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  1. Posted

    6 hours ago, trucha said:

    Names circulating with clones can be troublesome. If that pachanoi originated in the wild near Matucana a hybrid would seem likely but it was more likely brought there as live material from elsewhere. It is a representative of what is often considered a desirable pachanoi as can be found elsewhere and there is no reason to think plants that match this are just as desirable.

    Here are some old historical history that might be helpful if anyone is not aware of its origin. The first one is a photo from Geronimo showing that smooth pachanoi along with 4 other "san pedros". This is what started my looking into asking how to get one of each.

    Geronimo_5tips_a.jpg

    The next photo was part of what Kitzu wqas sharing while we were discussing these and the question of how to get them into the US.

    Kitzu_pachanoi.jpg

    The cropped strip shows what arrived after a year tangle with the post office (they shipped with no IDs, labelling or phytosanitary and arrived showing disease so it was lucky we managed to get them)

    The pachanoi in the third image are what Ogunbodede analyzed and grew into what was distributed; mostly by me and at least one by Martin.

    5-SanPedro-unpacked-strip.jpg

    Love your work too Trucha.

    There seems to be, in the first and last pictures, at least two plants which are not even Trichocereus. Plant labelled "san pedro delgado espinoza 14 puntas" looks like a haageocereus. And the far right "san pedro ancash 6 puntas/bridgesii" looks like maybe a stenocereus? Assuming this is why you mention san pedro with inverted commas!

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    People get crushed like biscuit crumbs and laid down in the bitumen

    you have tried your best to please everyone

    but it just isn't happening

    This is your blind spot, blind spot

    It should be obvious, but it's not

     

     

     

     

     

     

  11. Posted

    9 hours ago, Pedro99 said:

    @Glaukus

    Do you think the whole column is doomed? 

     

    Varis in my climate are a horror story lol

    Look, it might survive. I was probably being overly pessimistic. Ive killed many variegates, some through lack of care, some through no fault of my own. I have found that once they show the symptoms, the disease is usually well established in the tissue and no matter how hard I cut, it reappears.

  14. Posted

    Hi gurus,

    Having issues on my phone (android). I can't navigate beyond page 1 on any of the forums. Clicking next page or even last page just takes me back to the top of page 1.

    Also searches don't do anything. Not even a page refresh when I hit search. 

    I've tried logging out and back in. Tried two different mobile browsers. No change.

    Any idea what's causing this issue?

  17. Posted

    If I am cutting to order for someone, I'd usually charge $2-3 per cm for reasonably standard stuff. Anything rare or highly desirable, I let the auction market decide. Sometimes I put what I think is a ridiculous buy it now price on something to test the water and it gets snapped up in a flash. You never know. The appearance of a cut sometimes is far more of a driver than the genetics. An immaculate greenhouse grown cutting with no blemishes or fingerprints will get a better price than a bigger but rougher looking cut of the same plant.

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  19. Posted

    5 minutes ago, bonecud_56 said:

    dunno about these guys, but I'm looking for a yellow caapi plant and/or seeds or both 

    I don't have any rooted up at the moment. I can get some going (might take a month or so) or I can send green cuts and you can root them yourself.

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  22. Posted

    I just read that viability is low even for seeds straight off the tree, and decreases with each passing day. Some sources say anything more than 2 weeks old are unviable. Will give it a go regardless. Thanks for the seeds.

  23. Posted

    I can see courtii is a possibility to hybridise with obtusifolia in my yard, they are flowering at the same time in close proximity. Courtii trees are podding up at the early stage now, really hoping for viable seeds this year.

    I grew out around a hundred tubes of obtuse from my local seed, sourced from the largest possible range of phenotypes I could collect. Only took a few pods from each, and I can say with a lot of certainty that any left are quickly eaten by sulfur crested cockatoos. I replanted more than 50 back into the same area, although more upslope. 

    I kept 15 of varying types for my yard, and gave away the others. 

    I like to think every little bit helps. I know opinions vary and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 

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