gerbil
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rip being, a sad loss, you'll be greatly missed
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IMO boiling water soak, sow swollen ones approx 1cm in a fine compost coarse sharp sand mix (have also used plain seed raising mix), water in well, give them good light and warmth, don't keep watering them or they'll rot (within reason, if it gets very dry moisten them up), done and done, if you stuff with the roots imo esp. acacia you will never get them to their full genetic potential, sure you can get huge fantastic plants, but not what they are fully capable of, direct seeding in favorable conditions is always preferable. Species to species differ of course, but general rules are good for general species.
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afaik that's a really decent price for them in Australia. The site is run by a good member here and afaik he would be trying to do the best price he can.
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with the limited info
A. melanoxylon
Hard to tell, could do easy in person, possibly decurrens, if not mearnsii or dealbata, can't remember flowering times or colours, piece of piss in the field though..generally. Looks more decurrens
A. baileyana
A. longifolia complex, either longifolia or sophorae.
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That really sucks mesc, hope he recovers to as pain free as possible, not nice for anyone to have to live in pain; and a terrible way for his family to find out.
With the media, well we can't expect much more off them, most are savage arseholes imo. Best wishes to him and family.
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Seems not, but if interested in the booze line, seem to recall a brewery being uncovered in peru or ecuador or somewhere near there, memory says it was from national geographic, and again memory thinks it was an annual thing where people would gather from great distance, huge amounts of chicha or something similar were made, then once a year a massive intoxication for days/weeks until it was exhausted, same time next year yeah?
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Don't PC them lol melty melty. maybe there are different grades, i remember one fella talking through a tek and he was pc-ing them from memory, i was a bit confused but thought i'd give it a go, and with my plates it wasn't good ;)
Re-using is a good idea if you want to get the most out of the resource, if you do clean them up and go to re-use, h202 in the agar can be a help, as well as aggressive cultures.
I've never used them, am sorta interested, maybe one day, might be worth looking into glass plates if you want to constantly re-use :D
I don't re-use them, i don't really like wasting resources, but i've been running from a single box for many years and still have a fair few sleeve left, the cultures go a long way and I only start new sleeves for mass prop, re-invigorating cultures or starting new lines.
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This is a bridgesii bought from cactusland years ago, it was a very yellow cutting, with heavy edges, looks a bit different from others i've got, and it doesn't seem to have a great deal of rigidity in the main stem, but that could be very well from it's growing location. will update better spination and growth tips in growth season.
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Nothing overly interesting, just gettin shirty with lack of warmth and growth, they are starting to break dormancy, argh come on growth season!
here is one specimen, it's the skinniest of the lot i think. G7
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and another, this is that wavy rib one kakti mentioned, liking the sunburnt spines it produces. -
yeah can understand that mutant
it really frustrated me, as you said, i interpreted it similar as to your second response re: childish comment, but your opinion is still very valid!
even if they do turn out to be the same clone, imo it's important to try and stick to the lineage name as it can allow trackable stock in the longterm for whatever reason, sure it can get ridiculous if everyone keeps naming it different, but both names from different sources seem to have a fairly long history.
here ya go YT, sorry for double ups, pretty dodgy with a camera, just take lots and sift through the good ones. excus the grainy nature, particularly if you englarge the image, keeping the files small.
The mature spines are really hard and thick, and really hurt.
Victorian, Super Pedro spination, cuttings sourced through PD.
and i wish i could have gotten better detail on the spider, will try again another day, it turned up after some snail/slug damage on the tip, if not in the tip he sits on the scarring, amazing nature, he is a long time resident, sits there during the day, and hunts a web strung between 2 super pedro, i really like him.
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There's a number of Fumaria species in Australia, and within them variations too. Here's a bit of info.
http://www.murrumbidgee.cma.nsw.gov.au/downloads/info_sheets/dryland_cropping/Fumitory_Revised.pdf
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afaik it's the name given by an old school cactus farmer where the clone comes from, nothing childish about it, it delineates it from the other pedro's he has, which are no where near as ridiculously huge as super pedro. What do you want to rename it to then mutant?
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that's an excellent suggestion, particularly with the curvature, the floribunda around here are generally thinner in the phyllode and a bit paler in the flower, variability haha, but it's looking more promising than longifolia, good work vp.
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yeah excellent meanies, you've had some very insightful posts that i've caught recently about yourself, i resonate with them well.
I'm alcohol sober since about end 2003, which was pretty much a year or so outta high school, it's very difficult in an alcohol dominant society, but how rewarding. Really best of luck to you mate, even if you do decide to indulge again in whatever amount or fashion, it's really excellent that you are making conscious choices, my entire life has had strong ties to the industry without revealing too much, and it's really upsetting seeing loved ones 'sick' in many contexts of the word from the culture that they have been forced into, they don't mean it, it's just their environment and they are just human. Don't know you at all really, and probably sounds a bit pompous and i feel awkward saying it, but the only word i can think of towards how i'm feeling from your post is proud!
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price can vary, i think $150 is the base rate at csiro, i got mine from andrew isles bookshop in melbourne, you can mail order, that was a little while ago, but would imagine they'd still stock it, hardcover is more expensive, but i like soft for the field, not that it's really an ideal field text size and weight wise, good for the car i guess in the field.
Leon costermans texts, the small and large are both good, but fairly brief on acacia, but still good, just very general, the larger yellow one Native trees and shrubs of southeast australia (think that's the title) is very handy for broader plant families and species. A good field guide, the little one is just a compact pocket book. I think the bigger yellow one has just been revised/updated, the little one was revised/updated about a year ago i think.
Flora of melbourne is not bad either, but again brief and broad on plant families and species.
The CSIRO wattle CD is good, i paid $105 years ago, has pretty much what the online wattle databases do, plus an interactive program where you punch in characterics and it spits out the species which match your input. They can generally be hired from libraries too, but the little booklet is handy in it, which from memory talks a bit about how to use the interactive program. CSIRO stuff is really good, they have a grass CD too, same deal as the wattle cd, probably others, but that's all i've encountered at libraries without looking for them. CSIRO website is really cool for looking for nature books and the likes.
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Personally I wouldn't be strict on the blue as an ID, can be helpful though. Many different species stain blue, most i'm aware of are just out of the field from a sub, like a big boletus or gym, but as amazonian stated galerina can have blueing, and other dangerous species like stropharia aurantiaca have had reported levels of psilocin/psilocybin from memory. Fungi are a very unknown field, huge portions have not been discovered and others not documented, so i wouldn't use a yes or no as a rule, actually yes i would, i'd use a yes re: other dangerous species! lol
they do have a veil, just a cortinate veil, cobweb like which you can often see remnant of on both the cap and stem. On the stem you will often find this area is an area where spores will deposit. You should be spore printing every specimen, and grouping that with all it's characteristics, just standard species ID in any kingdom, use what is available and what it shows us.
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Yeah but as said they are very variable and the longifolia and sophorae vary greatly from highly distinctive from each other, to almost exactly the same, and everything inbetween. One local specimen around here only has immature flower spikes, yours is in full bloom that's cool, but that's one individual, as is one specimen that i pass everyday. The red tips threw me a bit, looked a bit more maidenii like, though longifolia do get red tips as well.
Butterbricks if you are really wanting to get into acacia id for life, get the flora of australia mimosaceae 11a 11b which deals with acacia. $150 soft cover 2 books, very handy, if not essential for good field work. Not all Acacia species in australia have been found, and new ones have not particularly been documented, then you can get hybrids and mass variation in everything, it's a confusing field but very rewarding, it'd be well worth getting down in your mind all the ID characteristics and if you want easier definitive help online you must supply a lot if not all of that information. Types of foliage, lengths, widths (and characteristics at certain points on the phyllode), tip characteristics, venation, glands and spacings, attachments to stems, foliage structure on the stem, inflorescence, individual flower structure within the inflorescence (which gets tricky), general life form, size and shape, soils and location. etc. the list goes on.
It's not essential to supply, as deb said ID can be done via photos, but it is much easier for everyone if as much information is supplied as possible. I don't believe though ID can always be done from simple photos, they are too complex for that, unless you know the species like the back of your hand, there is no way all species can be done via simple non-detailed photos, and i don't believe anyone knows all species let alone like the back of their hand.
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yeah i was leaning towards that but i couldnt see any cylindrical Flowers So maybe its var. sophorae but i know my local longifolia is very different to that
Both sophorae and longifolia have cylindrical spikes, the spikes shown are just immature, once fully flowered the 'loose' spikes can fill out, in some species with loose cylindrical spikes they will never fully fill out to a complete cylinder, though ime when longifolia fully flowers it pretty much makes the full cylinder, i.e. you can't see the flower stalk (going from memory). They do look a bit different from what i instantly recognise as longifolia, but going from the little information available i'd say it's just environmental as well as fresh growth. Acacia can be very variable, and the longifolia group can vary greatly between the longifolia and sophorae.
it could very well be a different species, but some older hardened phyllodes in the photo are representative of longifolia imo, the flower colour is right and the flowering time as well as location fit. As said photos are very limited info to go off.
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Given your location, i'd be leaning towards A. longifolia, though it is hard to tell from the pictures. Key it out and you tell us!
and less than a day from your post on the other thread, i'd hardly call that withering away, no need to start a new topic and double up all the information.
The Deb. it is just entering flowering.
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Seems to be lots of different forms of the regular 'pachanoi', whatever that means, just another one of them imo, def. not what is known in Vic as superpedro.
Grow it out, it'll change lots, let it flower.
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well there looks like there a rock person on the ground looking up into the canopy, nature tripping itself
Wish i had a camera today, had a perfect photo of a big old red gum on a misty river, light hit it perfectly but that is so hard to capture, that to me is where my blood is home, i may have desires to go elsewhere, but i can't deny my roots anymore.
might try get some cacti porn up for you one day soon then
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Ceres in melbourne sell shiitake birch dowel, member omsource can be contacted for them. Can't remember if he joined up here as well (vaguely think he did??), if not you can get in touch with him over at AE.
Vague googling a few weeks back had a supplier in the otways as well.
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nice one kadkuda, love the last photo, must be some funky animals in there, and absolutely an ethno 100%! folks may be entheo obsessed, but wasabi is ethnobotanical.
Centipede i don't think i've ever had true wasabi, all the 'wasabi' i've seen and had in australia are horseradish pastes. On wiki, they say most pastes are horseradish, mustard and colourings. It really pisses me off, so i usually refuse 'wasabi' these days, uncultured lying dicks we are lol
I've never looked for wasabi roots, but would imagine there'd be some markets in australia that would stock it, probably fairly difficult to find, but just a guess. If you guys in NZ export, then you should be able to find the fresh roots fairly easy :D
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One day at a time mate, these situations are hard beyond belief, we don't forget them but we can build from them and make sure it doesn't happen again.
You are one person that has taught me a great deal about life and myself, you need to stick around 'cause the world needs more people like you and you know you have the strength to keep on going. You've got a great family, friends and lots of support, it doesn't particularly make it easier at the time, but there are reasons to go forth and live life.
Spend some time in the garden man, they don't judge and always willing to listen. Things will get easier over time, and there's no guilt in that.
Thinking of you.
Cactus pics
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really needed something to brighten my morning today, so took heaps, most turned out real blurry
but a few made it okay
I have taken pictures of the hard grown stunted 'peruvianus' seedlings a few months back, but just not happy with them and hard to get representation, think i'll get them up when they are potted up when the weather comes good, very wet at the moment, but not far off.
Old Teds macrogonus (?), very interesting watching the seed 'pachs' grow along side this cut, you can see so many characteristics in each other.
The favourite is starting to show traits similar to the other ones in my eyes, haven't really seen that until i had a good look today, maturity is starting, but still different.
The later ground planting, can't wait for it's spination to start up from the planting damage, dormancy breaking.