tonic

Salvia officinalis? Your local nursery will have it. Also they will probably have Salvia splendens as well. Lots of different Salvia spp.

What do they prey on d00d?

Yeah it's a bit suspicious I reckon. Same exact pics for both listings. Though I can be pretty paranoid sometimes. Oh and...the seller offers pick up apparently, so if you are local I guess you could save $100 if you picked them up. I am considering it, but have spent way too much on cacti lately as it is.

No mate, that was a different seller. I just emailed the seller and he did sell another batch of 3 for about $200. Those other ones that were very expensive were very tempting, I must admit, but too expensive for me. They didn't even sell actually, wonder if they will be relisted? Shame those other ones I mentioned got deleted. EDIT: Haha, yeah I remember that about the seeds, Though am sure he put 20-300 seeds in error...or was it? A conundrum indeed.

Pretty sure the other ones sold mate. I was watching it. I swear I saw it sell Maybe I'm just tripping?

I look forward to seeing the growth on these at the end of next season

Pretty sure that was a different package Goldtop. It sold for $200 after being relisted a couple of times with a couple of different sellers. What I find suspicious is the pics are exactly the same for the other listing. All in all though, It's not a terrible price, pretty steep, but not insane. I think naja's theory is much more viable and cost effective though. Patience is a virtue. There were a couple of decent ones recently, but the listing were deleted. Prices weren't too bad on those.

I use pantyhoes and also glue. Pantyhoes are the shiz!!!

There are a few more of these to trade if anyone is keen.

I have some mixed Turbinicarpus spp. seed for trade. 50 seeds. I would like to trade for something similar, preferably. Can do a smaller amount, but prefer to trade 50 of mine for 50 of yours. Thanks. tonic ALL GONE!

Ahhh! Yeah, bit of a misunderstanding on my part there gilligan. That's what I figured. Doesn't seem like you or planthelper have any real difficulties regarding the use of un rooted stocks. Good to know. Was mainly concerned with loss of vigour in the growth as the stock may expend all it's energy trying produce new roots. Appears that is not a major factor though. ph, yeah I know what you mean mate regarding the vascular bundle. Have you considered using glue to graft multiple scions to a large pedro's vascular bundle? I use glue quite a bit in my grating adventures. Sometimes it gives just that little bit extra hold when scions are getting knocked off or not fusing as well as they might. This topic has really piqued my interest, thanks for the info.

That's good to know. Thanks for that. Can I ask the reasoning behind your theory that the un rooted stocks will have less issues than the stocks that already have roots? Thanks.

Do you find it has impeded growth gilligan? Or do you find it is the same/similar as grafting onto a pre rooted stock? I should have mentioned that the stocks I am experimenting are Trichos, but that's the what you are using anyway.

I might have a few more mate. Depends what's on offer

A question for you PH. Did you graft the little loph onto the unrooted Echinopsis while it had roots and take a cutting? Or did you graft it to an un rooted stock? I have recently been experimenting with grafting to un rooted stocks, which seems to work quite well, just keen to get your insight on this. Does it effect growth much if un rooted, for example? Thanks. tonic

Definitely am!

@niggles. Regarding grafting Ariocarpus seedlings. You are better off trying to graft the lower half, roots and all onto another Pereskiopsis stock (or the same one if you are skilled at the technique), this usually will pup eventually and grow into a nice plant. It is unlikely that a cut seedling will survive and pup as it will be far too small and it's highly unlikely that you will be able to leave an intact areole that can produce a pup. You need intact areoles for pups to grow from. This applies to all cacti. Hope that helps. @PH. Nice grafts mate.

I don't see any PC in amongst this lot. The last one is bridgesoid, if anything. Hmm, very tempting VS. Will have to see how my funds go and how long they last here, Some nice cacti right there

Swiper, the mamm shouldn't give you too many problems with flowering and will most likely put on a show for you next season. The Tricho will take many years from that size to flower.

Looks very similar to Acacia binervia, the distribution is all wrong though and the flowering is out of season. So probably not. Looks a lot like it though. EDIT: http://lepidoptera.b...a-binervia.html Check out the third pic down. Hmmm, looking at some pics for A. concurrens, I'd go with that.

#1 Looks to be some sort of Mammilaria #2 looks like it might be Trichocereus tersheckii. See what others come up with though.

I really like that idea. Good thinking mate.

They are looking good so far. To be honest, I have no idea as to the alkaloid content for this particular plant/plant community. I wont be testing it. I will leave that to the chemists, I think. Yes, I believe that is correct in regards to alkaloid profile and where the plant comes from. Regarding technique, there isn't much to it, or to see really. I took some small semi hardwood cuttings (about 6) and put them into my aquamiser. I used a propagating mix of coir, perlite and course washed river sand. I can get a pic, but as I mentioned, not much to see. I take of the lids and give a light mist once or twice a day, but it gets pretty humid in there anyway. Though, next time I think I will grab some soft tip cuttings, semi hardwood and maybe some hardwood cuttings too. See which works best etc. When I do this I will get plenty of pics as there will be much more to see and I can write up success/failure as per strike rate by type of cutting etc.

Bit slow in the old growth department to be anything remotely like a noxious weed. That's just a stupid excuse for them to say you aren't allowed to cultivate them.

Looks pretty much like a caespitose to me. Wouldn't personally pay $200 for such a small plant I don't think. Let alone $299, which is what they are asking, starting bid. The other one is much bigger, but still very expensive. Not to mention there is a suss looking discolouration on the main head.