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^^ i love king parrots, if im lucky they come and eat the sunflowers once a year Here are some tbm's, this year i gave them liquid fert once a week for the last 6 weeks of winter Ive had two pups explode open, and all the pups have really defined ribs as shown below

Last year, around the time of EGA in Melbs, one of our long term and seriously valuable members died. If you have an Eileen clone, or have drunk of the Eileen clone, you've been a recipient of Ed's work. And probably his generousity. If you ever did an Otways camping trip with him you'll know why his death is such a great loss. I only found out today. We'd go months without speaking or writing then binge on it with hours of gorgeous, insightful, funny, irreverent conversation. We'd have phone drinks and pass out talking about amazing shit. He'd pick everything apart, then I would, and we'd put it all back together and it all made sense. He'd been sick for years- really gut wrenchingly sick, and he hated speaking to anyone when he crook with a pathological loathing I can only be impressed by. So we gave each other space. Only this time I gave him too much. Fuckit. My head is full of Ed stories. There are no favourites, they're all gold. But the type of gold which fades in text. You had to be there. He named the Eileen clone after his mum, and sent that cactus clone round the world. Often twice as much as anyone had paid for, and often for free. When I asked him how his mum felt about the transubstantiation, being symbolically consumed by complete strangers at 75, he shrugged and said "Grouse. Ask her " Nobody grew wasabi like Ed. Reading his old emails is like hearing him speak all over again. All the words got used. The big ones, the small ones, the swear ones, archaic words, technical ones, words used in contexts I'd not heard of and words I had to look up, side by side in every sentence Vale fearless bloke, irreverent gentleman-scholar, hunter, mate, plant fiend. You vainglorious bastard, I loved you like you were torn from my own rib. You brilliant, stubborn, sophisticated, gentle, resourceful, skilled, compassionate, staunch, generous, insane prick. May the next place you're in find you free from all pain

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hey guys i have 6 packs of koehressi seeds 100 in each pack up for grabs ....... i havent had any luck with germination with them but this could be due to temps on my side ........ if any one would like to have a go with them im happy to send them to you

Gratz

wooohooo ! first success psychotria plant started to sprout leaf buds x] and aya blanca too

Second clearly looks like lophophora williamsii caespitosa which if indeed is seed grown would be something like 30 years old to be that size, whereas the first would be be Lophophora williamsii. 2 very different plants. As it is documented, up to 30 years to reach flowering in the wild, his claims are probably legit. The evidence would be in the taproot though, which we don't get to see.. . Perhaps you are used to cultivated plants and grafts?? I suggest this because these plant are renowned for being slow growers. .. from what I have read, and the descriptions don't seem too far fetched to me, at least not scoff worthy.. .

I have some Köhres scop somewhere sown around feb but very little growth over winter as they didnt make the cut for the light box. I will throw a few on pere this weekend......intrigued?

king parrot the race is on, bogan is gunna over take fields pach. icaro and knuth

have you guys had snails kill your own root lophs? Ive had it happen a couple times, but not often. we mostly have african land snails, and they tend to eat through trich spines before they touch the lophs. to the original poster, its not always the amount of water but the duration they stay wet. i can put them out in typhoons jsut fine so long as i let them dry within a week or 2. think skin rashes when you are hiking, not soi differnt.

nice plants zelly, as usual but isnt caespitosa simply a term used to identifiy a form of growth, not strictly a variety? I know there is a variety that is caespitose, but otherwise normal varieties/species can cerftainly grow caespitose. Maybe its the beer talking, but many grafted "normal" plants will grow in this fashion, no? Seems a little bit like calling me a race of brown when i get a suntan, then back to caucasian when i stay indoors for a month. For me a variety needs to be genetic and reproducible in different environmental circumstances. Just saying, might be outa my ass though. Philocacti, in my opinion, there are 4 true species and 5 i like to recognize: L. diffusa, fricii, koehresii and williamsii. From growing and breeding, i personally want to call jourdaniana a distinct species but i know there are rules to follow and they arent found in the wild last time i checked so we cant really say that but i feel it is different from other lophs on the species level. I totally agree with the kaktusy publication that diffusa/fricii/koehresii are more closely related to each other than to williamsii. and i also feel fricii and koehresii are perhaps the closest of all the lophs. i may be reading it wrong, but why would "variegated"loph = williamsii? i have bred variegated hybrids of other lophs that didnt include williamsii, as well as soem that didnt incldue eitehr willy or diffusa. i veiw variegated as a retardation and can be present in any species. I dont really subscribe to the "varieties" like pentagona as tehy are seemingly more jsut random froms that take place. i see platns with the 6 rib formation with other offsets being regualy 5/8 formation. If ti can be reproduced consistantly, then i think its worth looking into, otherwise its just natural variation, not variety. EG i have lots of pictures of cultivated plants, if you need any send me a message. most of my pics are of the 5, or are organised as teh 5, i mentioned above.

Sea men!

Koehres bridgesii I'll cut UT below these roots and plant it.

Scabies or crabs LOL, you'll prolly find plenty of famous people with the latter. Be careful you don't spread them or you'll have to take responsibility for your actions.

I've managed to use it for aches and pain successfully a few times. Quite relaxing. Still no damn Euphoria. I wonder how active it really is orally. Perhaps it worked traditionally being heat activated, brewed in a tea and all. I'll try sublingually and boiling it, might even try a few cones. It worked well in mice IM if I remember correctly? ROA might play a big part. Alternatively it's just not that active in humans.

Scabies are no fun.

A few pics of my recently aquired purpureopilosus flowering☺such a beautiful flower! Pollinated with last years scop pollen... Not holding my breath though. Sorry for the quality of the phone pics...

bit more shufflin' ...straightened macrogonus as much as i could by hand.. found some tools to straighten thelegonus... took a basal branch pup cutting that was vamping off the mainframe...

You describe your climate as tropical - not sure what that means in practical terms. Important because when planted out your plants get your climate - you can´t control it. In their habitat, the Mexican desert mainly, summer is the rainy season. Winter is sunny but dry. The plants get a chance to rest and ripen the growth sustained in the summer. With my own collection - which are in pots, they go in a cold frame in winter - they are kept dry for 3 months, but get plenty of light. I think this rest period is important, and contributes to the good results I get with L. williamsii. To be a bit more specific, L. williamsii are found in northern Mexico, and southern Texas, where they are acclimated to a limestone soil, and sparse rainfall, 100 to 300 mm a year (!), concentrated in the months of June July & September. They are, of course, succulents which are designed to swell and thus store water in the few months when it is available. If they get too wet, they can, and will split - this happened to two of mine in March 2012 when we had 200mm of rain in one day (pic). (They did make a full recovery.) I have severe doubts whether any desert cacti will be happy if deluged with 1000mm in one month. As well as the splitting, rot is always a likelihood if they get too wet. However, you can only try it and see with a couple that you are prepared to lose. We all lose a plant now and again, however good a grower we may consider ourselves. Good luck to you.

Fuck only just seen this today Hope He was aware of how much he was valued by the community, and fucken A was always kind and most generous to me. Great posts DL

Validus 1 pushing 2 pups out Werdermannianus ABG Will be grafting a couple werdermannianus Jessicas this weekend.

Werd 1 Validus 2

Hah, you wouldn't believe it but I just logged on here to ask the exact same question. Did a whole lot of repotting yesterday and noticed root mealies on a few of the plants. The thing is I don't want to unpot every single one of my plants to check them, there's just too many. I'm looking at doing some sort of soil soak thing on them all with an insecticide, and repeating yearly. I hate to use chemicals but if it means plants not dying then I don't really have a choice. Anyone have any good methods for this? From the little research I've done it seems Rogor or Confidor could be used. Some people even said to use a soil wettener or even a tobacco tea. What do you's think?

Respect is the key. Don't steal...........ASK, ..........every decent farmer knows what's growing on their property. They are not silly people though some city folk may think so. Farmers and small communities have networks that any city could only dream of. Be honest, tell them (though they'd alleady know) that your wanting to look for mushrooms and will be very careful and respectful on their property. Some will flat out say no because of insurance concerns and angry cows will trample you to death, or they may have their own reasons why they don't want you eating mushrooms. Some will um and ar a bit, so bring some inducements like veggies, home made jam, eggs, a nice pork roast, stuff that will visually imply to the land owner that you are a responsible and fair person, lotsa farmers drink alcohols, have a good quality carton and a nice bottle of scotch on hand, take all this to the front door ina basket so they can see what you have bought and that you have enough forthought to consider that a farmer makes money from the land, hence the mushrooms could be considered a produce by the land owner. So you are trading produce for produce in a way. Make sure the mushrooms you seek grow on or around this property before giving up your basket of goodies. Most cubes are large enough to be visible from the road as you drive past. Also creeks are allways good sources, moisture etc and cows tend to shit when they drink You may find most creeks are fenced off from a farm and it is actually gov land. these are very good spots to check, shade is good Let them know you will close all gates and be conscientious, esp where snakes are concerned. We're gummies and jeans, arrive at the farm looking like your ready to work, leave the Armani at home. Do not arrive in a hotted up car, drive a ute or similiar work vehicle, look country. The farmer like most will make their initial decision on you within 2 mins of meeting you. If you continue to get refusals then look at what you can change to tryn achieve more success. Once refused from a property it's best not to go back, they'll prob tell their neighbours as well. Most important, if a farms gate is closed, do not enter unless invited. This is trespass. Whilst a land owner is not permitted to assault you if you are on their land, consider that unless you have a witness with you, it's your word against theirs and the local coppers will beleive the farmer. Land owners are also not permitted to threaten you in any way with machette's, knives or firearms It is illegal to this and the farmer can be charged for threatening with a dangerous weapon, of course with out a witness your gonna be pushing shit up hill, so if it gets nasty, film it. ;) Farmers and most land owners are very nice people, lots of them have indulged in the sacred so are well aware of the effects of the fungus and also the risks involved. When I went to QLD on a cube hunting trip, I found I didn't have to trespass or ask at a farm at all, there were heaps growing along a road side cows had walked down. Massive fuckers, so easy to spot from the car. This then led me to a creek that was gov land (signage) n there were more cubes than I knew what to do with, I collected heaps of the big ones for making prints. Allways tryn get your self some cow poo with mycelium in it for your garden as well. It's very possible extract good isolates from wild specimens for bath tub grows in your backyard at home. Do test this isolate before going to all the trouble of setting up a big grow as if it's a shitty isolate you will get shitty shrooms, growth rate and potency. Pans and copes are a bit diff than cubes, cubes are much easier to find imo. depending on where you are of course.