Ace
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Beautiful poetry GP, sounds like a lot has been gained (and nothing at the same time)
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RBWH emergency medicine director Alan O'Connor said ingesting one Giggle pill was the equivalent of drinking 20 cups of coffee in one hit.
After reading a few articles about these, this line is in all. I wonder how much caffeine is actually in each pill, since after a few cups of coffee this morning (around 4-5 tsp instant within about 3 hours) I was buzzing/jittering quite hard (to the point where I was getting mild shakes - bad Ace, no need to go there again...). Throwing this figure out seems absurd - like saying 'I caught a fish the size of a bus on the weekend'... Does anyone know the accurate figure, or if this comment is legit?
Considering the price, I'm suprised kiddies arent just hitting the local supermarket/bigW for NoDoz - a mere fraction of the price for the same active ingredient. Plus it is ready to go in pill form and it's extremely easy to obtain.
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I'd call it a hybrid possibly between T. bridgesii and T. peruvianus. Plenty of traits from both of these species. Without a doubt she's a Trichocereus of some sort. Gorgeous!
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T. peruvianus.
Macro supposedly do not have the blue sheen and their spines are white, not honey/grey.
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I would call both Trichocereus knuthianus
And there is a T. pachanoi cutting in the box. And your mates ones in the long pots are T. bridgesii and pach.
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Awesome! This aught to turn out unreal when it's finished
I've been a huge fan of the glyph since coming across it in one of MSSmith's threads here - even made a small tablet with the glyph on it out of clay a while back.
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Hope it has been a good one WT - plenty of stormy weather tonight to celebrate!
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This aught to come up a treat! So does she come with the garden? (jks)
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Gorgeous! Stuff like this hits the spot when I see a healthy plant spurting out flowers like it's on a sexual rampage
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As long as your microclimate isn't too bad, it should be do-able. You may want to look at planting in pots in the ground, in holes that have been lined with larger pebbles for added drainage. Then just top with stone mulch to cover the rim of the pot. The basis for this idea is to minimise the risk of root rot and the constant contact with moist soil. Would love to see some photos if anyone has tried lophs in the ground.
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Not after any atm due to the effort required to grow from seed, but big ups to you SB for being so damn generous! Best wishes to those who end up with them - let's hope they be monstrose bubs!
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Sorry xoda - I actually meant knuthianus originally, not cuzcoensis (doh!). Hmm, a second read through your linked thread seems to bring up both what I would think are knuthianus and chiloensis. I reckon that which was in the first post (of the linked thread) is knuthianus, however many of the following photos are that of chiloensis. After reading that thread, I'd probably agree with your ID on the plant in question in this thread.
T. chiloensis it is
Either way, I'm damn envious of that awesome cacti garden that Naja stumbled across!!
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The ones you got are definately PC pach and scopulicola. I'd agree with chilensis in the last pic of the 2nd post.
Edit, on a close up pic of the suspected chilensis, I'd actually lean towards cuzcoensis. They can get spiny as hell in certain conditions, and the heavily notched, raised areoles indicate cuzco. Damn there are some cool cacti in the background!
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T. knuthianus IMO.
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1 and 2 definately fit the bill so far. It is always hard to tell exactly how they'll turn out as mature plants, but that's the best part of buying seedlings. Genetically unique specimens that will have different traits from those currently in circulation.
Hamiltons have been putting out a lot of these recently, as well as plenty of bridgesii seedlings. These are more likely to be peruvianus than pachanoi or bridgesii, at least going off their immature spination.
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Not sure if you get frosts in your area, but I speak from experience when I say these are not frost-tolerant
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Solid GOLD. Love the friendly pie gesture to apologise (or was it for a shitstir?)
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Not interested in a cut either, but another big thanks for your generosity, HM
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Possibly a verigated specimen. Highly valued in the cacti community due to rarity, but can be hard to keep alive due to lack of chlorophyl. Would recommend grafting to maximise growth and chances of survival (but be sure to practice your grafts first!). Have a bit of a search for some older threads on verigated specimens for pics (or hit google).
Otherwise, it is possibly sun/light burned. Generally, all the surrounding plants will be pink/red too from too close/intense a light source. Too much light can cause stress and stunt growth/kill plants. Easily fixed by moving to a slightly darker position, and slowly acclimating them to higher light levels over a long period of time (around a week/fortnight).
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Congrats to the winners and three cheers for PD!
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Gotta be in it to win it! Thanks Passive, once again your generosity and forum-spirit shine on through
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Am I even in the ballpark?
Cereus of some sort
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Wowsers Bushturkey! It looks like both clone A and B in the one plant! I wonder if etiolation played a part? In all the TBMs I have, not one pup has grown to that sort of length. Penis envy right here...
Greenhouse robbery
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Damn man, really sorry to hear about this
As hard as it may be, I guess it's probably easiest to try and move forward as much as possible, but it's gotta be heartbreaking... Good karma to you for being so calm about it, and seriously bad karma to the dirty prick who left your collection in pieces.