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its bloody hot atm. too hot to do anything outside, mornings and late afternoon into the evenings atm till the weather cools a bit. some more cactus and things Haworthia asstd things Lithops Turbinocarpus Little astrophytum Sulcorebutia more asstd things Hoodia seeds on these Aztekium Riteri

this is where i shall post pics of the cactus from the collection i am building. some pics of trichocereus in the ground to kick it off, various origins, mostly from collectors off here have listed some members names as the origins of some plants, if i have listed your name here and you don't like that then please let me know and i will remove. Dawsons peru, Interbeing Dawsons Bridgesii, Interbeing Lumberjack hybrid, Jack 4 ribbed huancoensis, seedgrown, tripsis Capitol cactus Peru, Watertrade seed grown scop Lumberjack hybrid, Jack Rosei 1 open, Getafix Sierra canyon x SS02, seedgrown, Watertrade scop, seed grown Super pedro x j3, Tripsis J1 x pach hybrid, hellonasty seedgrown, Jsmith these are some good looking peru's from Micoz, all are originally from Tripsis except this first one which is Roseii 2 some nice glaukus peru's and others collected over summer Arid art macrogonis, micoz - ebay Len, Micoz - Tripsis Scop, Watertrade Super Pedro, Watertrade Terscheckii x Psycho0. Getafix other pillar cactus lophocereus shotii pilocereus pentaedrophorus pilocereus azures myrtillocactus geometrizans

Now you have confused me wert. hairy balls or not? Why the ", is that a quote from Einstein? E = massive hairy balls

heres some pics of an absolutely HUGE crested nudum that a very nice person has allowed me to 'borrow' for a while. many my good friend. innit she a fukn doozy. shocking!! i am still gobsmacked at the size of it, I've some old moles, but no astros as big as this one. as she has been flowering i have so far crossed it with an asterias that has flowered many more other astros here will have flowers open in the next few weeks as this oooge crested nudum continues to flower she will be crossed with lots of astros........... should make for some interesting seeds if all goes well.

Amazing collection! Will be a Tricho lover's dream to spend some time in this garden in a few years. Great work

Once you start collecting copes you may as well give up on everything and surrender your life to the cactus gods. Nice plants bro

Hi all, welcome to 2018! Acacia Courtii Seedlings for sale in bulk only this time A.C Bulk Pack - $120 inc postage 8 x Acacia courtii 40mm tubes - $100 P & H $20 Express Min. order of 8. If you are looking for smaller numbers or individual plants I suggest you contact the larger ethno retailers as I believe they will have some ready soon. Unfortunately no post to WA, NT or TAZ. Australia Only As you may know this is a very specially tree that has a limited population so hopefully these go to people with some land that can plant them out to ensure species survival long into the future! I would recommend re-potting them into something slightly larger and then planting into the ground after summer or if you can tend to them daily you could plant them out now in a semi shaded area watering daily. These trees are inoculated with their homebase rhizobia and are a picture of health. Kept under light shade cloth. PM for enquiry, Communacacian

Having been supplied with leaves from 4 different psychotria varieties by the generous member Bardo, I set about trying to propagate them. I haven't done leaf propagation before so use the search engine I did. Rather than put all my eggs in one basket I tried a few methods to mitigate the risk of failure. Approximately half the leaves were "cracked", the other half were left whole. Half of each were planted directly into moist potting medium, the other half were kept in wet paper towel in plastic bags. All were kept in a humidity dome and left in a shady spot outdoors, fate was left to take care of everything else, other than an occasional misting. Around 6 weeks later (I didn't note the date, I'm terrible at record keeping!) I can say that the paper towel method wins hands down for speed of rooting. 100% of the leaves in paper towel have produced roots, barely 10% of the leaves planted directly have roots. The roots look much more vigorous on the towel method leaves too. The cracked leaves in paper towel have all shot roots from each crack, none of the cracked leaves which were planted directly have. All the paper towel leaves still appear fresh, crisp and green whereas the others have browned and curled around the margins. I repotted all the paper towel leaves and switched the others to the superior method. If you haven't tried the paper towel propagation method, I recommend you try it and I think you will be impressed. The varieties were: viridis, carthagenensis, nexus and shipibo. All varieties responded similarly, there were no significant differences between them. Pic 1: paper towel method Pic 2: direct in media Pic 3: pots ready to go Pic 4: repotted and bagged up

I thought I found a contender to beat the 'number of seeds in one pod' prize but alas, only 54 seeds in this one ;) This may have been one generation from the original. But I wouldn't want to jump the gun and claim I have found a mutant super hybrid capable of producing thousands of seeds per season.... And may be the answer to world hunger.. Just sayin

"The T. pachanoi "quasi-cristata" (TPQC) is a non-PC pachanoi type that grew crested after an apparent snail attack - maybe it is genetic in there somewhere and the snail attack caused it to come out, or maybe it is purely from the infection - regardless its a beautiful pachanoi though I haven't taken good care of it these past couple years.." Nitrogen's word. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33453&page=1

Got one TPC (icaros) from approx 1000 trich seeds of many varieties sown.

A salubrious night was had by all. Salubrious - is a fancy way to describe something that's good for you or is generally favorable to mind or body, but it need not be limited to describing healthy foods or liquids. Salubricate - to manufacture something that's good for you or is generally favourable to mind and body, but it need not be limited to describing healthy foods or liquids ???

I've recently become a bit fascinated with all the awesome figs that grow around Sydney & was wondering if anyone could help me ID this one. Pretty sure it's not the 'weeping fig', Ficus benjamina (yeah thanks google) but aside from that I'm not sure, eg. if it's a native or what. I've had a look at a few keys, but I'm not much of a botanist - superba is my best guess so far, but I'm not sure because there are very few signs of aerial roots on this one & most pics of other trees don't show such long weepy whippy new growth.

the 3 Eileens were sent this afternooon. lucky usa, 2 went to AZ and 1 to CA. spines were cut. one dude gets the mid section, down side is indicated by D. Let me know when you get them by PM

WOW ! you truly do have an insane collection ! The most extensive I have seen so far on SAB I would say.

Olive's terscheckii X Yowie Olive's terscheckii X Bondi scopulicola 1&2 Group shot, two xYowie on the left, Xscop on the right Interbeing terscheckii OP Solaritea's terscheckii X peruvianus Jessica Solaritea's terscheckii X PC T. escayachensis

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.

Try the Seed and Plant Exchange section

Acacia aphylla Acacia pataczekii

some Pachanoi seed grown plants in the ground, in the "pachanoi" section, but who knows some of them are mighty spiky these have come from different growers on here Pachanoi x Psycho0 - Getafix J1 x J3 - Stillman Super Pedro x Rosei 1 - Stillman J2 x Psycho0 - J Smith sadly this one is untagged. Juuls x Scop - Interbeing J2 x Psycho0 - J Smith Pach x Psycho0 - J Smith Super Pedro x Psycho0 - Tripsis Super Pedro x J3 - Tripsis J3 open - Stillman Pachanoi x Super Pedro - J Smith Fields Pach x Psycho0 - J Smith Super Pedro open - Getafix Super Pedro open - Stillman 4 ribbed Huancoensis - Tripsis someone must do some weeding.......

Now your just showing off but please dont stop.

Copiapoa these live undercover and are out for taking pics only. its june now, these won't get any water till october, maybe later depending on the weather. bought these 6 off ebay, same seller was selling his collection. Cinerea Taltalensis Haseltonia albispina Cinerea Tenebrosa Cinerea x Taltalensis Cinerea Bridgesii, ebay Megarhiza sub sp echinata, ebay Cinerea, ebay Dealbata, ebay Coquimbana, ebay smaller plants, all ebay buys lizard skin, Juzzoa hasseltonia, Juzzoa more. more, more copiapoa, more

pilosocereus peruv - steve kk2150 pilosocereus bridge, seed grown, black rot positive. The bridgesi cut I got from the same us vendor had black rot too bridge same seed batch

peruv los gentiles, from seed peruv icarus, from seed

breast myrti glaucus kk336 pachycereus pecten-aboriginum I think this is jess, another ozzie bridge us bridge clone, same vendor with the black rot seed grown pach - alf I think rob peruv - kk2152 veruv - gnosis