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what the hay. nothing compared to others but its good fun. great pics all! variegated fricii koereshii variegated pedro small willaimsii graft TBM caespitosa....my teeny tiny littl'n. the ones on their own roots are bigger lol.

ok its alright....unless its 100% legal i am done trying to send things to australia peace.

i use my thin kitchen knife cleaned with alcohol. big? yes. clumsy? yes. work? yes. 100% so far

are SEEDS allowed into australia from abroad? if so then i am down.

i use straight sand now as well, never had mold problems either. seems good until they get a little bigger then i fertilize or repot.

easier than lophs? that depends on climate, they do not do well in the tropical sun!!! they like it warm but not hot. they can grow quick-ish but they can die from over heating easily as well. that is the #1 killer of ariocarpus here.

ya no doubt. 15 years old here will get 10+ cm.... but those prices don't seem too bad, not cheap but ok. a grafted one here that is 5 cm is about $60 (aud). own roots/seed grown are more $ here.

i use flouros for starting my seeds, way better germ rates!

do Tabernaemontana, Piper do well in shade? here they grow in FULL sun all day, 12+ hours. thats piper betle.

torsten, are they self fertile?

very nice. the papaya are great too!!!

I grow Piper betel, but its not inside australia.

cuttings may get through better not having any dirt/rots/pests etc?

i think you need 1 per specie, no?

if customs saw pests they would destroy the entire package, not take 69 seeds....

i dont think cites matters to australia, seems they dont let shit through if they see it. if i get any flowers/seeds i will let you know! but my biggest plants are only about 40 cm so it may be a while! rumour has there is a titty cactus en route to someone in this very thread. if it goes through ok perhaps he can post and supply people with cuttings the the land of OZ

i ordered quite a lot a few years ago from them. i had a great experience with them, but their payment methods sucked (i used western union, fucking expensive!) i ordered a bunch of cacti seeds and some succulents, all were great except their T. bridgesii. 0/200 sprouted! on the flip side i had 100% from all the lophs, pachanoi and tershekii. in fact i just planted the last of that order a few days ago i would say good company. shipping was around a week if i remember right.

are cacti seeds allowed to be shipped to australia from abroad?

i like fricii growth habits and the flowers are the best in my opinion! nice deep pink.

are you in australia?

the girls are about the only exciting thing i have to look at on my drive to work not many nude ones any more.

thats how they grow in the wild here too, fall on the leaves/grass etc under the trees and germinate on top of everything. but there are a ot that don't germinate there as well...

well i open my mouth and i get one rotting today! it has been very wet though. not moist, not humid not anything but WET. it was a 1 cm cutting with a .5cm loph on it...both are dead now

i cut them, stick them in dirt and put them outside. very warm here and the rains have come. 3 days seems about right, WET and warm, they are doing great!

I will let the out of focus pics speak for themselves. i almost shat when i saw them. such beauty.