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Yeah it's the only Turbinicarpus spp. I have so far, would like to get a few more, don't see them for sale that much really. they are pretty cool. Will those flowers pollinate themselves Mark? As I said I only have the one. Would love it if it produced seed for me. That was the first time I'd seen it too Andy, was pretty stoked.

Got an nice suprise this morning when this little Turbinicarpus schwarzii was flowering. Here is a pic:

Sounds good cycle. I only use photoshop. Will PM you about it shortly. -Phos

No they aern't worth $50 each at all. Just some profiteering svengali trying to rip us off. Arios that small would only worth $10, $15 maximum for that small size. I've paid $50 for specimens that are alot larger and older than those are.

I'll give you 2 bucks for the lot.

Yeah, I think ultimately Tarnicus wants people to throw their creative ideas in a he will run a poll to see which is liked most by the people within the community. We have until mid April 2008 [though I guess he will want them done by then, so they can be put on the flyer etc.] Also he mentioned that all the artworks will most likely end up on the Get Rooted! website. So looks like we will have a chance to get a bit of our work out there into the community regardless of whether it ends up on the the flyer or not, which is good enough for me. Really keen to see your work El Duderino and I'm sure you can better me. I am more of a dabbler at this point and am teaching myself how to use this media as an creative tool with the help of the best teachers I know of, as you can probably see. The plants are connected to the spirit of the creative mind and soul. Let's listen to what they have say and all work creatively together. Just a though. If you were keen to do a couple of smaller works together with [i'm thinking web banner type stuff], maybe we can have some interesting collaborations for the website.

How are you going with that design El Duderino? Here is what I have come up with so far.

Firstly, welcome to the forums. Secondly, never heard of L. lewinii. What you are describing sounds like a L. williamsii var. caespitosa. 50cm is enormous is there any chance of some pics? If anyone knows of this loph please correct me.

Looks like I can't make it to this one. Have injured myself and am hoping it's not too serious. Will have to go to the doc and have it checked out. Everyone have a good time, it's looks like it might be fine weather for a change. Will make it to the next one. Hopefully some more regular meets will commence after this one.

Will definitely try, as I said. Be good to catch up with you P. Good to see you back here too.

Will try and make it, no promises.

Psycho0 X tersheckii??? Or vice versa??? Sounds interesting to me. Again, nice flowers dude.

Very cool Passive..How tall is the Psycho0 in the pic? Is it in a pot, looks like it's inside in one of those pics. Very nice indeed.

Not familiar with that subspecies from west NSW apoth, now you have piqued my interest and will do some research. See what I can find out about it. How many A. floribunda seeds were you after mate? Have atleast 30 seeds you can have. Shoot me a PM if you want them.

LOL, I have enough trouble trying to keep those damn pesky possums out of my cacti let alone letting some other critter running riot in there.

Yeah I knew they couldn't hear, that's why I was banging the glass as it vibrates the whole bench. So the snake seems to have moved along now, question is WHERE THE HELL IS IT NOW??? Will just have to keep my eyes open and hope it doesn't chose to make my g/house it's home. I suspect now that this snake is a nocturnal slitherer as it become more active as the air cooled and the light faded, I saw it start to make a move, then it seemed to vanish. Wish I knew what it was, beautiful snake it was, just didn't want it in my g/house.

strangebrew I gave a bit of a squirt of water with an atomizer earlier and then tried banging the glass and rattling the bench [from a vantage point where it couldn't bit me of course], didn't really seem that bothered, it had shifted it's position slightly when I looked again an hour later is all. Surely it will need some decent sun, some water and a meal soon? I suppose it will move on soon..........I hope.

Will probably have to call a snake remover, though how they will get here is another story. The strange thing is my greenhouse is on my large deck which sits about 20 or so feet from the ground and the snake is sitting about 4 feet off the ground on a mesh rack. it's been in there since I noticed it and is still sitting there. Might give a blast of water tommorow if it's still there, like you suggested. Don't want it escaping onto the deck and hiding someplace else. I would much rather it just went back into the bush. Think it might have gone in there yesterday to escape the torrential rain we had, nice and dry and warm in there.

Ok, so I was doing a bit of watering in my little greenhouse this afternoon. I had done a fair bit and I was scratching in the pot of a little TBM to see if it was dry, it was, but I couldn't water it because much to my surprise there is a snake wedged in between this pot and a number of other pots, I came about 3cm from touching it before I noticed it was there. As you might guess I eveacuated the greenhouse immediately. What I am afetr is a possible ID and methods to remove it as I really don't want it in there as I can't get to my cacti. Here is a description, though I can't see it properly. It is long and skinny [coiled up] probably about 10-15mm at the thickest. My estimate is when unfurled it would be possibly a couple of feet long. It is brown [am pretty sure it is an eastern brown snake, all the more reason I want it out of there], it also has some brown speckles of varying colour along its body. The main brown colour is like a really dark tan. It has a salmon or apricot coloured underbelly. It has a small pointy head [looks venomous to me] and as far as I could see it has bright yellow eyes. I would offer a photo, but is well hidden and can't even see it that well myself, so probably can't get a photo. My location is hot, humid, coastal NSW, northern Sydney region. This should give a good indication of what it might be from description and locale. Any ideas what it might be? Would love to know and would be much appreciated. Also, any ideas on how to get it moving along, I want it out of there so I can finish my watering and get on with potting up etc. Thanks. -Phos

Thought I might add, I have Acacia seeds I could donate of NSW species, though I would suggest finding out if they grow in the area receiving revegatation first and foremost. I have A. decurrens, A. falcata & A. floribunda Personally don't think you could get decent plantable sized tube stock by the 15th, but hey it might be worth a shot.

I strongly urge you against planting Acacia acuminata in the bushland in the state of NSW. This Acacia is an endemic species to Western Australia ONLY and could cause severe weed problems if planted into bushland outside it's native habitat. A couple of WA Acacia spp. have become terrible weed species in the sydney region., namely A. saligna in the Warringah Shire. They were planted in the 1970's and the councils etc. still haven't found a way to get rid of them properly. Am pretty sure A. saligna is now declared noxious throughout NSW. You have to be really careful planting out into the bush. The A. obtusifolia shouldn't be an issue as it does grow down south. [N.S.W., Qld, Vic.] "A. maidenii Occurs in Qld, N.S.W. and Vic. E of 148E, in coastal and subcoastal environments, from Proserpine in the north to Orbost in the south. Grows usually in more fertile soils, sometimes derived from basalt, often on the edges of littoral rainforest. Flowers mostly Jan/June" I suggest you do some further research before planting out plants into the bush. Hope that helps. --Conservation is the Key--

Lopholicious!!! Those are some seriously PHAT lophs dc. I can see a monster one that looks grafted to the left of the pic. Was that flowering one grafted at any point?

The first one looks strange to me. While the lower spines do a have a bit of a Bridgesioid look to them the upper looks pretty different. I think possibly a hybrid. Given a few years of large pot or ground growth it willl be easier to tell. Looks more Peruvanoid to me though. The second one is Cereus peruvianus. EDIT: Sorry to be pedantic. It's Trichocereus bridgesii now known as Echinopsis lageniformis and not Echinopsis bridgesii which is a totally different species in it's own right.