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distribution of Coleus blumei:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Coleus+blumeiColeus is one of the few entheogens which taste and smell well and look impressive too.
Nice info:
http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=39
Daniel J. Siebert was in the area of the Mazatecs, and wrote that only one single Indian there maintained that coleus is psychoactive. All of the other Indians denied this. (Schuldes 1995, 78*)
But: the related Coleus forskohlii has countless pharmacological actions, also on the CNS, the most prominent is the cAMP raising effect of Forskolin.
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wow, these are really gorgeous, Stillman. Do you dry the flowers? You could conserve them in cast resin
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this is also true, but my betle and caapi never had insect pests and the nectaries are definitely produced by the plants
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P. tasmaniana is synonymous with P. subaeruginosa (and also with P. australiana and P. eucalypta):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953756209810873
The fruiting body on your picture could really be P. subaeruginosa / tasmaniana in comparison with the picture from the small one on the bottom of this site:
http://www.gotgames.com.au/forums/general-discussion-165/psilocybe-subaeruginosa-season-here-100419/
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I was sure that I made a thread about ant-symbioses but I don't find it again... however
I also observed this (ant?-) extrafloral nectaries on my Piper betle (thin leaf). I think they contain sugars. To my opinion they are made for symbiotic ants, which protect the plant from pests, which they do.
on Piper betle:From Wikipedia (Piper):...a few Piper species commonly called "ant pipers" (e.g. Piper cenocladum).And of course my Banisteriopsis has the same nectaries which attract many ants in summer and no pests ever.on caapi:In the Amazon rainforest such a symbiosis is common. An extreme example are the devil's gardens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_garden-
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In my small greenhouse, useful creatures like Amblyseius- predator mites against thrips and Phytoseiulus- predator mites against spider mites do their job very well.
Here in Austria, biohelp.at has many of them, but I don't know where to get them in Oz.
Your Australian lady beetle (Cryptolaemus) could also be useful and is also applied here in Europe against mealybugs.
A closed humid warm environment like a greenhouse is perfect for useful mites against pests.
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Thanks, mutant
...now we have up to 50cm snow in Vienna
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Now its deep winter outside and here in Vienna we have up to 50cm snow, so I went to the near forest (Wilheminenberg) with Luna.
...some impressions:
my plants outside:-
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had thrips on the chacruná, so I put some Amblyseius- predator mites in the box and they killed all of them.
My boxes:
...with the iridescent Microsorum thailandicum:
...and the Toromiro and the Mitragyna:
The two Ibogas and the two Tatagias (A. simplex):an Iboga- cutting:and the Tatagias: -
New additions to the list: apple, medlar, quince and pear
and more on the breadfruit and sweet chestnut
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wow thed00dabides, so many Mimosoidae, I also like these plants;
the Chacruná will love the humidityYesterday I put some Amblyseius- predator mites against the thrips on my Chacruná into the tropic box and they thrive well in this environment to do their "job" ;-)
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I had thrips on the chacruná, so I put some Amblyseius- predator mites in the box and they killed all of them.
My boxes:
...with the iridescent Microsorum thailandicum:
...and the Toromiro and the Mitragyna:
The two Ibogas and the two Tatagias (A. simplex):an Iboga- cutting:and the Tatagias:-
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@planthelper, I also prefer the plastic bottle- method for cuttings because, when rooted, the humidity can be slowly reduced by stepwise opening the cap
When to decide if a plant needs a heated tropic box, only a warm wet box, living room climate, a cool room or cold climate (now outside), I always have a look on the point of origin of the species:
Climate, world:
Humidity, world:
Solar Radiation, world:
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I had mildew (first ever) on my flowering Solanum uporo plants, but they just don't care about it and grow well, despite that I made a tincture against this bad fungus with the natural mildew- killers Berberine, Matrine, Osthole and Limonene.
I put grinded scraped bark and the root from Berberis vulgaris (contains Berberine), some sliced Sophora subprostrata (syn. tonkinensis)- root (contains Matrine), grinded Cnidium monnieri seeds (contains Osthole) and a few drops of Orange oil (contains Limonene) for a few days in alcohol and filtrated, then sprayed over the plants, worked well
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really nice plants... and the cycle starts again
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I agree with planthelper, in the vegetative season it is possible to make cuttings from young green shoots
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wow LokStok, do you have photos from your Desmodium gyrans? mine stays very small (now in winter)
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more money with entheogens:
This 2 NZ$ coin I brought from Rarotonga, the minting shows a Kava-bowl:
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I repotted my Brunfelsia, Gynura procumbens and Acacia berlandieri and misted a glasshouse
nothing more because here in Austria it is Winter (least work outside) and 11:15 AM (12 hours time difference) ;-)
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its not easy to root Camellia because of the woody stems
perhaps the complex catechins break down to something psychoactive when smoked
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fascinating, maybe the cannabinoid action can take place by smoking:
http://epub.uni-regensburg.de/17253/
were the leaves just dried (so white tea) or some kind of fermented tea?
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More wild plants with ancient use (in the list of the first post):
Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis):
Jacquin Salsify (Scorzonera cana):
Viper's Grass (Scorzonera humilis):
Austria-Salsify (Scorzonera austriaca)... contains sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoid glycosides and kavalactones like Desmethoxyyangonin, which is also an euphoric Kava- compound:
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hey pan,
nice to see your greenhouses here ;-) your constructions are genial, like we say in german
I use heating mat with extern thermostat for this purpose, but I think there is no difference between heating mats and heating cables if you have a steady distribution of the heat... For lightning I use 80W -energy saving grow lamps and for a bigger area 200W
Sometimes after airing I blow through a drinking straw in the box, so that more CO2 gets inside.
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Acacia phlebophylla research
in Ethnobotany
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wow, so you will get your own seeds, gratulations! Good to know that this species gets more established.
I can't help you with pollination tips, I only know that Acacia flowers are usually bisexual (male and female parts in the same flower), so the ants should do the job.