'Spiral Out' - Mutant Cactus

Sacred spirals… perfectly imperfect.

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We could spend all day staring deep into the spirals of this cresting monstrose Echinopsis Pachanoi. But then again, we Celebrate Ugly every chance we get.

If you’re looking for a really unique feature plant, as a gift for your plant lover, then maybe you should get them to Spiral Out. The crests on this Monstrose cactus spiral around in almost perfect imperfection.

What’s a crest? Crests are mutations in cactus where they develop multiple points of growth. Rather than shooting straight up with a vertical growth, a crest can make the plant look like it is unfolding.

The crests on ‘Spiral Out’ are so well formed that some of them look like the top of a horn.

Stats

Height: 15cm
Age: 2-3 years.

Genetics

Torres & Torres x Olivia
The Torres & Torres Pachanoi clone is said to have been discovered in northern Chile, while Olivia is also a Pachanoi clone, with strong monstrose tendencies.

Notes

‘Spiral Out’ is a very healthy mutant. It was grown as a graft on Pereskiopsis Spathulata here in Australia by one of our country’s best growers. It is a de-graft, with a fully developed root system. It’s ready to be planted in a big pot, and will love full sun and good water.

Growing process

Grafting is the art of taking two cacti and grafting them together to create a new and unique plant. The ‘scion’ is the grafting stock (the plant that will transfer its growth to the new plant). The graft is the new plant, which has been grafted onto the scion. Grafting takes a lot of skill to create a happy healthy plant, care to keep it growing on the root stock and then more skill and care to detach the graft (degraft) and then ‘root’ the plants, so it has its own root stock.