Psychotria seedlings to share...at "super plant meet"?

[spineless]

Hi,

I hope this isn't inappropriate for my first post here - I have a few dozen young Psychotria viridis and Psychotria carthagenensis seedlings to share in Melbourne.

I don’t know any specific genetic information, though they came from Queensland.

They were germinated from fresh fruit which were given to me by someone who hoped to encourage the development of locally adapted strains. I was surprised by the high germination rate, and now I have too many seedlings, so would like to pass them on to other growers.

They are not robust enough to send through the mail - I read mention of a “plant meet” around the time of the EGA conference - would that be a place to share the seedlings (and some other things)?

Thanks for any advice...

[obtuse]

Damn. what a great first post :D

Yes that would a perfect place to share your seedlings. some of us will not be able to accept due to travel, but im sure there will be enough melbourne peeps to help you out.

The meet is on the the 7th of December, location yet to be disclosed.

In my experience fresh Psychotria sp. do indeed have a high germination rate. they take ages and you think you have lost them all, then boom get get heaps. lol

[cactuscarl]

Nice... if you end up with any left and they get large enough to send. I would happily pay postage... my psychotria viridus just won't acclimatize and suffers every summer. Catha is fine here tho.

[spineless]

I do still have some - I think they need a month or two before they could survive mailing. I'll post a reminder when they seem ready. I might be able to meet locally if anyone in Melbourne would like a few, to save putting them in the mail.

Thanks to the people who made the plant meet possible - I would like to do that more often...

[obtuse]

Keep an eye on the pinned melbourne meet thread. Be another sooner rather than later.

These ate pretty hardy plants so once big enough shouls be able to send.