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  1. Posted

    from what i remember Neoshaman has been quite busy these last few months.

    pm him to see whats going.

    the NNSW seed ring is def not active. and last time i updated the site i didnt get a clear answer as to whether or not it was still going, but it definitely isnt now becasue he has moved, and while there was meant to be someone taking it over, it didnt happen.

    there is a listing there for melbourne, which is not right because its negative.

    and i have been too busy these last few months to keep an eye on things.

    i know its very unprofessional and i apologise for that. remember tho im only the site administrator, you need to chase up details with the specific chapter.

    give me two weeks and i can get onto it, and update the site, and chase people up and see whats going on.

    If you want to volunteer, sounds great. pm me and we can organise details, and site specifics.

    cheers, Obtuse.

  3. Posted

    Im even southenerer than wooddragon.

    I have a couple of candidas that have been outside the last couple of winters, and survived, but havent flowered because i think their pots may be too small. they do tend to lose their leaves in winter tho.

    I also have a couple of arboreas that survive winter outside and flower like mad come spring and summer. they also lose their leaves in winter.

    But yeah B. Sanguniea is the go down here.

    and Flava, the sanguniea and arborea cross. I finally procured a cutting from my neighbour who has a really healthy plant.

    They flower like mad, one of my sanguineas is still flowering.

    Gotta love the brugs. so sexy :devil:

  4. Posted

    Dude, yeah man that was the time ey.

    awesome albums you got listed there.

    but....

    you missed the best compilations of them all

    the TIP albums, yellow, orange, blue, phosphorsecent, beyond colour....

    i still play orange and phosphorescent on a near weekly basis, sometimes daily....

    Cheers, Obtuse.

  5. Posted

    I want to wait for the report before I say much more, but there is a look alike which is fairly common up here. The only real way to tell the difference is that the look alike always grows in wallaby (maybe kangaroo too) dung, where as the blue stainer grows where wallabies graze and only sometimes directly in dung.

    are your look alikes stropharia semiglobata?

    with slimy feeling stem.

    Cheers, Obtuse.

     

    I just reread this thread, and i realise it sounded like i was questioning your ids.

    i hope this wasnt the case.

    I think this is brilliant, and i think it also shows that we as a community are becomming more sensitive to the diverse range of fungi in our midst. there is so much more to learn.

    I'm looking forward to hearing what workman has to say about the sample you have sent him.

    have you found anymore since, as it would be great to get much better pics of these. but i know it can be hard sometimes. i dont know how many times ive done really bad pics during my long walks.

    anyway, cheers, Obtuse.

  8. Posted

    I can give advice, and help with most of what you want to do.

    Used to, and occassionally still do it for a living.

    my only problem atm is time. undertaking my own change in career!

    are you working on a business plan at the moment. the first part is working out what you want to do, and where you plan to go. perhaps you need to break down various elements of your ideas into seperate ideas, and in time focus on which one is most successful. find a niche.

    its easy to run a couple of web sites from one hosting account. as i think with web sites they really need to be focussed, you cant just have a "this and that" site, doesnt work.

    cheers, Obtuse.

  15. Posted

    I just had a bit of a dig around in the pot my seeds are in. They have swollen heaps, probably twice the size they were when fresh - so I guess I might just leave that first lot and try the other methods on some of the ones I've got left.

    You can take them out and remove the seed coat even at this point. it was at this point that i got worried.

    I had a small group of seeds that got stuck in the seed coat and rotted, so i didnt want a repeat. and after reading a post by torsten about removing/loosening the seed coat if seeds hadnt shown growth after two weeks, i tried this method, and they are

    but all worth experimenting with if you have enough material, id rather not take too many risks with this species, and i have sadly lost more than i would like to have.

    i have had similar issues with some obtusifolia seeds as well.

    Cheers, Ob.

  16. Posted

    I've also had about 4 out of 5, once i worked out a few problems.

    the trick with these particular seeds is that the seed coat is rediculously hard, and the poor little plant seems to have a hell of a time trying to break free from it, and either stagnate or rot.

    I would scar the coat, soat, and plant, and nothign would happen. a little reading via the search engine revealed others had had the same issue.

    What i ended up doing was completely removing the seed coat, very (and i mean very) carfeully with a scalpel, and then planting with the eye pointing down to facilitate upward growth while in such an unprotected state.

    Seems to work for me. :)

    perhaps it time for some pics :wink:

    Cheers, Ob.

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    White fly... annoying little critters

    In my experince not a good sign.

    get on top of them, they will breed like crazy.

    they will stress your plants no end if you dont.

    just spray them with water as it seems to kill them ok. but they love to breed on the underside of the leaves so you need to do every leaf.

    some plants handle them ok, my brugs do, but i still dont like them.

    Cheers, Obtuse

  19. Posted · Edited by obtuse

    few more pics:

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    this one has quite a brown stem as does one in the first lot of pictures. from what i can see the younger ones have white stems.

    these were found on a cattle farm, one of the back grazing paddocks in the shade facing south, about 400 - 450 ft above sea level altitude, lots of dew - like really wet dew.

    they have that awesome stickyness on the cap that subs have, and the stems are quite fibrous in the same way, so they certainly feel like psilocybe sp. to hold.

    they dry out really quick tho.

    I am taking a print for further identification purposes.

    Cheers, Ob.

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  21. Posted

    Chiral, i have spent the entire evening scouring my books.

    i am trying to be careful to not convince myself that it is.

    shall i post more pics here or start a new tread with additional pics do you think?

    Cheers, Ob.

  22. Posted

    Hi all,

    well its finally that time of year in tasmania. bit behind the eight ball this year, but while hiking i found these today.

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    This one is unusual and perhaps worth a post in its own right (???)

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    and yes i have other pics.

    and check this out:

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    Cheers, Ob.

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