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Would it be alright if you included NZ cases in your post as well? I think that besides it being useful to kiwis, it would still be useful to any country with a similar analogues law, as future expert testimony might be modelled on the previous arguments. https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/32558.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/7565397/Million-dollar-drug-scheme

Finally, dug out tree stump #4 of 4. The relatively more fun part of digging out straggler roots, and homogenizing the topsoil with compost and pumice - and then making a retaining wall of rocks, and then planting the cacti - is yet to come :D

Should've probably given that a shot. Now I think it's too late, as the capricorne flower has closed - and forcing it open might destroy the fruit if there is one forming. Maybe I'll try be sneaky.

A few questions to the OP 1) What is the site you planted them like? It would be great to have some photos of the site and the plants. Are you sure that they're not just focusing on roots? (I find that if they have ample soil, they will prioritize root expansion over growing the column, for sometimes a year they won't appear to grow, but will be spreading roots). 2) How thick is the top-soil, and what's under it? Is it clay? (I mean real clay - not clayey loam) Real clay is compacted, very hard, extremely hard to dig into, and when you dig out chunks they will usually be flat and shiny where they've pressed against the shovel blade. Clayey loam is usually brown, while clay is orange or grey or white-ish usually. I had issues with the soil being too full of clay, and the hole I dug and filled with good mix essentially didn't drain well, and the plant hated it, and decided to rot at the base (good decision mate). So I'm going to dig drainage tunnels (will fill with scoria hopefully) for the next bed, so that there's no water basin where the good soil meets the clay.

That would be instantly integrated too - similar to the member trading thread. But it still puts the editing of the information (the word part) into the hands of the topic originator - in the case of further information. For example if we had incomplete information regarding Juul's Giant - then some new evidence comes back (i.e. the DNA study), and the original topic creator has left the forum - then the new information would be at the back of the thread, which could be now 10 pages long. So to get a quick idea of the plant in the future, could take a lot of reading. Would be nice if this forum software allowed to make topics that could be edited by anyone of a certain member level (make a new member class for editing these kind of topics). That would be even better. Maybe this feature already exists? Maybe the editors could be promoted to moderators of only that subforum without any other moderator priveledges?

There's only one way to find out for sure... It's probably just as well I had no flowerbuds this year. It seems I can't seem to cross-pollinate things for jack anyway - tried to cross-pollinate some Astros yesterday, and half of the flowers just opened back up as if I didn't satisfy them enough.

We think our dog was severely affected by oral prednisone treatment (which was prescribed for a skin condition... - only later did we find that a prednisone cream relieves his skin problems without the risk) - we think it resulted in his pancreatitis (he was probably at high risk from his diet to begin with, eating leftover scraps and licking plates and bowls). A quick google shows others share the same concern - so be careful if you want to go the steroid route. As a result of his pancreatitis, he no longer can have the fatty meat he used to enjoy. He has turned into a ninja dog, and will raid any and all bins that contain scraps. Even raids the compost heap for carrots.

I actually think that the CC Cuzco is basically Peruvianus hybrid (maybe with cuzco), and the CC Bridgesii is basically Cuzco (maybe with bridgesii). I think they came as seed from KK. Secondly - that's unbelievable you have so many flowers! My only flowerbuds actually dropped off. I think my fertilizer mixture is basically keeping them in veg mode (it's high phosphorus and nitrogen).

Fuggin clouds!!!

Cereus peruvianus (85% sure) - congratulations. First of all, thanks for checking that thread. Even if it didn't solve your problem, it shows you're at least trying. Secondly, the ribs on a Tricho - despite getting extremely thirsty, will generally never get anywhere near the shape of a Cereus (I've got a 18 month old cutting that is still, mostly fat, despite growing like 3-4 pups that kept getting knocked off). The Cereus shape is really distinctive, and you can't really miss it. The side-profile, where it seems to bounce from each areole to the next - is a characteristic of a C. Peruvianus. Lastly, C.P. is one of the more common Cereus plants around people's homes (being a garden centre plant), so I think that it's very likely on statistics alone to be one.

I have a honey bunny... in the Netherlands. :| I figure it's worth keeping the candle lit in the meantime, unless/until I find someone else. So I wrote her an acrostic poem of her name, about our first kiss. I hope that regardless of the name of the day, everyone enjoyed it otherwise. :D And ww - there's never a bad time to bring up sad topics. I wish you all the best, and I hope that the details don't bring any more pain.

Excuse me? Petroleum-based licorice?!?!?! I notice licorice produces a mood elevation in me - perhaps on par with dark chocolate. It's also really bad to eat it during pregnancy IIRC - they did a study in perhaps Denmark, and found that it was bad, for some reason. But other than that, it seems fine for me - so I occasionally eat it. I ALSO notice, that it produces satiation/fullness in me. I'm one of those people who don't feel a strong "fullness" after eating sugar or carbs - I can just keep eating them (unless I've been exercising heavily lately) - I also have an extremely hard time just "saving" it for next time, so I prefer to avoid them altogether. But I found with dark chocolate, or licorice - I feel full well before I would otherwise. So when I eat sugar, I try to restrict it to these two, as they produce fullness feelings.

That's quite a beautiful song (the first 'un). As I say - "only fear the untimely death." I entered this planet on borrowed energy - I don't own the matter and energy I'm composed of any-more than the swathes of bacteria that will resume them after my mortal existence ends. If everyone was selfish, and held onto their matter and energy before me - then I would never exist. Similarly, I can't be selfish and not return my borrowed resources back to the planet - I think of it as a great honour actually. Kind of like being given your dad's old watch - that his dad gave to him, and then one day, after years of protecting it - giving it to your own son, who you hope, will do the same. Secondly, the thing that makes you, you - is not the atoms, or the individual cells. They're practically the same in everyone. It's the pattern that these cells make, the woven tapestry of neuron connections and synapses - that make you, yourself. So, is there any reason that this pattern, couldn't exist elsewhere (say, as a backup)? I believe there is not - that your own pattern of neurons and synapses - can exist anywhere, that can create the pattern. How do they get there? Well, you'll need a scanner, and a good sharp knife. <joke>. I think that by being a kind human - reaching out to people, animals and plants alike - understanding them, listening, sharing - your pattern begins to weave into theirs. That your own pattern is woven from all the people you met and enjoyed life with, your grandfather, your grandmother - their voices softly in your head - you're actually carrying pieces of their pattern with you. You're not a microphone recording their sound waves, but you've actually taken some of their patterns - and as we've established, it only matters that the pattern is there - not which cells are making it. Their patterns (which are your loved ones) live within you. I can only say that I believe this to be profoundly and overwhelmingly true. If you're a wonderful human being - then you live forever - your pattern being passed down through generation and generation. If you were kind to yourself, and lived in a cave - all alone - then your pattern is snuffed out unceremoniously as your last breaths escape your cool body. I think when we die, we end our conscious life - but us - our essence - can live forever. Until the last stars grow cold and the fabric of spacetime can't even hold itself together. Here's the first song I thought of (short and beautiful) And another (with accompanying translation of the poem it's set to): When streams turn pink in the setting sun, And a slight shudder rushes through the wheat fields, A plea for happiness seems to rise out of all things And it climbs up towards the troubled heart. A plea to relish the charm of life While there is youth and the evening is fair, For we pass away, as the wave passes: The wave to the sea, we to the grave.

Adding to what's already been said: 5: Haworthia? 6: 'Arizona Snowflake' cv 7: Mammillaria Campotricha? 13: Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel)

Apparently there have been ethnic African popes sometime before the last millenia - but as to whether or not they 'looked Roman' - I don't know. Their portraits are certainly different to the stereotypical African faces (nappy hair, large nose, very dark skin), but perhaps they were done afterwards (I'm not sure if there are any 1500 year old portraits?) I'm sorry I have no sources - Catholic history isn't high on my list of things to give cares about.

Happy Birthday hilly! :D

I think it would be nice to have a system where different people growing the same clone can put all their images in one place. The best thing I can think of (at the moment), would be a wiki (users and passwords requested by SAB members, to then edit the wiki). This way there can be a bunch of photos (helping to show that the same clone can look completely different in different environments), and there'd be no bottleneck in terms of editing (wouldn't be a big job for any one person).

I'd heard of it, and decided to give it a watch - really enjoyed it. I felt it was perhaps a lot more relatable than Zeitgeist, despite heading in a similar direction. It certainly gave me a lot of hope, and inspiration.

It looks like Getafix also thinks his Validus is sexy - a bottle of wine and a beach towel, obviously off for a romantic evening at the beach. ;) Today I got back from a 4-day hike, and most of my plants are alive, and seem to be doing well :D The base of one of my Taqs has rotted through, and it fell over - which is a bit shit - I think it was because it's current home is essentially a clay bucket full of soil - it filled up with water over winter and didn't dry out. I thought it might happen, but dismissed the idea. So drainage trenches, drainage trenches, drainage trenches - is the take-home. I think he'll survive, but from memory I sent a pup to centipede, so hopefully even if this fellah fully dies, the line lives on.

Wow, that is stunning micro! That last photo is amazing.

It sounds brilliant :D

Bah - would love to visit and come home with a few boxes of plants.

Hopefully they're not moth larvae - otherwise they might have been eating the carpet, or some old clothes or something. ;o

I believe it's called 'Cheshunt' compound. A quick google search seems that it's discontinued too. :/ For my seedlings, I dusted with a bit of sulfur, and then let the soil dry out as much as possible, and all fungi died shortly after.