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Jox

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  1. Hey Gollum, like 2Deep said it's good to see you around again . I could help you with a jourd's, I have a grafted one here that pups all the time. If your interested let me know, I have just been taking the pups off & letting them root in sand but I can graft if you would prefer. Take care, talk soon. Cheers Jox
  2. Another suggestion would be to use a reflector behind your lights and get some panda film for the walls. This will give you much better lighting in your grow box.
  3. Soft, hard, how would you like me to pose?
  4. Jox

    What's eating you pup?

    Could it be possibly it could of split from all the rain? I have had this happen to smaller cacti that are growing well & get a lot of water.
  5. Hey mate, it sounds like a frustrating situation . From the information you have given it seems the seeds are germinating & using all there energy & then failing to get more, this would mean the roots aren't taking up food or are rotting. The other source of energy is light, it sounds like the soil should not be the problem, you have also said that you are careful with your watering so this makes me wonder about the light yours seedlings are getting. Min & max temps are also something that can cause dramas for seedlings. Good luck working this out. Cheers Jox
  6. The king, Hostilis Alberto . Hey mate, I am not sure how old my plant is as I got it last year as a mature plant. I have done a fair bit of reading about these since there discovery, I think your three locations look the way they should including the flowers. As far as I know Alberto has been placed in the Diffusae section of Lophophora along with koehresii, fricii & diffusa so if you are thinking they or there flowers look a bit fricii it is because there are suppose to. This would also mean it should not cross with williamsii. A basic description of alberto, Flower: color range is from almost white to pale pink with a darker mid stripe, it is very similar to L. koehresii the only differences being alberto can have rounded tepals & the bud forms differently. Growth: Alberto grows similarly to koehresii, the areoles radiate from the apical meristem, it differs from koehresii in that it never gets as many ribs, alberto has an average of 5 ribs rarely up to 8. Color: This is were alberto is different from koehresii & a lot more like fricii, alberto has a grey/mauve, greenish/violet epidermis & never get a dark bold green color like koehresii. The thing that sets alberto apart from its other Diffusae cousins is obviously its size at maturity, the seeds have very distinct differences as well. Hey planthelper, I have read your comments & am now wondering how you have come to this conclusion. I highly doubt your seeds would be alberto crosses & if they were how would only one not be? I would say they are albertos or they are not, how big is the biggest one & when were they sown? I grow a lot of cacti from seed & it is very common for the same batch of seeds to grow at very different rates, I have L.williamsii here that were sown three years ago some of these plants are pushing 4cm others are still smaller than my alberto, all the seeds are from one seed pod & have all been grow in exactly the same conditions. Cheers Jox
  7. Great looking grafts hostilis. I have a hard grown alberto that is about to flower, here a some photos of the little bud developing. Its a tiny little loph, here is a photo of it next to a 5 cent coin I will update with photos as the flower develops. Cheers Jox
  8. Jox

    Anonymous Friend No More.

    LOL, sorry for my shitty spelling. I understand why you & Anodyne replied to my comment as I do sound very one sided. I am fully aware that some most of the biggest crooks are the wealthy. My comment was based on a conversation I have with one off my relatives who is a single mother & thinks she is very smart living in a government house paying cheap rent collecting money for her two children which she proudly tells us she had for the money, she is happy to steal at any opportunity & now gets her kids to help . Anyway enough of that, I am sorry for the way I came across. Cheers Jox
  9. Looking for a hand to work out what this Acacia might be, it reminds me of obtuse but I have my doubts. These plants are growing in a nursery were I work but my boss has know idea what he sowed (some kind of wattle he tells me), so the seed could of come from anywhere in Australia,so location is no help. I was not able to take photos of the whole trees as my camera makes them to big & I don't know how to make them smaller, I will try to get photos of them later in the week. Anyway here are some photos I took. Trunk/Bark Phyllodes Phyllodes attached to stem Top view of phyllode Underside phyllode I hope these photos will be enough to work out what species this is & look forward to hearing your thoughts. Cheers Jox
  10. Jox

    Acacia ?

    I now have a photos of flowers & open seed pods to see if I can get some help with this one. I am even more keen to work this out as after seeing the flower realized it is not an Acacia. Sorry about photo quality, looking forward to working this out. Cheers Jox
  11. Jox

    Anonymous Friend No More.

    I would agree with rigger's comments, there are people in Australia who are proud to be dole bluggers & genuinely think they are smarter than others who work hard to scrape by on a wage. The thing that scares me most about this is these people are having children & raising them to think this way & with the same shitty morels!
  12. Jox

    another non-Trichocereus ID

    I was thinking it could be a Gymnocalycium, just looking at the scaly flower.
  13. I would have to say Zelly's plant is not grandiflorus. Like Dreamwalker said grandiflorus are more square or round. I think the reason people often get confused with this name is because of there common name Queen of the night, people get a plant & get told the common name then look up & see grandiflorus & think that must be it with realizing there are quite a few plant with the same common name, there is Selenicereus, Cereus, Epipes that have the common name Queen of the night. Cheers Jox Edit; I think zelly's first plant is actually Epiphyllum oxypetalum, known commonly as Queen of the night or Dutchman's pipe.
  14. Hey zed, it looks like S. hamatus to me. This is also a very good stock plant when it come to grafting. Cheers Jox
  15. Jox

    Show off your freaks

    Thanks for sharing Sabry , They are some awesome & almost unbelievable cacti there! Cheers Jox
  16. Jox

    Pachanoi/pachanot farkin bULLshIT

    I never new there was a Russian PC , I have heard about stories about the Mexican PC !!
  17. This just cements the fact that I am indeed smarter than the majority !! I can't believe that adults around the world still argue over make believe characters! Cheers Jox
  18. Jox

    Lithops Non Toxic?

    My guess would be there harmless. I come to this conclusion on the thinking Lithops have evolved to be camouflaged, if the were poisonous there would be no need for them to blend in with there surroundings. Cheers Jox
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    Giveaway...for the fishos

    Awesome mate I will let you know when they arrive . Regards Jox
  20. Hey mutant, your Selenicereus is S. hamatus & from what I have seen they are not self fertile. There is a good chance it could be crossed with something else from your garden. It should be interesting to see how your fruit turns out & how it taste. The best cacti fruit I have ever tried is Selenicereus megalanthus. Cheers Jox
  21. 810 ribs & 710 radial spines !! That awesome .
  22. Jox

    An introduction

    Welcome mate, taking a spore print can be very useful when trying to identify mushrooms. This can be done by cutting the stem from the head of the mushroom, now place the head of the mushroom on a piece of tin foil ( gills facing down) & cover the lot with a cup or bowl & leave overnight, in the morning you can remove the cup/bowl & mushroom carefully from the foil, you should now have your print. Good luck. Cheers Jox
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    ID please

    Found a few of these growing down the back of my work near a creek, they remind me a lot of a turkey tail but grow a stem. They are all growing out of fallen timber. Top veiw Underside Sorry about the photo quality, they have pores instead of gills. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Jox
  24. Jox

    ID please

    Hey ace, I had a look at Coltricia cinnamomea as a possibility as some photos from above the fruit look quite similar but I ruled it out as there underside is different. C. cinnamomea has pores that are visible with your eye, 2-3 per mm were M. xanthopus has tiny pores that are very hard to see, 8-10 per mm. Also the yellow base or "foot" of the stem of M. xanthopus seems to be a good way to ID them. Cheers Jox
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    Acacia ?

    Hi tarenna, thanks for the lesson mate , I will not forget that . Cheers Jox
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