MeanGreen
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If it smells awful when you rub the leaves, it's more than likely an Artemisia like wormwood imo.
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I love this plant too, it's such an unexploited sensory feeling. I always thought Spilanthes candies or chewing gums would be amazing. I made some Spilanthes infused Rhum by steeping flowers and stems in it for a few months. Works really well on its own for mild tooth/mouth aches and actually makes great cocktails if mixed with some juice.
I do have some of the red & yellow seeds (S. oleracea I believe vs. S. acmella for the all yellow) but unfortunately I mixed both types together. Hopefully you'll find someone in Aus who has them but if not I can send you some.
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Got this plant last year, came labeled as a peruvianus but I've always been convinced it's a cuzco.
I'd like some opinions, what do you think?
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Got this plant last year, came labeled as a peruvianus but I've always been convinced it's a cuzco.
I'd like some opinions, what do you think?
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You shouldn't need any pest prevention for cacti seedlings, the recommended method is to place the pot inside a ziploc bag and keep them in there for at least 6 months. A takeaway food container can be used too. No need to open the bag as the humidity is kept in so no watering is needed, this also means no way for bugs to get in. I do not think diatomaceous earth would scorch seedlings though.
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Thanks a lot for the info Sagi, how low do the temperatures get in winter where you are? Pretty awesome that they flower & fruit for such an extended period of time, should give me a good chance of collecting seeds from the botanical garden.
I did use a heatmat but I almost always do when I sow seeds, I really think the water soak helped with germination speed. At least with the older dry seeds I bought, yours are fresh enough that it doesn't seem to matter.
How big do the roots get? Do you think planting ephedra in pots of established trichos as a companion plant is a bad idea?
I wanna try that with lophs too, they are often neighbours in habitat and the ephedra could provide the right amount of shade, what do you think?
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My most coveted big-leaved plant of the moment is Elephant Kratom, a strain with huge leaves. There's
a good chance I could actually get some seeds from Malaysia soon.
Check it out:
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Edit: Wow Horsey, we posted at the exact same time
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Nice thanks for the heads-up, just participated.
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Holy shit congrats Inyan!
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Thanks for the heads-up, I thought you could root stem cuttings. Seeds might be the best hope then. What time of the year do they flower for you?
Some of the fragilis cf. greece seeds that got hit with mold still germinated.
Also sprouted some E. nebrodensis:
I had much better success and quicker germination this time around, what I did was soak the seeds in water for about 48h, changing the water a few times as it got colored.
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If they do get seeds and collect them I'll ask if I can get a few for sure and send some to you! Same if I manage to get cuttings I'll make sure to get the species to you.
Honestly it's pretty easy to just snatch cuttings from most plants or ask one of the garden keepers for them.
Got a Tabernaemontana corymbosa cutting and a nice piece of Hylocereus undatus from my last visit:
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Found the full list of plants kept at my local botanical gardens, they have all the following species:
- E. alata
- E. aphylla
- E. breana
- E. chilensis
- E. dystachia (2 forms)
- E. equisetina
- E. frustillata
- E. gerardiana (2 forms)
- E. intermedia
- E. likiangensis
- E. major
- E. procera
- Ephedra sp.
- E. triandra
Guess I'm gonna go on a pic taking spree soon and try to obtain some cuttings.
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A possible lookalike would be Artemisia abrotanum or other related Artemisia species. If you take a leaf on it and rub it between your hands, does it have a strong aromatic smell?
Are the leaves on this plant thick and succulent looking?
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My 2 seedlings are still alive, they didn't grow much during the winter but didn't deteriorate either. These things can take some serious drought it seems. Will post pics asap.
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Got signs of new growth as well, wish everyone this side of the equator a good season!
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Sceletium tortuosum is the most effective natural anti-depressant & anti-anxiety plant I have come across.
It has been shown to have SSRI-like action, and does have reverse tolerance (i.e the more regularly you take it the more the dose required for the same effects can be reduced) which also points in this direction imo, like it needs to build up in your system for optimal results like prescription SSRIs.
The risks are much less than with those though obviously, and I have heard of people combining kanna with, say, Escitalopram without complications although I wouldn't recommend it. Kanna has centuries if not millenias of use in South Africa.
I use the fermented powdered plant material as a snuff, and the antidepressant effects are felt almost instantly.
It's a great plant to grow as well, and I find the preparation & fermentation process rewarding and that it helps you connect with the medicine.
Makes a great companion plant for cacti, propagates easily from cuttings and it grows pretty fast. Below is roughly 10 months of growth (with 3 months of winter) on the same plant:
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Transplanted almost a hundred rootbound Lophophora seedlings together into one large pot:
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My guess would be some species of Cleistocactus, or maybe Pilosocereus. Not sure at all though.
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Looks like Browningia hertlingiana to me, especially with the pic on the label being so blue, and them naming it "azure torch".
They're gorgeous plants when they get super glaucous with golden spines like on the pic, nice score mate
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I went to the local botanical garden today for a visit about poisonous plants.
The visit itself was pretty good, although the guy fucking butchered Banisteriopsis as "Basteniros" or something like that, and at one point the dude whipped a potted loph out of his hand bag (I kid you not) and called it "Lophophora williamson".
Mainly showed us some Apocynaceae vines, a couple Solenaceae, some Dieffencbachia, Laurel, Yew, etc...
He showed us an Apocynaceae he said some shamans use as an admixture to ayahusca, the name escapes me at the moment and I forgot to take a pic.
He showed us their Erythroxylum coca tree which got fucking raped by some mongrels, he said last year it was over 2m tall, there's now only a small 50cm or so shrub left...
Anyways, the plants I was most hyped about weren't mentioned, found them by strolling around. here are some pics:
- Psychotria peduncularis, wasn't able to ask for a leaf unfortunately but I will come back for it:
- Tabernaemontana corymbosa, was able to get a little cutting, hope it'll take it got a bit floppy on the way back home:
- Theobroma cacao:
- Ilex paraguariensis, for some reason the leaves of their maté have a very different phenotype from my own shrub:
- Acacia gourmaensis:
- Big Hylocereus undatus:
- Huge 3+ meters tall Myrtillocactus geometrizans:
- Pereskia grandiflora:
- Pereskia saccharosa:
- Pereskiopsis diguetti:
- Pereskiopsis or maybe Quiabentia? Saw it from outside the greenhouse but wasn't able to find it inside.
Unfortunately this greenhouse was closed to the public, spotted a bunch of nice trichos:
- Mammillaria elongata:
- Cereus jamacaru var. monstrose:
- Big ass agave:
- Aristolochia gigantea:
- View from the entrance of one of the huge tropical greenhouses which was built around 1870:
There's so much more I need to take pics of, I will go back there soon.
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Then I'm 99% sure this is an L. diffusa var. fricii
If it was a jourdaniana it would most likely have many pups by now. Here's my jourd to compare:
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Lovely, Matt! I love the colour on these flowers, it's a fricii, right? Looks almost as vibrant pink as a jourdaniana.
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1 hour ago, DualWieldRake said:l2g
I don't get it, what am I supposed to google? Unless l2g means something else to ya haha
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It's about 8 months old, here it was on July 16th of last year:
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Is this rue ?
in Plant Identification (non-cactus)
Posted · Edited by MeanGreen
Artemisia grows wild in a lot of places including Australia, much more widespread genus than Peganum. Artemisia seeds are extremely tiny and dust-like, it spreads easily through wind, sticking to dirt on shoes or animals etc... It's considered invasive in many places.
Also the fact is smells strong is almost a dead giveaway, I don't think rue produces a particular fragrance, can't say for sure though.
Also seems to me from pics online that peganum branches out early and grows bushy rather than upright, and stays pretty short. Wikipedia says it is usually 30cm tall. Artemisia on the other hand can grow pretty big pretty quick.