jactus

Ok, my friend has eaten all my subs, i need to replenish my shroom stocks. I know i am being lazy. i could search thru past posts for the info but if anyone can tell me a bit about Darwin shrooms it would be much appreciated. I know that Darwin has shrooms growing in cow dung several days after monsoonal rains. Can anybody clarify which species i should be looking for and show me some pics. Cheers. P.S Hey naja naja. I'm back buddy. Be in touch ok

Hi to everyone who is reading, i'm James aka jactus I am very excited and privalliged to have the oppurtunity to become part of your place of knowledge and learning. I have a lot to learn and not so much to give,but i will see if i can generate some topics that may be of interest and productive. So i urge anybody with any information to add some feedback to this topic. I have heard from different sources that the woody,old and scarred growth of psychoactive Trichocereus sp is much higher in mescaline and other psychoactive alkaloids than fresh growth ,comparing equal surface area of each.. The next step i assume in answering this question would then be, does the scarred epidermal tissue contain more active alkaloids than the fresh green epidermal tissue? Another interesting question is, does the previous seasons growth contain more active alkaloids per equal surface area than the equal surface area of new growth. And so on. I can supply some T.peruvianus 'macrogonus' to somebody who would like to perform this analysis. Oh yeah, if somebody can enlighten me to whether 'macrogonus' is infact a variety of T.peruvianus that would be great. Maybe that could be another topic as i have found that there is a divided opinion on whether it is or not. Thanks all. =====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================

It is so hard to pinpoint a favourite drink, ilove them all. I have been drinking a lot of good scotch and bourbon. Wild Turkey n coke has to be my fav spirit but i will always fall back on beer, namely Coopers red. Has anyone ever drank MEKONG? It some crazy stuff from Thailand that i have heard contains natural amphetamines. It is definately a different experience, it has its negative points with me though as i seem to go a bit wild on it. But if your looking to drown your sorrows in a bottle it comes well reccomended,especially as it only costs $17 a bottle. I think it is a whiskey type of drink. Great with ice and soda. Asain grocery stores sometimes stock it in Melbourne but it is hard to find.

It looks like paradise, Amazing!

If anyone is heading thru Victoria and is interested in cactus,look up Tarrington Exotics on the net. He is selling everything cheap. Dont be put off by the web site,he has 20 times as much stuff available,plus you can shop in his garden. If he likes u he will practically give it to you. He has one of the largest collections in the world. I bought a golden barrel 70 cm in diameter for $70! He has some real obscure stuff. Almost every species of Copiopoa, and a lot of freaks you will not find anywhere else. Be quick,he is going to Chile in May and his stuff is selling fast. It has only been open to the public for a few months and is still by appointment only or mail order. Also Dans Plants in Heatherton,Old Dandenong Road is open to the Public and he has some cool stuff and sells at wholesale. Not much of ethnobotanical value though. If you want some Trichocereus pacchanoi,peruvianus,bridgesii or macrogonus i have tip cuttings now available in any size from 10 cm to 200cm, but it will cost u

My friend did order some 2CH a few months ago and made some 2cb. The "C series are dangerous though folks. Stay away from 2Ci. Its so good but add a little THC and you could be up for a ride to the hospital. It increases your heart rate dramatically. LD is round 50 mg. I think i pushed it too. Interesting compound though, i think at doses below 30 mg it is ok but pushing it 5mg again almost triples effects and so on. Like i said, nasty stuff. I took 9 hours to come down. By the 7th hour shit was melting around me,stars were falling,trees were growing. If it didn't affect my heart so bad it would've been great. Oh who am i kidding it was the most intensely visual substance i have ever used as a drug. 9 hours of solid trippin is not for everyone though. Lucky i had Valium otherwise i think i would have had a heart attack. If you think i'm mistaken,well my heart was so sore for a week it beat that fast.

I have a similar specimen as you described Ace, mine is T.grandiflora.

Your ok ace, i thought lono's comment was pretty on the ball,and funny. No hard feelings all round i hope.

No need to point it out,i suck. i know

O.k kinoath its a myrtilocactus. The photo only pops up for a second then goes away. But it was there long enough to see the flower and the thick spines. Damn,it looks exactly like my T.bridgesii. Almost like the same plant! C.mon jactus look harder. Thank you , i was going to buy some if it came up again, i've got plenty of mytillo is someone wants to swap for something Tricho

Thanks for the thread psychonaut, i want some Yowie Fat! On the question of Trichocereus 'macrogonus', i'm just going to class it as a T.peruvianus variant(which it obviously is!) until somebody proves it otherwise reclassified.

E, i have acess to Dodonea viscosa ssp cuneata seed if you are interested. It grows along our waterways. It has a wedge shaped leaf,hence the name 'cuneata'

Yeah those lines will be the bain of my existence. My keyboard has a mind of its own. i have always thought that old growth had a higher alkaloid content but i want to know for sure and why. I hope someone in this forum can step up to the challenge of this experiment, 'Mythbusters' style. I will supply the cactus material required. If you know anyone who could, please urge them too. If nobody really knows,its time to get our facts right. later dude

I've really set myself up now haven't i? Sorry to be so picky, i have learnt my lesson.

Passive , you were dead right. The three Acacias that you mentioned are the only ones unmarked on the list that have significant populations within Victoria. Although one species that isn't on the list that should be examined is A.triptera. The name says it all!

Thanks Passive, but i wasn't having a poke at you. I just didn't feel the use of that word was applicable. I know that a form of A.retinodes exists around here though. i don't know much outside my local area. Now i'm on a mission to find out how many of these wattles do occur in Vic. Sorry, i'm bored. very bored. Then i might search thru some more posts to find something else i have no idea about to pick at. i'm pathetic

C'mon guys, look a bit harder. Thats no Myrtilocactus. That is a Trichocereus. (shit i hope i'm rite ) My money is on T.bridgesii

Actually Passive, i think the question should be re worded. None of these species are really prevalent. They may be locally common though. Prevalent seems to sugest widespread and common. Acacias are weeds, they are common wherever they exist. In answer to the real question though i think there should be some sort of DPI database with this information and it would most likely have specific locations of occurance. I will suss out the sitchjava script:emoticon('', 'smid_2')

It seems to have similar fruit and leaf structure to Sollya sp,maybe check that family and try to key it out from there.

Which off the following list are prevalent in Vic that i have not marked? Acacia Retinodes - (Vic) Acacia retinodes is only found in Wilsons Prom and Geelong i think. Its locally common in the Prom but in Geelong it is a stand of around 50 trees. Cool considering that the two populations are hundreds of kilometres apart. Although i remember vaguely that the A.retinodes was var 'uncinata' or something like that so i am probably totally wrong. I just felt like writing something,forgive me.

There is an invasion of mid sized specimens around Angelsea hinterland and heathland. Harvesting the bark off these trees and ringbarking in the process would be doing your bit for the local ecology. So get on down there....... I have had some extract from this population and it was very good ,although i have no idea how much bark was used and the amount of the finished product. The soil is very sandy , hard as a rock and bone dry all year. Maybe growing conditions determine active alkaloid content so dont give up yet. I must say though you have worked very hard so far. Well done,i wish i knew what i was doing. Theres so many plants i'd love to examine for active alkaloids, I smell it occassionally and there's no Acacia sp around.

Thanks everyone, i feel at ease now. Eli i am happy to give you some seed when it is available(which is soon as they r just finishing flowering) I am happy to send out seed to anyone who would like some provided the seeds are viable. i'll expect some cool mutant and hybrids will result . There are already a few hybrids and many Trichocereus sp close by. Usually something cool pops up when i sow a hundred seeds from these plants. But they are still much to small to add to anybodies collection , so dont get too excited monster freaks

They are some healthy looking plants Bit. I think i might be moving to New Zealand! Nice A.polyphylla. I grew some from seed but they constantly burn,frost rots them and they rarely spiral. I just cant find the right place for them. I'll keep trying. If u want to pay for postage i will send u a few interesting pieces for ur new garden. I've got plenty of tricho's.Hi, i'm jactus.

I think i have heard 'Chachuma' used for T.peruvianus I'm probably wrong though.