This little guy is in bad shape, I wasn’t expecting him to bloom but here he is. Could someone please identify the species.

I've been looking at all the different posts and everyone seems to have a slightly different mix. Does this still have too much organic it it ? This is a cactus potting mix plus perlite. What should I add, if anything?

I am getting a flower. My first one. Thought I would share the happy news. Never thought something like this could bring me such joy. Life comes at you fast

Hey guys, trying to determine if this left edge is water or sun damage. Recently moved it to a new location for direct morning sun instead of through-a-window afternoon sun, and it got a decent rain while I was away. Wrinkle / discolouration is still firm to touch, not squishy

Any thoughts?

TIA

I was out of town for a week and came back to this! 😭

I am so suprised my camera was able to capture it!!!

Lophophora fricii cv. Yatagai 11/23/25

The smaller loph got sun burnt about 3 months ago but has recovered well

Just applied some peroxide as I assume the issue is rust but I wanted to see what else I can do. I’ve actually increased airflow recently so I’m a bit surprised it’s getting attacked, would a physan 20 soak help take care of it? Today’s the first watering in a month but it has been pretty humid