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I have been approached by a seed supplier offering me mixed loph seeds to sell at my site seedsaustralia.net to test the viability of the seeds he has sent me some sample seeds. rather than test them myself ( and also test how good or bad my methods are ) I have an offer for you. if you would like 50 free mixed loph seeds from this potential new supplier I have them listed on my website in the 'specials' section as Mixed Lophophora seeds *review* they are listed at $15 for 50 but when checking out if you use the coupon code SAB they will be free. there is a catch however. *you have to log into my site and create an account ( delete it straight after if you like) *you have to grow the seeds soonish ( next couple of weeks) *you have to put your corroboree username in the comments section of the order ( so I know who you are) *you have to provide me with feedback on your sowing techniques and germination rates either here or via PM after a couple of weeks after sowing. *it may take me a few days to mail everything out depending on demand. *you will have to pay the $2 postage. *one pack of seeds per customer. I think I have set everything up on my site ready for this to happen. let me know if you have any problems with this and please feel free to buy other seeds while your there ;) please don't pay for Mixed Lophophora seeds *review* cheers WT

Needing a steady hand for success but a nice image for DIYers. From a 1933 issue of Kakteenkunde:

i'm disappointed by the way psytrance is being pushed further and further out of the spotlight. it's gotta be psy for me. a couple of people have told me the parties around newcastle are still good. i want to see for myself one day.

I think they are just a fast growing hybrid. I have a batch of them with similar genetics that are going gangbusters too. I recently gave some away for my 1000 post quiz. These were planted in September last year

I'd agree that brigesoid seedlings seem to be quick of the mark Also some peruvianoids heres some pics of my fastest little fellas See germinated Mid February this year so makes them about 9 months old. JB open pollinated (bridgesoid) and the biggest seedling is actually a J3 open pollinated (peruvianoid) Also some of the Super pedro and psycho0 OP seedlings are pushing ahead but so far nothing beats the JB from this batch of seeds. Interestingly Some of Nitrogens crosses using his N1(bridge) plant are very quick too.

Whoo hoo my first seeds form Nitrolegend germinated today, found 6 tiny seedling. Sowed them 6 days ago so absolutely stoked. Too small to take photo's yet but when I hopefully get a little forest of seedlings will post pics.

Fuck me, just got smashed with a hail storm a few minutes ago. Time for cocktails. Cheers Pat !

http://soundcloud.com/ashleighsymons bit of shameless self promotion let me know what you think..

Labelled 'Epiphyllum' but has narrow, 3-ribbed stems. The flower is about as large as my outstretched hand from thumb to little finger.

i love sab

Thx for the kind words! I've been fortunate in a number of ways in terms of cactus growing, and enjoy spreading the goodness - brings me a lot of joy to stoke other people out.. Hopefully everyone's get there, but as Ethos says, there is now a bunch of these seeds in Oz and NZ - assuming good germination rates like I'm seeing, there will probably be seeds and seedlings in circulation here in a bit for those who didn't get the seed from me..

Monument to the 1920's control of prickly pear cactus infestation by the Cactoblastis moth

It is extremely variable as it accepts all kind of pollen. This applies to the general appearance as well as to the flowers. Flower color ranges from yellow to red to multicolored. You can say that almost every second population of Candicans in Nature has Natural hybrids that somehow differ from the others. I created some hybrids with em that look very different from Candicans. And it only took one generation for them to change their Appearance like that, you know. Great Plant to show why the general appearance of plants isnt enough to judge about the origin. Am happy to have a look at the pics.

Bit early to tell, could be, or candicans or pasacana. Interesting Eg, I thought candicans aswell. Curious why you rule out terscheckii?

Looks like I know what to do tomorrow, repot a crapload of plants as the downpour we just had washed quite a bit of soil and topdressing out of the pots. Everything "was" protected under the awning but the downspout couldn't keep up and the gutter overflowed just above one of the cacti benches. Mid pissdown before I realised I had to take action and do something about it Soil and topdressing washed out of the pots. Uploading a youtube video of the cactus drowning right now and will post link as it completes.

Syner, what Red & Foo said.... this is method also outlined in RR's videos (buy them here for only $9 USD). It is said that boiling after your 24 hour soak will help the grains to dry when you dump them in a colander and give them a few tosses. It works well for me with WBS, and no soggy bottoms in my bags. Edit: Here- http://www.mushroomvideos.com/

Evolution can occur quite quickly, over just a few generations it seems some species quickly gain and lose certain abilities, I heard of a recent study on Chrysanthemums which saw an isolated group lose the ability to deal with certain pests over 8 generations, this apparently occurred at the genetic level, which is surprisingly fast. However, one would also expect such species to have a similar ability to change back (or switch the genes back on?) were they in different conditions, otherwise species would quickly be wiped out when climate or environmental conditions change. Only the more robust (genetically variable) species tend to survive, and over time they change and develop with the changing climate, environment, and other species around them. While humans have developed an ability to adjust the environment around them as another ability to help them survive within that environment, it doesn't preclude genetic change as well. It is very possible that humans have lost and gained some abilities over their more recent time on this planet. The ability to digest certain foods, for example. The ability to readily use tryptamines and other substances to gain insight into other realms may be another. It's an interesting concept, but the body's ability to convert all sorts of different foods into what it requires is pretty extraordinary as it is, so without reading the paper I do have a few doubts about the finer details. As others have pointed out, the main drawback to the theory is that there are monkeys and other animals that survive on a diet much more rich in fruit than ours, and yet they don't appear to show the same signs of intellectual development that we do. While I agree that we also live in a collective insanity, I think that's a cultural / learned response. I eat hardly any fruit (except tomatoes), yet I have the ability to stand outside our society and see it for how it appears from a different perspective, this inability to see what is happening from a different perspective is exactly the problem all modern cultures suffer from, whether their diets are low in fruit or not. Being born into what essentially amounted to a cult, I quickly learned new perspectives when exposed to the rest of society, and use of certain psychedelics expanded on that considerably, as well as reading massive amounts of imaginative material, which all fueled my imagination and gave me new perspectives. Sadly, fruit had very little to do with this as I ate almost none until quite recently. I am reminded of all those books my partner reads regarding diet and health, and the vast quantities of minerals and vitamins and other extraordinary amino acids and proteins that make up the "perfect diet", and yet my health is generally much better than hers, despite my refusal to eat anything but basic undercooked veggies, nuts, and a bit of chicken and fish because I like to and because I get hungry if I don't! (I don't eat wheat and have no added salt and no sugar although I will eat honey, yes. In fact, when I do take (under duress) Vitamin pills or any other additives, most of them seem to upset the happy balance I have in my diet rather than provide any useful boost to my health. My body converts the things I eat into the things I need, and I am sure that the human body quite readily coped, over so many generations, with the adjustments in diet it needed to make when it moved away from the fruit-rich rainforests to the varied environments spread across the planet.

Looks like a healthy plant to me? I'll tell u what will kill a Loph quicker than any Plant pest and disease and that is you fussing over it ;)

Awesome Planthelper! I think people seem to forget that supermarket produce can be a good source of seed.

Thanks for the uploads guys. very helpful. stuff like the secretive hidden farm are completely made up, but sadly not things with any legal merit. as usual the legal issues are really abstract and counterintuitive - but there are plenty to get on with. The reporter brought the plants back. said he couldn't take them all on the plane. but he kept the cactus. WTF? still had it in the car to the airport, so looks like it was going back to sydney with him. I guess he figured the aya plants weren't enough to brew up, but the cactus was ;)

Love the fact they show calea while talking about these 'powerful' drugs being pushed by shaman australis.

Thanks eatfoo, I wanna get over there again, I toured there a few yrs ago and had a great time! Glad yas think its a bit of aight

Jono, I'm not sure acacias really like pruning. You might find that you do more damage by pruning a dozen trees than by chopping down one or two. Where I have seen acacia obtusifolia, they are definately weedy. They are coming up everywhere on the sides of the road. They are pushing each other over in some spots. There are draining channels where the grader has pushed over obtusifolias on the side of the road. People get worked up about these plants because of what they contain. Then they make excuses for why it is okay for them to have wooden furniture and use paper. If killing a wild plant is wrong, then farming them and harvesting them is probably worse. If we are going to personify these plants, then we may imagine a human farm where humans are grown in large numbers for the sole purpose of slaughtering them for the use of their bodies. Doesn't that seem kind of worse? It seems strange to me that people can post a thread about how they caught such and such fish, whacked it on the head, ripped its guts out, and fried it up and ate it. Then they get no response from the occasional vegetarian on these boards (who presumably think it is non of their business). Yet if someone posts about chopping down an acacia they get flamed. WTF? My personal understanding of the world we live in hints at the likelyhood of plants being conscious to a degree, but it also suggests that atoms and galaxies are conscious. I think it is important for us to be ethical, but we can only be ethical within our anthropocentric framework. I don't know how to be ethical towards atoms and galaxies, and I don't know how I could avoid hurting trees, ants or bacteria. I think the most important thing is to do the very best that we know how, and I think most, if not all, in the ethnobotany community do that. No shit it is stupid to ringbark trees for no reason. In most of these locations there are dead trees and trees falling over. But if you can't find any that have already had it, I don't see a problem in chopping down a few. More will spring up to take the place. I think the overwhelming "don't harm obtusifolia in the wild" attitude on these forums is deceptive. I'm sure there are a lot out there who disagree but are afraid to post because they know they will get flamed. Those who do agree will post, and some who disagree will claim they agree. All this increases the appearance that it is the way everyone feels, and it makes people even more afraid to disagree.