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hahaha thanks for that link it restarted my laughing fits

the picture was called Llama worm!!

those tricho seedlings look very similar to some t. pascana seedlings we brought recently the seller said it would be 10 years before they reached half a meter though!

it came from a guys collection from dunedin he had had it growing outside for 15 years, but we brought it thru trademe, the owner was over seas and selling to fund his travels so we picked it up from his mum who was looking after his plants mite be a special clone but i have another scop from red barn which is doing the same little notches so i always assumed it was pretty normal

i tried my hand at gardening in my flat last year and ended up having to move out before most of my veges were ready, i got alot of fresh garlic, potatoes, leafy greens, herbs, berries, rhubarb, plums and apples though. i hope whoever got my garden appreciated the free food! this year i am just that little bit more experienced and prepared. and i managed to inherit a garden with plums, apples, figs and apricots already well established. go growing your own food!

here is a couple of pics of my boyfriends 4 ribbed t. scop it has done some trippy rib formations, maybe it thought it was going to get a bigger pot and put out some more ribs then stayed in the same small pot so gave up again

nice plant you got yourself there

same plant but showing his pretty alien looking face

it really was a beast ae i was sad to see it go! we tried cutting off the rot again and again and then finally thought we had beat it when we realised the tip was rotten too hopefully we will get more of it as a friend has been told he is aloud it but it will be mission impossible removing it. chunkiest cactus i have seen so far

just today got this and it is so beautiful i had to show it off!

also today my boyfriend got his two pipes from the same guy excellent work once again, he said website will be coming soon

i believe it is matai which (i think) is a nz native

holy shit that must be the coolest thing about auckland! other than maybe coro cacti we have been thinking bout getting a pet lizard they are like dinosaurs

when i was at high school and had been learning german for three years i once had the bizarre experience of a dream in german where my thoughts and the conversation i was having were in german. it was a short dream and i woke up after still knowing what i had been taking about. now my german is pretty crap and i cant remember much but it got me thinking any way. a russian friend of ours also has told me about when he is speaking russian and thinking in russian he thinks of himself as a quite different person compared to when speaking and thinking in english.

they do some trippy looking rib formations when big like this one in far right of picture cant find a close up but this one looks like a weird alien face! and also excellent big flowers

where you have a close up picture of the side of your t. scop with "something white and fuzzy" is this going to be a problem, yes it looks like a mealy bug or a mealy bug nest they make little white webs and look like tiny white slaters (woodlice) kill it! and look out for them on your other plants, they are the main 'cacti pest' you will encounter. great collection you must have spent a bit of money on all of these, i love how much variety (and enthusiasm!) you have, good to see some caudiciforms in the mix there too! kea

i didnt carve it myself but the guy who made it does sell a lot... FAR too cheap for the skill and effort he puts in. this pipe was $50 and i feel like taking him another $50 for it as well

confiscated too of course! maybe impractical but it certainly beats any other cone i have seen. i am smitten with it. i wish i could carve. the guy who i brought it from can make pretty much anything you want. next on the agenda is a lophophora stash box!

haha i wish! i dont think we have those toads in nz but i would really like a pet one if someone ever snuck over a pregnant one on a boat (hint hint ozzies)

no you dont suck on the frogs arse! the mouth piece is next to his left foot

its carved from wood there is just a little aluminium ring which the cone piece threads into

my cat talks too! she says "nooo!" when you pick her up and it always sounds like she says my name when she wants food. she even said "andrew" to my boyfriend one day, trying to get him to open the door.

i wish they were an invasive thriving weed ;)

marshmallow flowers and the wee green bit that holds the flower are really good to eat for sore throat. image search or ask your ma or pa, they will know what it looks like and there is prob a plant in your garden somewhere, they are a bit weedy

i have just started growing some lophs from seed on a heat pad and was pleasantly surprised to have quite a few germinate in the first few days, which of course has stirred my interest now and i am wanting to buy alot more seeds, any variety of loph, mexican minature, any seed from crested, mutated or variegated cacti, and some brigesii, preuvianus and other tricho (other than san p) as i think it would be cool to grow some aussie strains. if anyone has a personal collection that they wouldnt mind selling some seed from please pm or even if anyone knows a really good reliable online vendor for seeds. i have found plenty of seed sellers but am quite unsure where to start! thanks, kea