Lophophora koehresii x Lophophora fricii cross breeding (Peyote hybrids).

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Lophophora koehresii x Lophophora fricii Cross Breeding Hybrids

Lophophora fricii Plant Used

Pollen was taken from this plant to pollinate the L. koehresii shown to the right. It also recieved pollen from that plant.

Lophophora koehresii Plant Used

Pollen was taken from this plant to pollinate the Lophophora fricii shown to the left. It also recieved pollen from that plant. The fruit in the photo is from this cross.

Materials

1. Flowering Lophophora fricii plant.

2. Flowering Lophophora koehresii plant.

3. 2 clean (no pollen) fine brushes.

4. Isolated spot from other cacti.

Method/Procedure

1. Once the flowers are about to open (1-2 days prior), plants are moved to a new spot without other cacti around and far away as to not allow natural things to pollinate by accident (try as much as we can anyway).

2. Once the flowers are fully open, we loaded one paint brush with Lophophora fricii pollen; the other paint brush with Lophophora koehresii pollen.

3. Once both brushes are loaded with pollen, we procede to very gently rub the pollen over the stigma. We try to cover every lobe as best we can.

4. Brushes are cleaned after use and lids placed on.

5. We continued steps 3 & 4 for 3 days as the flowers were open that long.

6. Once fruits developed we picked them and dried the seeds away from any others as to not mix them up (also labelled)

7. Once dry we sowed seeds. The rest of the procedure can be followed in the journal further down this page.

Results/Outcome

Not a lot of conclusions can be drawn from this as we only used one L. koehresii plant (grafted) and 2 L. fricii plants (all seed grown, unrelated) in our experiments (more to follow in time). But what we did see was that Lophophora koehresii readily accepted the pollen of Lophophora fricii and produced fruits every time pollinated.

Lophophora fricii, on the other hand, did not accept the pollen of Lophophora koehresii and did not once show any signs of producing fruit. These plants were left an addtional 7 months with no signs of fruit.

Reproductive behaviour of F1 plants.

L. koehresii x L. fricii f1 - Attempt of fertilizing itself has proven not to work well. Tried many times to self fertilize one 3 different plants and nothing has come of it, so it seems that these hybrids are, like both their parents, self sterile.

Timeline.

March, 2008-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar) (FK-005)

34 seeds produced. Sowed all 34 in March, 2008.

April, 2008: 10 seedlings grafted to Pereskiopsis.

July 06, 2008: Grafted plants measure 13-44mm in diameter. Seed grown plants are 1-3mm.

Notes: Father: seed grown, 10 cm. Mother: grafted plant, 12 cm. These 2 plants were crossed with each other on a couple occasions. The pollen from the Lophophora fricii plant was readily accepted by the grafted Lophophora koehresii mother. However, at the same time, the pollen from the Lophophora koehresii was not accepted by the same Lophophora fricii plant.

[Photos Father plant | Fruits on mother | Grafted hybrid ]

September 18, 2008-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar) (FK-005)- UPDATE

These plants, after being grafted to Pereskiopsis, are now from 2-4.5 cm, most being around 3.5cm. Most are offseting a lot, and one had its apical meristem eaten by a caterpillar in July. The seed grown plants are about 4 mm wide.

[Photos Grafted hybrid | Grafted hybrid ]

November 10, 2008-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar) (FK-005)- UPDATE

Growing well, by the looks of things, flowers may be present this coming Spring. Everything is about the same except bigger. I have moved some pups to myrtle stocks, and degrafted one for it to grow on its own roots (starting to root now). The seed grown ones are fewer now due to deaths while I was away, but there are still some around, about 3mm now.

[Photos Grafted hybrid | Grafted hybrid ]

February 10, 2009-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar) (FK-005)- UPDATE

This plant was grafted to Myrtillocactus geometrizans a couple months ago and is now growing quite well. 41mm Diameter.

[Photos Grafted hybrid]

May 29, 2009-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar)- UPDATE

This plant is still grafted to Pereskiopsis spathulata. These are the first flowers of any of them, and they are much like that of Lophophora fricii, the father. Seen as these plants are from a Lophophora koehresii mother and has the flowers of L. fricii it would seems reasonable to presume that these are in fact true hybrids.

[Photos Flower buds | Flower buds | Open Flower. | Open Flowers]

Almost all are now degrafted and rooting or rooted on their own. There are also a few grafts made from the offests. This is probably as far as I am going with this timeline, as everything looks good. Look for additional notes to this page and also information on future breedings with these plants.

August 19, 2009-Lophophora koehresii (Seed bearer) x Lophophora fricii (Pollen donar) (FK-001)- UPDATE