Sir Jeans

NEW UPDATE: All cuttings are now sold Hi All! I've got 8 beautiful Trichocereus Bridgesii "Jeans" cutting for sale! This variety grows prolifically, with many branches, a beautiful blueish color and nice long golden spines that become more brown as they mature. This variety has recently been discussed in the following thread: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?/topic/31240-t-bridgesii-jeans/& Most cuttings for sale are about 38cm, with the smallest being 36cm and the longest being 40cm. To make things easier, I'm charging a flat price of $30 for each cutting, plus postage. This works out at around 80c per cm, give or take a little bit depending on which one you get. Here's some pics of the cuttings. If you want one in particular, let me know which one. They are numbered left to right from 1 to 8 in the photo below. Note that #2 fell on the ground and got damaged, so I replaced it with a really nice new (undamaged) piece that's 40cm long (not pictured though). #1: SOLD #2: SOLD #3: SOLD #4: SOLD #5: SOLD #6: SOLD #7: SOLD #8: SOLD If you'd like to buy one (or more), please PM me and indicate which number you want using the above image, and also provide me with your post code so I can work out postage for you. I'll update the list as they are sold. Payment is via PayPal only. No shipping overseas I'm afraid. Here's another close up so you can see some of the tips: Here's some additional information about the variety for those who are interested: https://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=89217 And finally, here's my member trade reputation thread: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29524-sir-jeans-10185/ Cheers, Jeans

UPDATE: One person cancelled their order, so now #1 and #3 are available again! First come first served!

Thanks everyone for your interest so far! Skellum, you got in earlier with your PM, so 4 and 6 are reserved for you. Mountaingoat, there's still a few available if you'd like a different one

Hi All, OK! I now have 8 cuttings of Jeans variety for sale! See this thread for details: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?/topic/44456-trichocereus-bridgesii-jeans-cutting-for-sale/ Cheers, Jeans

Hi All, I only just saw this thread, great to see that the name has stuck with this one! And yes, it really is a very beautiful variety! I initially collected it from an elderly lady up in a hilly region of Australia from a very old plant. It looked quite unique to me, hence why I gave it it's own name I've never seen it flower unfortunately, but I'm hoping I'll have some of my older plants flower in the next year or two. I'm actually going to be taking some cuttings and putting them up for sale on here in the next week or two. If anyone wants to get in early and express interest, feel free to do so - that way I can reserve a piece for you. Selling these at 0.80 per cm, minimum length of 30cm per cutting. Cheers, Jeans

Hmm, that's an interesting theory. The $100 bonus doesn't require you to keep any money in the account - in their own advertising of the deal, they request that people get their pay put into the account, and that if this is at least $1000 in the first month, you get the bonus. We can of course get around that by simply shifting $1000 into the account, taking it straight back out again, then closing the account if we want to once the bonus comes in. But, assuming that some people do get their pay put into the account and start using it as their regular account, that will give the bank more capital.

Hey everyone! This isn't actually a plant sale, but I posted it here because I figured quite a lot of people would be interested in this and could benefit. Apologies if this isn't the best place for this. Here's a way that you can make $100 for 20 minutes of your time without even leaving home, which you can then put toward buying cactuses (of course ) My bank (ING Direct) is giving $100 bonuses to both myself and to every new customer I refer to them (You!) who opens an Orange Everyday account. It only takes 10-20 minutes online, and there are no account opening or closing fees. This is basically free, no-strings money from a bank looking for more customers. There’s no obligation to use or even keep the account after you get the bonus, although it is actually a very good account – no fees at all, free withdrawals from *any* ATM in Aus, etc. If you are interested, you can find out more and sign up for an Orange Everyday account here (or if you’re suspicious of clicking the link, just Google “ING Orange Everyday account”): https://www.ingdirect.com.au/everyday-banking.html To get the bonus, open up an ING Orange Everyday account, say you were referred by a friend when prompted, and enter the following promotional code: EOW211 The promotional code is important – without it, neither of us get the bonus! The other thing you have to do is deposit $1001 into your new account within a calendar month. It doesn’t matter where this comes from, as long as it’s not another ING account. I just used savings from another account, and transferred the money (plus the bonus) back once I got the bonus. Many people I know have done this and got their bonuses (it takes about a month to receive it). However, some people who hadn’t lived in their house for a minimum of 3 years or who didn’t have a driver’s license or passport had to provide physical ID at a post office to complete the sign up. They still got their bonuses, just a bit more effort required. Note that the bonus only applies for new customers who haven’t been with ING before. It’s not every day that you get a chance to make $100 from home by simply filling in a form and opening an account, and I know a lot of people could do with the extra cash (including myself, which is why I’m doing this!). So please pass this on to anyone else you can think of that might benefit! The offer is valid until the 31st of July, but is limited to the first 10,000 participants so it’s worth getting onto it. Feel free to message me if you have any questions and I’d be happy to help. Of course, there's a lot of scams going around, so feel free to call them up and confirm that they really doing bonuses if you're referred by a friend. Just tell them that a friend told you about it on Facebook Finally, here's my member trading reputation thread in case you just want to check that out too:

In this case, there actually *is* a free lunch. As long as you meet the eligibility criteria and follow the instructions as outlined above, you'll get $100 cash for nothing but a bit of your time. There are no fees, including no opening or closing fees. I'm not sure what happened with your mates in the past Zedo, but either they must have done something wrong in the sign-up process, or INGs policies were different to what they are now. I've had about a dozen personal friends do this and every one of them received the bonus. Most of them simply withdrew their $100 (plus the $1001 they initially transferred in) and then closed the account. Nobody paid any fees at any point. Feel free to call ING Direct if you want to confirm this (again, just say a friend told you about it)

Yep, minimum is $1001, although it's worth pointing out this doesn't necessarily have to all be in one lump sum. They suggest you can get your pay put into the account, and as long as it's 1001 within one calendar month you're all good (and you don't have to leave it in - you can start withdrawing / using the money straight away). I also find paperwork to be a pain in the ass, but fortunately with this one it's pretty quick and simple

Sounds good, and yeah, they're a lot better than most of the other banks. And of course a free $100 is a pretty sweet deal ;)

All cuttings are now sold, thanks for your interest everyone!

UPDATE: ALL CUTTINGS SOLD! Hi All! It's time for my once per year trich cutting sale! All cuttings are in excellent health and were actively growing from large rooted plants until today. All cuttings are $0.80 per cm + postage. Price is listed next to each item below. In addition to the price listed, buyer must pay postage. Postage within Australia only. Payment by PayPal only. Cacti will, as always, be packaged with great care. Bridgesii will be in postage tubes, the others will be wrapped in paper towel and bubble wrap, then put in boxes. This post will be updates as the cutting are sold. If interested in buying, please PM me and let me know the post code for where it'll be sent. I'll then be able to calculate postage costs for you. Payment will then be vie PayPal, and the item will be sent off as soon as the payment is received. Please see the following link for my member trading reputation thread: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29524-sir-jeans-10185/ Here are the cuttings. First, the bridgesii. These are the "Jeans" variety that I've sold in the past. See here for some additional info on this variety: https://erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=89217 Littler one on the left: - 40cm, $32.00 SOLD Other four from top to bottom: - 64cm, $51.20 SOLD - 42cm, $33.60 SOLD - 31cm, $24.80 SOLD - 60cm, $48.00 SOLD Now we have one large and beautiful T. Macrogonus cutting, and one T Scopulicola cutting. Both very plump and heavy. The Scopulicola has a fully healed slight split that you can see on one side. The other sides are all in great condition. - Macrogonus, 75cm, $60 SOLD - Scopulicola, 50cm, $40 SOLD

I wouldn't worry Glaukus, I think people worry a bit too much with trichs generally - they're pretty resiliant most of the time. Having said that, all the cuttings listed above were taken I think about three weeks before the post and were ready to pot up by the time I sent them, so you're all good

Nice work Skellum, they look beautiful potted up :D So glad to hear that they arrived safely and that you're happy with them!

Yep, if you want some larger cuttings let me know, but if you just want smaller ones, you might be best off taking up Alchemica on their offer

I've actually sold the scop now, I'll update the post now. The macro cutting is on eBay, so as long as it's listed there, I can't sell it outside of eBay or cut it up. You're welcome to check out the listing - I just reduced the price of it, so the starting bid is well below what I'd normally sell it for http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182489969434?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 If you want, I could cut you separate smaller bits of macro and scop, but I wouldn't be willing to go any smaller than 30cm each (at 0.80 per cm), otherwise it's just not worth it - not the easiest things to package up! Let me know if you're interested

OK, due to lack of interest here, I've put the scop, the macro, and one of the big bridgesii cuts on eBay. You can bid for them there if you're interested. Here are the ebay links: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182464638729?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182464636550?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182464634801?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 You can still buy the other bridgesii cuts directly through here if you're interested

Bump -- still have most of these for sale! If the pieces are too long for people, I'm willing to cut them in half

Hi All! It's time for my once per year trich cutting sale! All cuttings are $0.80 per cm + postage. Price is listed next to each item below. In addition to the price listed, buyer must pay postage. Postage within Australia only. Payment by PayPal only. Cacti will, as always, be packaged with great care. Bridgessi will be in postage tubes, the others will be wrapped in paper towel and bubble wrap, then put in boxes. All cuttings are in excellent health and were actively growing from large rooted plants until today. This post will be updates as the cutting are sold. If interested in buying, please PM me and let me know the post code for where it'll be sent. I'll then be able to calculate postage costs for you. Payment will then be vie PayPal, and the item will be sent off as soon as the payment is received. Please see the following link for my member trading reputation thread: Here are the cuttings. Fires, the bridgessi. These are the "Jeans" variety that I've sold in the past. Littler one on the left: 40cm Other four from top to bottom: - 64cm

Hi All! It's time for my once per year trich cutting sale! All cuttings are $0.80 per cm + postage. Price is listed next to each item below. In addition to the price listed, buyer must pay postage. Postage within Australia only. Payment by PayPal only. Cacti will, as always, be packaged with great care. Bridgessi will be in postage tubes, the others will be wrapped in paper towel and bubble wrap, then put in boxes. All cuttings are in excellent health and were actively growing from large rooted plants until today. This post will be updates as the cutting are sold. If interested in buying, please PM me and let me know the post code for where it'll be sent. I'll then be able to calculate postage costs for you. Payment will then be vie PayPal, and the item will be sent off as soon as the payment is received. Please see the following link for my member trading reputation thread: Here are the cuttings. Fires, the bridgessi. These are the "Jeans" variety that I've sold in the past. Littler one on the left: 40cm Other four from top to bottom: - 64cm

Hey all, just a little bit of shameless promotion - I'm selling the last of my enormous grafted lophs on eBay at the moment :D If you're interested, check it out! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/-/182340055246?

Yep, very happy with the sale, it got snapped up the same day I listed it for the buy it now price :D Beautiful plant, well worth the price in my perhaps *slightly* biased opinion I've just listed the last of my big grafted lophs on eBay, so this will be the last one I ever sell! This one is a bit smaller, so listed for a little bit less money: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/-/182367760274?

I just made the 10% donation to Erowid, as you can see by the image below (some information has been erased for the sake of anonymity). If you check the AUD to USD conversion rate you'll see it equals just over $45

Auction: HUGE grafted loph! I'm auctioning off a HUGE grafted L. Williamsi for a friend. This is something truly special and certainly not something you see every day. The graft was performed approximately five years ago and the whole plant is in exceptionally good health. The grafted section flowers prolifically for months at a time and produces an abundance of seeds (although note that no one to my knowledge has attempted to germinate the seeds). Looking down from above, the grafted section has a circumference of 61cm (!) and a diameter of 21cm. From the top of the pot to the top of the grafted section, the height of the entire plant is 29cm. It has 13 large "primary" heads, and many smaller buttons. As you can see from the images below, there is no insect damage or significant scarring. It has never had any problems with rot, sunburn or other tissue damage. The T. Pachanoi that it is grafted on is planted in premium cactus soil and the whole plant has been kept under a veranda. Care has been taken to ensure that the grafted section stayed dry at all times. The plant has been receiving approximately 4 hours of direct sun each day, from early to late morning. The reserve price is $200. Due to the value of this item and the amount of time and effort that it will take to prepare it for postage, I will not be accepting bids less than the reserve price. How the auction works: The auction is open now and will close at 8.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on Sunday 13 December, 2015. Please ensure that that you are referring to the correct timezone when placing bids to avoid the disspaointment of placing a bid after the item has sold. Place bids by posting your bid as a reply to this post below. I will contact the highest bidder by PM shortly after the auction ends to arrange payment and postage. On either the Monday or the Tuesday directly after payment is received, I will go to the house where the cactus is located, prepare it for postage and send it off. Note that I will be donating 10% of the auction price to Erowid to help support the valuable work that they do Payment and postage: Payment is via PayPal only. Postage ONLY to locations within Australia. Due to the value of this item, I recommend that the plant be sent as-is, and not bare-rooted. This means that the postage cost will likely be at least $30-40 and possibly more. Buyer must cover the cost of postage. The plant is going to be given a week without any water to allow the soil to become dry, which will reduce the weight of the item and thus reduce postage costs. I will bear the cost of any materials I need for packaging the plant. I have a reputation for taking great care in packaging cactus cuttings and the way I will prepare this plant will be my finest work yet, which will probably take me several hours. Rest assured that I will take extreme care to ensure that the plant is very well protected from damage during transit. Member Trading Reputation thread: I invite you to take a look at my Member Trading Reputation thread here: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29524 Disclaimer: Please note that I'm selling this as a collectors item and I do not encourage or endorse any attempt to prepare any part of this plant for ingestion.

Yeah I'm finding it hard to gauge what it's worth - there was a much smaller grafted loph that sold for $350 a little while ago I think so I figured $500 was probably about right. Since there haven't been any bids yet I've lowered it to $400 in the hope that it might get a bit more interest. I won't be changing it again though and I actually don't really mind if it doesn't sell