M S Smith

Looks sorta like you didn't connect the vascular tissue of the two plants. The Lophophora looks like its fully inside the T. pachanoi's vascular ring when it needs to be offset and on top of it. ~Michael~

Yup, management. I have a few in bigger pots, or at least as large as I'd prefer, but terra cotta pots can get to be a bit heavy for moving twice a year (April, out, October, in). I've explained my reasoning for terra cotta elsewhere, but basically it allows quicker drying in my environment and wicks out moisture pretty quick once I bring them indoors for the winter, helping prevent rot. ~Michael~

Did the weeding in the back today. ~Michael~

I don't have a problem with the way I'd do it; do what works for you according to your needs, wants, and abilities. I prefer to lighten up the load and I'm not sure I could move root balls as easily as clippings in stack-able boxes. But that's just me. ~Michael~

My collection is relatively small enough that should I move I'd take a tip and a section of each variation and box them up. I'd try and sell off the rest and pitch the root ball. This would make a move inestimably less difficult, and you wouldn't loose the genes. ~Michael~

You'd probably not be surprised to hear that I consider everything in the frame as important as the plant itself. That's really the key to a good photo. As for the neighborhood, well it's very modest and a bit on the old side, but perfect for someone like me. I've been at the current address for some 15 years and haven't had a single plant stolen. Hard to believe when in the spring I acclimatize my entire collection in the driveway and we're often not home. Then of course I have a whole series of plants on the front walk all year long. No issue with the cactus, but all's not good when your cars been egged three times and you've had a rock thrown through the back window of your car. ~Michael~

The last of them. Caught a nice sunset I think, followed by some rain. ~Michael~

Just the smaller, but nicer, part of my collection. The other part in the back are a bit overgrown like those in the first photo. I spent some time cleaning these all out using a pair of scissors to make sure I cut the roots off all the crabgrass and then score the soil really good. Of course I got a few spines in my hands. ~Michael~

interbeing, I just went back and looked at all your photos again and damn, totally impressed with your collection. I mean seriously, mine is all somewhat immature plants in comparison. If I only had the right environment and space. I'm at the point, and have been for quite few years, where I just can't have any more, but that's only made me more content with what I have. ~Michael~

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Probably a PC mutt, something which is only going to become more and more common. ~Michael~

More from tonight. I'll try to grab a couple more in the morning. ~Michael~

Last year those two plants flowered at the same time and cross pollinated with the help of a huge moth my son and I saw at dusk, but I didn't care for the pods and they rotted. I didn't do anything with these new flowers, but have more still to come and got a PC preparing to open and may help with the pollination. ~Michael~

The smell was divine. I grew these two plants from Sacred Succulents T. pallarensis seed...yeah, go figure. ~Michael~

Something happened to the apical meristem on that pup, really nothing big, just went terminal. I'd probably just remove it. ~Michael~

Wow, that article was a nice read. Concise! ~Michael~

I can stare endlessly in awe and wonder at the photos sliding across my desktop. An honest contribution. ~Michael~

Check out post #40 in the following thread. http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21943&p=488815 Be sure to grab the torrent as this just a few. Most of the photos from Arequipa, Chivay, and Colca Canyon are T. schoenii. ~Michael~

One of the few recent publications I've seen touch on T. schoenii. ~Michael~

I'm with djmattz. Here's mine. ~Michael~

Obviously a T. pachaperuvigonus. ~Michael~

Psyentist, I'm just trying to point out that if someone claims to have T. validus it's going to be something that we know under a different and more commonly used name. I don't doubt T. validus has been applied to both T. terscheckii and T. tacaquirensis. zelly, what grows in Bolivia is well enough known to science. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/pdf_hi/sctb-0070.pdf The Field Number Finder shows three areas of collection of "T. validus," and these areas make a nice little triangle of the region of T. tacaquirensis. Sorry for any confusion. "...and therefore...". Better? ~Michael~ edit for spelling.

Any truly field collected "T. validus" could be better understood as one of the more commonly recognized named species of southern Bolivia and therefor look like the more recognized species. Many plants called "T. validus" don't match with any known population of plants in southern Bolivia and this alone should give one pause when calling them T. validus. ~Michael~ Edit for "and."

It certainly does look like a PC, but the spines do look a little long, though I wouldn't use that to disqualify it as a PC. I'm actually more curious about the spine color in that last tip shot. The look almost a dark brown. Are they, or is that just an illusion of some sort? Are they somewhat "horn" colored? If so then I wouldn't think it a pure PC, but rather a hybrid with the PC being dominant. ~Michael~

Yup, works for me too.