Quixote Posted January 14, 2014 Someone needs to cultivate a spineless variety for easier handling. And with a shorter name for easier discussion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted January 14, 2014 Saw the one on eBay also, from super stoked to instant deflation!! Damn you WA quarantine! :'( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted January 18, 2014 Ive found a couple and are trying to secure them now. If I can manage it, I'll get propagating and there will be boobies for all, eventually... Well I brought a pair from ebay only to have customs seize them at the border as the cities cert was filled in incorrectly by the seller as was the phytosanitary certificate. (Cities cert "non compliant and invalid" also only "suggests" one cactus, photosanitary cert lists one anti mite chemical not the two needed and item was dipped for 1 min instead of 2.5 min and is also "non compliant and invalid") I'm told by them that even if I were to somehow get new compliant certificates I could only have one of the cactus as only one was "suggested" on the original cities cert, not the two in the package. Funny how the cert is invalid but that part of it still counts... The upshot is that they are going to MURDER my cacti. Rather an expensive failure... Oh well, it saves me from having to make up tiny bra's for them. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phytolator Posted January 20, 2014 Well I brought a pair from ebay only to have customs seize them at the border as the cities cert was filled in incorrectly by the seller as was the phytosanitary certificate. (Cities cert "non compliant and invalid" also only "suggests" one cactus, photosanitary cert lists one anti mite chemical not the two needed and item was dipped for 1 min instead of 2.5 min and is also "non compliant and invalid") I'm told by them that even if I were to somehow get new compliant certificates I could only have one of the cactus as only one was "suggested" on the original cities cert, not the two in the package. Funny how the cert is invalid but that part of it still counts... The upshot is that they are going to MURDER my cacti. Rather an expensive failure... Oh well, it saves me from having to make up tiny bra's for them. That's terrible!!!! oh noooo! I bet that lousy perv has taken your fair green mistress as his own!! "non-compliant" my ass! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pie'oh'Pah Posted January 20, 2014 Commiserations, sad to hear two sexy girls going to the furnace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted January 20, 2014 Hey Db,, that sux big time! Was it from oz eBay or did u try to get it in from another country? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted January 21, 2014 Hey Db,, that sux big time! Was it from oz eBay or did u try to get it in from another country? From Taiwan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myeloblast Posted January 22, 2014 I'm not in oz, but I've been looking for this plant for a while too. Finally picked one up a couple weeks ago: And here's a pic I took of one at a private nursery I visited. After seeing it, I knew I needed one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jacocereus Posted January 22, 2014 Hey guys. Its my first time here, so be gentle ;) Picked this up about 2 months ago off ebay aus, $108 delivered (alot of money for a cacti, i know, but worth every cent in my eyes!), as well as a gummy 95cm from base to tip, & my gummys 16cm This is the third listing ive noticed on ebay in the last 18 months of this cultivar, two seperate sellers. So there definately around! One seller dosent list 'monstrose' or 'monstrosus' in the title, so u really have to look! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mystical oyster Posted January 22, 2014 Wow that's nice, id def pay 108 for 95cm. Nice find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted January 23, 2014 They're definitely on the east coast,, as cravn said (howdy and welcome by the way :-)) they occasionally pop up on eBay.au I'll try and link next time as the lil buggers don't send to WA. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted January 23, 2014 Wow, those have to be at least a D cup. ;) Nice find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jacocereus Posted January 24, 2014 ahahah ^, thanks guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted January 24, 2014 fwiw, I have a rock solid source for these plants, & I will ship world wide 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted February 20, 2014 Hard at work propagating the boobs ;D That pup is one day off exactly a month old! The tip is at a friends place who is also hard at work trying to make more breasts for us Aussies! So we've tried quite a few times to do areole grafts but with no luck, and not because we're shit (we both have much experience with areole grafting) but for some reason the tit don't stick... Alsooooo, for a months growth, you think it'd grow quicker if grafted to trich stock? It seems to grow the incyest but slower than trich, so would it be worth it? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
modern.shaman Posted February 20, 2014 I was able to do an areole graft with success but soon after the pereskiopsis died and the scion was too small to grow well on own roots; there is a tiny amount of growth and roots. The boobies DO grow faster on already established trich stock and the pups also come out much quicker when grafted rather then own roots. Even well established boobs seem to take a while to pup once cut. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah, mine took around 2 months after being cut to pup. Sweet, well I think i'll graft that pup to some trich and i'll try to do an areole graft to pereskiopsis. We've only been trying with trich stock! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
modern.shaman Posted February 21, 2014 One thing worth noting is that the boobies will grow thicker then on own roots and the cup size will be small at first; as small as an a cup (very small almost none existent) but will grow larger the longer it grows. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted March 8, 2014 I noticed that the younger breasts are very firm and perky and smooth while the older breasts start to sag and get wrinkly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitchell101 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Not one but two from the same seller! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MYRTILLOCACTUS-GEOMETRIZANS-CV-BLUE-BOOBS-RARE-IN-A-3-POT-Cactus-/321345112957?pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item4ad1a94b7d http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MYRTILLOCACTUS-GEOMETRIZANS-CV-BLUE-BOOBS-RARE-IN-A-4-POT-Cactus-/221389468021?pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item338bd73175 Edited March 8, 2014 by Mitchell101 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pie'oh'Pah Posted March 16, 2014 Not one but two from the same seller! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MYRTILLOCACTUS-GEOMETRIZANS-CV-BLUE-BOOBS-RARE-IN-A-4-POT-Cactus-/221389468021?pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item338bd73175 The Largest one went for $98.50!!! Damn their hot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted March 16, 2014 She's very popular! I was outbid in the last second on that one,,, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted March 16, 2014 Good to see there seems to be a few around oz get one over to our side of the country upside haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) Edit: double post Edited March 16, 2014 by myco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pie'oh'Pah Posted March 16, 2014 I was trying to tell my wife why it was so important to own one of these........... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
