Yeti101

Do other Psychotria species contain tryptamines? Eg, Psychotria loniceroides, a native that grows frow Cape York as far south as Bega? Wouldn't it be fun if it did :-)

Uh. I have been rtying to find info on the mysterious cat-thyme mentioned in one of the other forums here. I found all sorts of stuff that led me to this page http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/resear...ARprojects.html Go almost down to the bottom, Where it says "Synthesis of Bioactive Terpenes". They are trying to sythesise what? Shouldn't someone tell them that it is naughty? Or do they get excused from the normal rules? This is also interesting, if anyone could be bothered reading it http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/qb93-02.htm Also, fuck there are alot of diffent diterpenoids. I had enough trouble with tryptamine chemistry, but this gives me a headache. And everything seems to have them in them (does that make sense?). Cat-thyme,scoparia dulcis, Baccharis genistelloides (Clerodane derivatives, Diterpenoids)It is all too much. One thing is just running into another. And I still have to write a conclusion for an essay on the philosophy of science (not that there is such a thing.) Blah.

Cool, thanks Theo. All this investigation into salvia sp got me thinking about other interesting plants and their relatives. still I would be interested in seeing an analyis of some australian pychotrias.

A favorite philosopher of mine said it best I think: “there is only one principle that can be defended under all circumstances and in all stages of human development. It is the principle: anything goes”

Or how about this? http://www.chem.mq.edu.au/npg/abstracts/SH.html

I know this is slightly of the topic now, but I would like to thank assassin for giving me a whole stack of plants and other goodies he didn't want because he is moving. Expect me to be giving away plants etc in the coming months as I propogate them. I will end up with too much stuff, and I want to give something away, to even up the balance because various people have given me alot. - Yeti [This message has been edited by Yeti101 (edited 08 June 2002).] [This message has been edited by Yeti101 (edited 08 June 2002).]

Yay!!!

I look forward to being there. But surely others will be up for it also?

Sounds good. But my darkened room also has my computer in it. So I guess I'll sit and attempt to chat my way through the experience. Never tried that before, usually just have a dark room.

Yeh you can make it yourself. But the process is a bit more involved that just chuking some wormwood and other assorted herbs in alcohol. I've tried it and it tastes like shit and does not work really. Apparently after soaking the herbs in the alcohol,. the whole lot is redistilled. This gets rid of most of the tannin and nasty tasting stuff, and keeps the aromatic oils. It also helps with the pretty green colour. As for European absinthe, it does the job. A friend bought back a bottle from France. I can personally vouch that only a small amount is required to get you really trashed.

Thanks, I'll see how it goes.

The leaves on my two smallest Sal.div plants have started to go a bit yellow and pale. Does anyone know what this is? I don't think it is the weather, as my two big plants are still very healthy looking,despite the cold. -Yeti

I don't know about dancing, but if you have already ingested some small bits of paper it is an amazing feeling.

But does it really work? I've seen alot of things in supplements that are 'precursors' to stuff, eg wild yam capsules as a 'precursor' to DHEA (I have read that the chemicals in wild yam cannot be converted to hormones by the body, it takes an industrial process.) But I could be wrong. Most likely.

I found what I'm pretty sure is a native salvia growing in the Barrington Tops area, at the top of a waterfall (cool huh?). It has small light purple flowers,slightly furry leaves, and the smaller leaves are quite fleshy. It almost fits one of the native salvias listed in 'Plants of the Sydney Region' by Beadle et al, except the flowers are too small. Does any one know what it is and if it useful for anything?

I'm working on a 5x at the moment. How would it combine with salvia sp. I wonder?

I have a khat plant I bought off SAB a coupe of years ago. It's doing ok I guess, but has not grown a great deal for that length of time. I have it in a 20 inch planter at the moment. I don't over water it. I'ts well drained, gets a modest amount of feeding and full sun. Am I doing something wrong?

A friend of a friend ;-) once made home brew to which he added home made opium. Apparently it tasted vile but had a kick like a mule.

I have just been reading about some of the interesting things found in Chinese Star Jasmine, and I was wondering how one would go about refining/preparing something from this plant, and then how to take it? Not that I would ever do anything as naughty as that ;-)

Well even though my plant aint so big it is very active, Almost too much at times.

Fair enough. I saw it listed in the Erowid database, so I thought that it may have reached the U.S. But there were no experience reports on it, so maybe not. In any case I'll try to look into it further.

I live off 300 a fortnight, with four house mates who have the emotional ages of about 7yrs, and one of them has a pit of debt that he occasionally reaches out of to tell me that he can't pay his share of the phone bill and he's really sorry but can I pay it for him and yes he knows that his girlfriend has been living with us for 8 wks rent free but thats not the point. Pant gasp. Im' not bitter at all.

C'tuluh eh? That's pretty damn heavy/intense. As for test subjests, the best way is to use as big a test group as possible, made up of a random selection of population, which would include persons very sensitve to Sally Dee and person very immune to it and a range inbetween.

Awwww c'mon!

Some of the leaves on my Salvia are curling or scrunching up ever so slightly. What does this mean? I have the plant in a greenhouse and make sure it has enough water and that the humidity stays high. Is it lack of drainage? Too much water? Too hot? I was only recently given this plant, so I don't know if this is normal or not.