queensland election

[queensland election]

They're all stooges put there to serve the interests of their corporate, election campaign sponsoring pals, it's an illusion of choice. Jack Johnson or John Jackson...

Stay tuned for similar shenanigans on a federal front.

[single finger and twin conjoined fingers on plant.]

Maybe from the ducksfoot lineage?

[Backyard ecology -post your pics!]

Interbeing, if I had a buck for every spider I have copped in the face on my runs through the bush lately, well, I'd have at least 20 bucks anyway

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[Backyard ecology -post your pics!]

I get some pretty beetles at this time of year.

[eaten wattle gum or seeds?]

If you roast the seeds a lil bit they'll be fine to eat.

[A big thanks to the SAB community]

This might seem a bit random, but I just want to say a big thanks to all the members here who have made me feel so welcome since I joined about a year ago.

I was at a critical point when I joined up, been through some major crises since, and didn't really feel like I belonged anywhere, caught between worlds.

People here have been so friendly, helpful and even though I've met very few of you face to face, I feel like I have made some very good friends.

Random gush over...

[wtb - super Pedro cutting]

Pm'd cheers db.

[Origin of the name Yowie to Dearest Ozzies , NZ'ers and also Tazzers? if applicable , and anybody else who has a story about the Yowie]

Yowie pups like a demon, and grows very fast too.

I'm getting 10+cm a month on all columns at the moment.

[wtb - super Pedro cutting]

Hey all, anyone got super Pedro or lance they can spare a cutting of?

Preferably a tip cut, but beggars can't be choosers I guess.

[Cacti For Sale]

Too slow, don't spose you have any more super Pedro available Egad?

[Chilli fruits rotting upon & before ripening]

Also be aware that full sun in the Australian summer is usually too hot for most Chinense varieties - they will do much better in part shade. I've had great plants in even full shade.

[Good Whiskey]

Laphroaig is up there, liquid peat smoke in a bottle.

Shame I can't afford to drink that stuff anymore.

Glendronach is pretty tasty too.

For a good blended scotch, j&b is ok, as is ballantines.

[trich seed Giveaway- kinda]

I just missed a glowing golden edge on this cloud by a minute...

[Mullien or Coltsfoot?]

Mullen grows wild on the roadside so you shouldn't have any trouble.growing it. You may need to keep it under control so it doesn't become a pest.

[Chilli fruits rotting upon & before ripening]

Sounds like too much water

[Coffee in the Adelaide Hills]

That's a hard won cup.

[Indian Yogi claims to not have eaten since the age of 12]

I say let's get genetic engineering involved, create some kind of bacteria that creates calories from sunlight that can be absorbed directly through the skin. No actually, on second thought, I like hot chips way too much. But I will put my hand up for some grizzly bear DNA splicing, I could do with 6 months of hibernation...I'm tired.

[sorted thank you all]

I'm about to propagate some "mystic spires" if you send me yr address I can send some when they're rooted.

[Named Bridgesii clones vs other trichs]

Wow, zebra is a beauty!

[Named Bridgesii clones vs other trichs]

I know it's a quagmire when we start the name game, I've read so much discussion of "is it a short spine peruvianus or a pachanoi, is is a macrogonus or a peruvianus, is it a peruvianus or a cuzcoensis..."

Maybe I'm completely off track and bridgesii is actually more consistent in form, so much so that we only append cultivar names instead of new species?

[Named Bridgesii clones vs other trichs]

Sorry if this has been discussed already, but there seems to be a very large number of bridges that are singular enough in appearance and form to be named. In contrast, there seems to be very few pachanoi and peruvianus named clones.

Is bridgesii naturally more variable in form than the others? And if so, why? Do you think there has been a larger number of specimens distributed that were grown from seed whereas pachanoi has been spread more through vegetative propagation?

Or maybe pachanoi and the like have more of a history of human selection and breeding therefore are more stable in form?

Or maybe we just have a habit of whacking on a name for any bridge that looks slightly different?

It puzzles me that the terscheckii complex also seems quite variable in form yet we don't give them pet names like bridgesii.

What are your thoughts?

[Psilocybin Mushrooms of SE QLD, Australia]

I came down from one of the gc hinterland mountains yesterday after a lot of rain and saw some really good looking patches of both pans and cubes, unfortunately had my family in the car and couldn't stop...

[What did you do to your cacti today?]

Pale roseii

[erythrina vespertilio]

Try the trading thread, should be someone who can help you with the seeds you're after.

[Score!! I'd help please]

Bottom photo, the two either side of the Pilosocereus look a bit like cuzcoensis maybe?