Grafting - (Oct/07/2011 )
toejam on Mon Dec 5 12:41:58 2011 said:
I hadn't heard of grafting between different species, but if it's published I suppose it's possible. there are many different kinds of grafting. probably one that could work is a bud grafting, but then meristematic tissue is normally virus-free. I guess you'll have to try different grafting methods. good luck!
Its possible, but hard and the grafts dont survive that long.
Its more something done for research rather then more commercial things.
you're absolutely right pito, i hadn't thought about it before, but i knew i had seen it somewhere: in cacti
toejam on Tue Dec 6 00:36:34 2011 said:
you're absolutely right pito, i hadn't thought about it before, but i knew i had seen it somewhere: in cacti
haha, indeed, I didnt even think about this.
But with cacti its indeed done very often they graft between species.
perhaps within a plant family (Cactaceae) it's easier than between different families? Or anyway all cacti are the same species, but they didn't realised it so far? 
for sure they are, same as all spiders.. 
species are just an anthropocentric creation after all. however, grafting does not have the same opinion..
well grafting is even more anthropocentric, naturally it's extremely rare I guess...and the differentiation species or families should have some biological backbone, and usually it has.
most of the time, yes... i can't remember any graft that happens naturally. i'm thinking the most similar would be parasitic plants, but then i'm biased.. 
I also had trees in mind, where accidentally two trees can grow together in a stem, or just a branch. I can remember some images where I saw it...
