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werdermannius: taquimbalensis notice how different the spines can be due to conditions, even on the same plant.

Thank you everybody! It seems that I am too new to like all of your posts. I will eventually. AZS, that is a gorgeous SSO2! I used to have a 4-ribbed bridge. It grew an extra rib. Here is a low quality pic of my pot o'juuls (jewels). A bridgesii and a pach are in the background. When I get my camera, I will post better quality images.

"Trichocereus tacaquirensis TB 551.2" from SuccSeed. Mutant, would you say this is var. wilkae, or not, or is it still too early to say?

G'day all! I'm in the pemberton area of WA, wondering if anyone has any knowledge for uses of local saps etc? I'm keen to try steaming and collecting my own eucalyptus oil, and I've failed to extract pine pitch from some pines we have (I made charcoal instead, whoops!) I've heard that local red gum saps used to be used for tanning animal skins, but I have no idea on the details of use. Edit - I don't mean medicinal or psycoactive properties at all, but practical applications such as sealants or gums, waterproofing or uses in tanning etc. Random things like that!

I really don't see how it's ebays problem. Still lots of listings I can buy that are os? Certainly no mail from ebay saying such things? And idk why they are so strict but we have had some bad experiences lol ie cane toads. I remember reading that thread about new laws I think it all worked out as know one has raided my pantry and arrested me for using nutmeg on my apple pie.

Inside hiding in the shade....lol....fck living under the ozone layer hole The most eyecatching to me of the start of buds save the rest for when bloomin This gift is looking a bit more loved Too much shit to pot up...lol... I really do need to knock some of these up a size of two. Ah...no...not today...lol (looks like raspberry bed is full of woody weeds this summer)

just got back will start bottleling today forgot the lucky number hillbilly knows it so if he could shed light on the winner but i will get strted today .Cambodia was insane .I source my mollases from a place on the nsw qld border and my local produce store .sorry for late reply the rum is on its way

here are the astros,

Attempted an uebelmannia graft, fingers crossed. Checked on my seedlings, you reckon the yellow one is worth grafting? That loph has some nice color.

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Here are the updated lists (effective September 22nd for Trichs and October 30th for Echinopsis). It's not as easy to read as before: Echinopsis: Trichocereus:

No to shoes. Yes to motorcycle parts and shiny bio-lab toys. What sorts of extravagance makes her happy? Outstanding expressions of traditional romance? Skydiving? Old books? Handmade things? Exquisite food or drink? If you're out to express your love and impress her and make that moment special we can narrow it down if you tell us what she likes

Alrighty everyone, the seeds are in the mail - woo! The seed code is as follows: 1. Lumberjackus x TPM 2. Psycho0 x TPM 3. Sharxx Blue x TPM 4. TPM x Sharxx Blue 5. TPM x Huarazensis 6. Lumberjackus x Sharxx Blue enjoy!

never tried ourhinos .. but i certainly will when i get the opportunity... and my supplier with the caupuri about doubled the price of their seeds samaras this year ... so umm,.. 'didn't bother until I find some a bit more affordable.. but last year all 10 caupuri sprouted and one by one died off with the final death 2 months ago .. i'm just sprouting muricata(cabi roxo in Brazil), white aya, alicia , for the 3rd year running ... -tucunaca doesn't need re-sowing , it's that reliable so far... This year I sowed them along with some banisteriopsis sp' sky blue and peruvian yellow caapi... Tucunacá appears, thus far; to be the easiest and very satisfying. I have 2x 2yr olds,.. here's one of them (also may visit your dreams the night before you see it sprout) Caupuri was ridiculously easiest and fastest to germinate, just a pain to keep alive.. Muricata seems the next easiest, 1 x 2yr old and just resowed 5 (also visited dreams and next am was sprouted) Alicia anisopetala (if you're that way inclined) scores pretty easy too and seems to have the power to resurrect it's self after being dead(at least twice in my experience) - 1x2 yr old and resowed again just in case and white aya failed first year, but i have 2x 1 yr olds left out of 8 and resowed again just in case i found them all particularly easy , just a patience game, ... in my rainforest box thingy. av temps are 23.8 - 32C (the day night cycle) but also dependent upon weather ... ~humidity at a constant 100% all year round... first year i germed in john innes seed 'samara' loam with fresh live sphagnum clipped into fluff .. and potted on to miracle grow compost topped with live sphagnum clipped etc, 2nd year i created a blend using charcoal, live sphagnum, sand, ericaceous, perlite, john innes seed 'samara' loam, DE kitty litter, ormus, .. and other goodies i forget... those 2 years the Rainforest box was in a sunroom/conservatory and had nice sunlight filtered by double glazing this year, in the home, i had to beef up the lighting to save the lianas [and the psychotrias] (didn't realize how much the sun aided us while growing in the sunroom) and I just used ericaceous with a bit of perlite and it's only been 2 or 3 days so far... i cant imagine Ourhinos being much harder to sprout than Tucunacá but i just don't know yet.. i only tried nuking the pots this year after doing a round of cactus sowings using the microwave tek and was completely unnecessary the 2 years prior.. as was the saran wrap/cling film/shrinkwrap/whatever you call that plastic stuff in your lands.. here's pics of this year's sowing and i always update in the "what did you do in your sacred garden thread" -I allowed the fungi that came in on the samaras to enjoy 2 days with the cling film on before whipping it off. and i have a few albums containing all my pics from every attempt at aya's but here's the main liana one http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=778 i hope this helps.. and give us a shout if I can help with anything further mate good luck , happy sowing and hope you enjoy them growing .. be prepared to retry every year with fresh seeds samaras until you achieve your desires ;) -and be prepared to over-sow in case of losses, although i began with just 5 seeds samaras of each and they did me really well, at a guess i'd say 80-100% germination rates..(except white aya with nil) 2nd attempt i tried with 10 packs. this year i went back to 5 packs except for the new sky blue one where i got 10 in pairs/3's so it still looks like fewer are sown lol.. - horsey p.s. if you end up giving the white aya a bash... : it helped to ease them out of their embryo coatings when they were sprouting.

I have to extend a big thanks to Zelly for being very hospitable a few days ago. I had a wonderful time. Also to Nitrogen for popping in for a chat for a while. It was absolutely fantastic to be able to meet you both. If either of you are to come to Australia I will very happily show you some spots and open my house to you. And to Highdesertcacti for providing some guest passes for me and Zelly to go to the Huntington. Wonderful place it is too. Could have spent longer there but they're only open for 4.5 hours on a weekday. I have LOTS of cool cactus pics to share with you all. And I will, but most likely not for a week or so until I'm back home and can spend some time resizing and uploading them. I am seriously behind on my SAB-ing so will get back into it as soon as I can. I will also be creating a mushroom thread to document the first 2 weeks of my trip when I spent much time in forests and had some great and exciting finds. Including a Boletus edulis, (porcini), on Vancouver island. I'm in Scottsdale at the moment, (near Phoenix). And am heading down to Saguaro national park and probably one of either the Phoenix desert botanical gardens of the desert botanical gardens at Tucson. We shall see how early I get up and get on with the day as I have a bunch of dricing to get done to complete my mission..... How's this for a pic from the kitchen window of the place I'm staying at? (excuse the overexposed pic - trust me, the view from the kitchen is amazing, multiple saguaros out each window, and every other window of the house!) And the Cac-Stang has been treating me well. Thought I'd get one of these as all the Americans drive them, (and by that I mean all the tourists rent them....)

TPQC x scopulicola

Started a new tray of seeds I like to call Capt. Mutato! Anways their just Pachanoi seed that had a monstrose parent but for some reason I don't get any crests or mutations from my TPQC crosses, but to be fair I've only tried 2 varieteis and germed about 150 seeds. These I get 30-40% mutation rate. Sorry for pics and lighting gotta grab a proper flash for camera. I removed about 1o larger seedlings that were getting too big and some showed monstrose some not but all healthy. Then this is the rest of the tray in finishing school to go out into sun hardenning this week.

P. cyanescens for loloscopy only

Hey Zed, sounds like a great trip will be ahead of you! Come back in one piece! Oh, and it may be a good idea to take pics of everything you see. Maybe you can write a little trip report (not that type of trip!) here or/and on the trichocereus website. I´d love to read about that.

the Huntington Botannical Gardens is a NO miss! I promise you, you'll be glad you went! If you can make it down to San Diego there are miles of cactus nurseries around the fallbrook area. have fun! edit: i believe hbg is larger then disneyland even, and the cactus garden is the whole east side of it...

I bought this from Thailand and it was a crest. I grafted 2 section of it but the reverted to normal and now I feel somethings happening

ariocarpus trichocereus chimera

Few of the new freaks from seed this is the only one of from Nitrogens seed thats shown any real freakiness for me so far its a TPM x N1 This is a Frailea asteroides which is showing multiple heads and possibly starting to show cresting to Not to sure about this asterias x super kabuto its showing some odd colouring possibly variegation and is also widening so hopefully it crests to And this is the one thats got me the most excited its a Psycho x spachianus showing variegation and monstrose growth

Slow over winter for me, I don't have lights. They were happy on the windowsill, but they are hardening off outside now.