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  3. Posted

    Yep, one bud that will go in about 4 days time, another that is still quite small and stunted. It might terminate itself.

    Up for anything that will give me fruit on my L. williamsii v. caespitosa.

    I have some Loph pollen on q-tips and an envelope with Tric. scop pollen in the fridge. pm me you addresses and I'll send them off.

  4. Posted

    My T. Scop is flowering again.

    Anyone need pollen?

    pm me

    (I should also add that my grafted L. williamsii v. caespitosa flowers regularly and a straight williamsii far less regularly, I can collect pollen for anyone interested.)

    [ 19. January 2005, 09:33: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

  5. Posted

    Nice find.

    I only could find info on C. modestus, C. rossii and C. glaucescens.

    I find their growth morpholigy quite variable; amount of sun, soil pH, water availability, pest resistance (scale) etc.. I have seen bright red leaved growing next to pale green, smallish to robust forms the odd white flowered all within meters of each other as well. (Woolamai beach, Phillip island, Vic)

    Either their are several escapies from gardens or a couple of species that are very variable in growth form.

    Some of the cuttings changed quite dramatically once planted in the garden beds, others stayed quite the same. They all seem to get major scale attack after a year or so of growing in the beds. Maybe stressed from the low lime soil in the beds as opposed to the high lime dune sand.

    Some don't. I haven't played with the C. modestus inland form. It might be more robust.

  8. Posted

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  9. Posted

    Last two pictures

    Glycine clandestina (or similar species like microphila). Are the pods cylindrical and dark brown/black? I have the clandestina crawling over my fence, very nice!

    Desmodium (possibly gunni)

    VINC at Yarra Bend rd, Fairfield, Vic (9482 1710) Sell Desmodium gunni, ring them for availibility.

    I'm assuming you are from Melbourne (south Melbourne even)

    I'll be interested if you find some other native desmodium species:)

  12. Posted

    The methyl nonylketone is reasonably effective (they recon it acts as a fear signal for cats).

    I have problems with blackbirds, damn things dig up all sorts of young plants looking for worms and things.

    I used to put a bit of touch powder (brown crystals from iodine/ammonia solution mix) on leaves and leave them in the garden beds. The random "BANGS" kept the blackbirds away. Unfortunately, they also went off during the night when a bit of wind russeled... :rolleyes:

    [ 11. November 2004, 17:39: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

  13. Posted

    Does he mean "Alkaloid", as in the other suspected euphoric ingredients found along side the cathinone/cathine ketones?

    Does the cultivation section seem realistic to any of you that have trees growing?

    There seems to be a lack of this cultivation info out here, and I want to get the best out of my shrubs.

    He also finds the thinner leaf catha to be inferior to the broad leaf. What have you guys found?

    (mine are still small shrubs in pots)

  16. Posted

    Kratom can handle the late spring to early autumn in Melbourne outside. SD handles the whole year outside but looks ragged during the winter. It might even rot down to the roots on particularly wet/cold nights with midwinter frosts.

    It will grow back from the roots, however. Salvia is more robust

    I would keep any of the tropicals indoors during the cold nights, like right now (I should bring mine in).

    Outside during the day and in a wind and hot sun protected place, but warm!!!

    That greenhouse idea would be good (how much are they going for?)

    They adapt well to the drier air than what is usually experienced from Sydney upwards. But their leaves will be smaller an toucher, possibly even miss shaped (ie. Psychotria viridis).

    The particularly sensitive tropicals like Yohimbe and Iboga should be kept well protected from the cold. Only outdoors when nighttime temp don't drop down to below 16-18ºC.

    Experiment!!! But keep some back-up cuttings in protected places (ie. friends with a tropical greenhouse, humid indoor terrarium/greenhouse , your greenhouse etc..)

    For soil, compost sounds good, mix in some dynamic lifter/blood and bone or any slow release nutrients. Not too much as you could burn the roots!!! Go easy and see how they like it, don't shock the system.

    Loads of rootspace if you can supply it, big pots.

    Plant in the garden and take cutting for the winter months (incase it dies) or dig her up and take indoors/heated greenhouse.

    I hope this made it a bit clearer

    (I hope I wasn't rambling)

    Good luck

    [ 05. November 2004, 21:37: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

  18. Posted

    Or Enrlich's Reagent 4-(dimethylamino)benzaldehyde

    Yep, should have some lying around.

    This will only give an indication of if it is present, not the amount found in the seed.

    (unless the colour change is calibrated with some 5HTP, having that lying around is probably not the case)

  23. Posted

    Torsten:

    Possibly the only other ensete in oz is E.glaucum.  I would be very interested in that one too.

    Does yours have red veins?

    No red veins!!

    Could be E. gluacum but I don't think it has a blueish glaucus hue on the leaf base/vein like in this picture...

    EnsGla.jpg

    [ 28. October 2004, 20:13: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

  25. Posted

    Not much is known about it yet but there could be a possibility that this compound acts as a hormone for most plants as they might share a relic gene from past pyrophilic selection pressures. (ie. your acacia example)

    It is speculated that the butenolide releases gibberellic acid bound inside the seed, and this stimulating the germination.

    celery, echinacea and parsley were mentioned as responding to butenolide. I would think echinacea is a possible pyrophile but celery and parsley, possibly a anceteral link.

    Fires in rainforests aren't to uncommon, there has been sugggestions (by some) that at hotter times in the Earths history that they occured with relative frequency. Thus this leaves me a little more open minded about butenolide having an effect in some rainforest species.

    If it works it could be a nice little paper to publish (this is a new area!!!)

    One thing that does puzzle me a bit is the statements in some of the web articles about getting an upper hand on weed germination with butenolide by having the crop seeds or the natural seed bank in the ground germinate over the weed seeds. Why wouldn't the weed seeds not gain as well from the butenolide?

    More questions...

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    [ 27. October 2004, 18:08: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

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