Jox

Just a side note but the hbwr vines ip here in north QLD finished flowering a couple of months ago and have dropped most of their seeds..

As the title says I'm looking for photos of prints, I would love to see as many different photos as I can. Preferably with their identification. Now before I go any further I would like to explain the reason I'm looking for these pictures. It's seems that I've got myself into a bit of a situation, my 16 year old daughter has bought herself a tattoo gun and I have been asked to be her first patient / guinea pig / victim lol. I figure a mushroom print shouldn't be to complicated and I have always had a passion and a connection with shrooms. So if you don't mind me getting something that hopefully looks similar to your picture permanently put on my body please so me your photos.. Cheers Jox..

I can't believe that no one has jumped at the chance to help my daughter punish me.. This place has really slowed down since I was here a few years ago..

Hey Quantum _ Reality, Nice giveaway brother, I would love to be gifted one of the packs. Cheers Jox..

Hey Macca, hope you've been going well. The reason that I asked to see photos is because they are a very rare treasure to find in QLD. Actually the more I've thought about the opening post the more I doubt that they would be subs, for one I don't think that the minimum temperatures would have been getting low enough yet and the other thing is that I spent many winters searching those mountains and never came across true wild (in the bush) patches of subs. Now I can say that I did find and identify a couple of little patches of subs on those mountains but they were in man made parks and gardens. To this day I still question whether you can find endemic subs in QLD or if the handful of subs that have ever been found and positively identified have been introduced. Cheers Jox..

Hey brothers and sister's, I have 3 beautiful tpm x n1 tip cuttings for sale or trade. They are cut from 3 individual seed grown plants of mine. If interested please pm me. Cheers Jox..

Hey RC, hope you've been well brother. PsillySimon it's great to hear someone talking about south east QLD subs again. I have not been hunting in down that way for at least 4 years now but when I lived there I had found two fairly reliable patches where I could find subs in the colder months. They were up in the mountains where the night time temperature would fall below 10 degrees. I hope you keep finding these treasures, please keeps us updated on your adventures.. Ps.. I love photos........ People always want proof of seQLD subs lol.. Cheers Jox..

Hey I hope everyone is doing well. I am a long time member but have spent the last few years focusing on family. Now it's time to get back into my garden and start catching up with like minded people. I am currently living in townsville and would love to organize a little get together. If there are any members new or long term that would like to met up and swap stories, plants, make acquaintances with people with similar interests please let me know.. Regards Jox..

I would like to start a thread were we can put up photos of our grafts, I will be putting photos here of my grafts & trying to update when necessary. I will be trying to give the most accurate details of each graft. I encourage others to put there photos here. I will start with my Lophophora grafts. These seeds came as mixed L. williamsii & were sown on the 18/4/12, I grafted two of them onto Peres at about four months old 13/8/12. 1st L.williamsii photo taken 13/8/12 Photo taken 23/2/13 scion is 2.4cm wide 2nd L.williamsii Photo taken 13/8/12 Photo taken 23/2/13 scion is 1.5cm wide This next lot of Lophophora seeds were sown on the 3/11/12, I grafted them onto Peres on the 29/1/13 so they are only new & I will have to update in a month or so. Two L.fricci Photo taken 23/2/13 Two L.jourdaniana Photo taken 23/2/13 Two L.koehresii Photo taken 23/2/13 1st looks normal 2nd looks like it may be variegated One L.ziegleri Photo taken 23/2/13 One L.decipiens Photo taken 23/2/13 Thanks for looking & please add your photos & experiences . Cheers jox

Hello all, it's been awhile. Hope everyone's well. I'm currently residing in Townsville and have some beautiful tricos I need to sell, most are to big to post so pick up would be preferred. PM me for details. Regards Jox.. .

I don't see a lot of talk on here about orchids & I was wondering if there are any hardcore orchid grows. I keep a few different kinds that I have picked up at shows (impulse buys ) & have a few native spps as well. You could call me a orchid collector not grower, haha. The reason for asking is, I am looking for someone who knows how to grow/germinate orchid seeds, I have access to some Dendrobium speciosum v tarberi (King orchid) seedpods. They are still attached to the orchid & will open in the few weeks. If anyone knows how to grow them & are keen let me know & I will get you some . Cheers jox

Came across this beautiful epiphytic cactus today & had a couple of questions, I'm pretty sure it a Selenicereus of some kind, can anyone tell me what kind, or how to key out this species? It is getting flower buds so this may help with a positive ID when they open, this raises my next question, do all Selenicereus spp flower at night like grandiflorus or some flower during the day? Last question, is Selenicereus a good stock for grafting? Its growing in the branches of a big jacaranda. You can see the flower buds in these photos. Closer photos of the stem. Any feedback would be appreciated Cherrs jox.

Hey all, it's been awhile since I've posted here but am planing on getting back to my friends here. Anyway I am planning on selling some of my special plants. I have pretty much anything & everything , the only catch is plants will have to be picked up from the goldy. If you are interested in expanding your collection & can get to the gold coast send me a message with your wish list & we can work something out. Cheers Jox

I would like to start a tread were people can give examples of there success & failures with cactus hybridization. I know there are quite a few enthusiastic pollinators amongst us & this is a subject hard to find good information on. The idea would be to give examples of two different genus of cactus you try to hybridize not two species or sub-species that you crossbreed. I am very keen to hear from other people on this topic & if anyone has questions or ideas on this subject or would like to ask about a hybrid they want to attempt please do so. I will start with a question about making a hybrid Turbinicarpus / Copiapoa, has anyone heard of this been done with any success? Today I had a T.lophophoroides & a C.hypogaea flowering so I have pollinated both with the others pollen, I have tried to self pollinate both these plants before with no success so I am thinking if ether one produces a fruit there could be a high chance of hybridization. I have a feeling if this had been done with any success before I would probably be able to find something about it, so I doubt it will work . I look forward to reading other peoples hybridization attempts, successes & failures. Cheers Jox

Not sure if many members here collect Stapelia species? I thought I would put up some pics of my S. leendertziae flowering for all to see. If anyone collects these stinky succulents please fell free to add your species & pics. S.leendertziae growing in the garden. S. leendertziae bud starting to open this morning Four hours later I have this plant for trade or sale if anyone is interested. Cheers jox

Hi all, Just a quick question about my C. hypogea, can someone tell me if this species is self-fertile? I have been reading up about it but can't find a answer & I'm keen to know as my has flower buds developing & I would love to get some seed from it. Cheers jox

Hey guys, I took my kids for a walk thought some local markets today & found a little stall selling & huge range of heirloom & organic seeds. I see there are a lot of members here looking for these kind of seeds so I stopped to have a talk to them, I found out they are from to local company's. I grabbed a 2013/14 catalog ( 100+ pages) & am surprised by there range, anyway I thought I would put there info here in case others were interested . Eden seeds (Australia's finest range of heirloom seeds since 1986) www.EdenSeeds.com.au Select Organic (Certified Organic Seeds) www.SelectOrganic.com.au Cheers Jox

Well one of my cross pollination attempts has worked & it's looking like I will end up with an apple . I took pollen from a cactus I have labeled as Cereus peruvianus (please tell me if you think it's C. peru or another type of Cereus) & put it over a flower on my Cereus hindmannianus monstrose. After two days the flower head fell of, leaving the base, now the base is getting bigger by the day. DAD MUM With a bit of luck I will end up with an apple, & some fresh seed . If anyone is interested in growing this X let me know as there should be some monstrose babies amongst the seed. Cheers jox

Hi all, I know this is an old post but I would like to see how things are going. I have read Kadakuda's papers and this year got the chance to try crossing my fricii and Koehresii both ways. I did this about 3 months ago (will add dates and photos in next few days) and it's seems I have had the opposite result, the fricii excepted to pollen from the koehresii and set a fruit with seeds , the koehresii has not produced any fruits. Have others had any luck with fricii excepting koehresii pollen? Cheers Jox

That is a good wright up rc, it pretty much sums up the run around the goldy to mate . I have not been for a walk yet as I know it is still to dry to find any decent finds, we have had a few showers but it has not even been enough to green up the grass. Does anyone know how to do a rain dance? We really need the summer rains to kick in .

I have had hard grown L.fricci's split a few weeks after feeding ferts ( 2 so far), L. williamsii seem to handle the ferts ok. My tricho's love being feed !!

I had a great arvo catching up with mates & meeting/making new mates , also scored some very nice plants which is always a bonus. I must say I have wondered about inviting strangers around to my house & to be honest people have tried to advise me against it but every time I do one of these meets I am amazed at how good natured, courteous & respectful everyone is. I new most of the people coming & now I have meet doublebenno & The Ban Man I can say they are people I truly look forward catching up with more often. Thanks to everyone for turning up & making it a very nice arvo, if any of you are ever passing by fill free to drop in. Regards Jox

Not to late mate, hope to see you here. Should be a good turn out if the heat doesn't scare people away. Cheers Jox

I hope this means your keen mate ! Send me a PM for more details. Cheers Jox

Hey all, I have a couple of members heading over Sunday arvo (16/11/14) to swap some plants,have a feed & a few drinks. If you are keen to come along fill free to send me a pm & I will give you my addy, I am down sizing my collection so there will be cacti looking for a new home. Don't be shy, should be a good arvo. Regards Jox