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Whats a dopleganger, will check. ..Apparently it's definite a salvia family, I saw the mother plant in flower, white and purple. Also the person who owns it told me its a salvia but didn't know what type and lady was very knowledgable on all other plants that were growing leading me to believe she was speaking from experience in years of gardening. I just keep checking around and there are a couple of slight variants in salvia Div. all of which are directly related but very small differences in the appearance but all same basic chemistry. One had a whiter vein in the leaf one at rare times being able to bear seed.
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Perfect specimen
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Great photos.
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Very nice lady owner of the Brumansia, gave me a cutting already rooted. Also offered to trade a cutting or two for other colours.
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Was a shot in the dark really I was only going on what I thought to be right as far as what my idea of how it's done. Well since this, I decided to get a little more interested and actually research it
lol. Still haven't found the absolute right way to do it because there is a broad range of variables with each different plant. Sort of goes without saying but as far as culturing went I assumed it would be fairly relative to plants. So I spotted a contaminant in the jar so out it went. The next time I'm actually going to ask an expert for advice. Unfortunately I think it's going to mean more money 
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Just that when you get good at it I guess, you can turn a small part of a plant into many and is nice to just try what can be done. My hope was to just see if I could do it. Hope to one day be good enough at it to grow more hard to get plants that I can't get often. The main purpose is dependent on what you aim to achieve, some silvercuturalists use it to get many trees of the exact genetic quality. It's the same for collectors of exotic or rare plants. Breeding good genetics then cloning from cell culture. I don't know what the percentage of plant they use but I had thought in perfect conditions a seed could be divided many times to become a forest or a plantation. Mainly it's interesting and I like to learn.
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Thanks illustro.
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Psilotum sp. correct! Thanks for the info, I was growing it for the past two months thinking it was an ephedra. Sad ):
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You can see them in the picture dotted along.
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They are small three segmented cone looking flowers.
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Not sure on the type just that its a small variety orchid. My grandad was the one for breeds of orchids I'm just lucky to know its an orchid,lol.
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I have tried about 100 ml since making it but not all at once. There was no taste of impurities after putting it through three or so times. I put it through twice but then I had a small bit of yeast mix to do so I put it through again and I got a bit of tailings in it so I think I put it through four times all together. It only had a big of a plastic after taste the first but that came through after the plastic expanded and settled it was ok. It had cooled been cleaned before going through the final time which I did try. Real sweet but probably too strong if I planned on getting drunk. I wouldn't want to drink too much 75 percent. I don't think it's going to be used again and not for consumption! What's the name of the tube you said is safe? Is it that water pipe white food grade stuff? Braided hose. I don't know if you might find it does the same thing on the first bit through. You will probably need to run a couple litres through then turn it off and clean it and put it through again to let it settle. But that's why they use the copper or stainless.
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So when I got this plant it is labeled Spanish sage? But I don't know it is a sage at all. Plectrantus amboinicus is the right spelling I think but still I think it's no sage!
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I collected all the flowers and dried them to store.
My first one I got from SAB is finally starting to work itself out after a sad start from the courier ride out.
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Died. Why they die? I don't get these plants.
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Not if you are using it to drink, I wouldn't use it for continuous use if that's what you use it for. I was just trying the process. I had never distilled from yeast and sugar before. If you ran a few litres though then I suppose the next run would be ok but if you did it all the time I would definatly use a different type of tube. I could smell a little plastic at the beginning in the first bit but it might be because of the solvent that had been used in the tube a while back. I put it through again later and it was ok but even still I wouldn't be recomending others to do it if they wanted to drink it. Definitely use copper I hear, but I think stainless steel would be good. I just stuck this together from things I had laying around to understand it better. Since then I seen a bought one which was all stainless steel with a reflux condenser to get up to 95% ethanol. It had a built in heating mantle and thermometers, was pretty cool. But it was just a bit of fun and I will be able to use the 75% for a few things just to see how they work. Thanks .
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Yeah it's legal but only as an experiment, it's only a 1 liter pressure cooker connected to my chemistry condenser. If I was selling it or making it for consumption it would be illegal. Also because its less than a five litre vessel any more than that is illegal. I truly am just doing it to get a better understanding of enzymatic action of yeast on sugar to create alcohol and the process of distilling a known solution at fixed temperatures to create a fraction of that solution in a near pure form. 78% Ethanol C2H5OH + 22% H2O. Was tested today to confirm. I will end up using it for making tinctures with some of my medicinal herbs to better understand that process as well. It is good to know the theory but doing it just makes you understand on a deeper level. You get to see the action of the process and smell the different smells and watch the changes take place. Just makes the theory complete when you can confirm with your own senses. Of coarse I did a small taste test but that was only part of the testing process for me. I also did an ignition test to check the colour of the flame produced to confirm ethanol burns blue.
Thanks for your concern, I am sure I am on the right side of the law. I would be shocked if I was wrong.
I don't quite know how the brew shops get on with selling the mini distillers and all the flavours etc. If the law was that concerned about the hobbyist the shops would close because they sell up to five litre distilling pots specifically designed for production of ethanol.
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Yeah it's legal but only as an experiment, it's only a 1 liter pressure cooker connected to my chemistry condenser. If I was selling it or making it for consumption it would be illegal. Also because its less than a five litre vessel any more than that is illegal. I truly am just doing it to get a better understanding of enzymatic action of yeast on sugar to create alcohol and the process of distilling a known solution at fixed temperatures to create a fraction of that solution in a near pure form. 78% Ethanol C2H5OH + 22% H2O. Was tested today to confirm. I will end up using it for making tinctures with some of my medicinal herbs to better understand that process as well. It is good to know the theory but doing it just makes you understand on a deeper level. You get to see the action of the process and smell the different smells and watch the changes take place. Just makes the theory complete when you can confirm with your own senses. Of coarse I did a small taste test but that was only part of the testing process for me. I also did an ignition test to check the colour of the flame produced to confirm ethanol burns blue.
Thanks for the concern, I am pretty sure the law is on my side. I would be shocked if I was wrong.
I don't quite know how the brew shops get on with selling the mini distillers and all the flavours etc. If the law was that concerned about the hobbyist the shops would close.
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For Science!
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Wow so cool graft. What's it grafted onto? I have never seen one grafted like that before. I have always wanted a williamsii on a scop.
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Yes thanks excuse my spelling. But I am yet to try it so can't compare.
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What is the full name of this variety, is this the Scopulocola? I had a few of these back in NZ along with a huge collection of the Pachanoii. My Lophora Williamsii I grew from a single pup I grafted after growing a small cluster and unfortunately left them behind where they where desecrated
I had hopes of grafting a loph on a scop one day because I believe the alkaloid content is much higher in the slower growing Scopulocola and would produce a much more fast growing but still potent loph. Do you know where I could follow this up.... I don't have any people in Australia who are into the cacti. I also have had trouble using the website to talk to people other than via comments on pictures for some reason. I have just planted a few Lophora Williamsii seeds but don't know what's going on with the whole sprouting thing they don't seem to be doing much at all for two weeks now. I have some good swaps if you might be interested and if you live in Queensland. enohpi.
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Yes it's a tiny little ephedra.