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I am pretty sure its more complicated than dopamine - serotonine, but I dont think it really matters. Excitement, anticipation, bliss, joy, feeling full, feeling right, feeling like you have kids, that you really care about someone.. For me this was the most impressive change after getting into gardening: the fact I realy cared about those plants wellness, behaviour, name, all... Hey do my plants feel empathy towards me? I really dont get this often with people.. Not even girls. It happens all the time with cats though..

I think I have posted this again in the past, maybe not, haven't found anything.. planning to repot it too

Ι stand myself corrected - did not include largish animals to the equation . I suppose I expect me to be lucky?

trichocerei dont die easily, chill

Bad boy bubby has been already mentioned & discussed.. I learnt about it from this thread, and it has come up to be one of my favourite films of all time. An excellent black comedy. gwalchgwyn>> I cant say I really understand what you are sayin, well I understand what you are saying, but I cant see the parallel with Matrix. I know I only consider part 1 a good film, excepting the ridicoulous IMO ending.. part 2 was alright, but not really complete (to be continued) and part 3 was shit. There are tons of sexist films, mean spirited films (some are mentioned here, much more of those which are awful technically are not mentioned) , there are tons of american propaganda films (expecially action/war) to blame for influencing cultures and behaviours is a less direct way. I cant understand why someone would mention Matrix, or maybe I havent seen the damn thing 10 times to remember by memory. Another thing I find strange is the fact you mention you would deliberately go after those films, to be politically/culturally annoyed by the deeper symbolism of the film? I think the most annoying film I saw recently was Gummo. I could say it was dirty and (trying to be) mean, but it just annoyed me because it was stupid and not interesting.. Not because it had some insulting ethics. The good and evil is a standard theme in films.. played usually in a simplistic manner... Few films break the black+white mentality and offer us heros which are not only good , not only bad.

I think its not in oz, but it is where I am ...

bought from SAB as seedling T. glaucus , I think KK336

Awesome and tidy collection.. Fantastic variation of Trichocerei and yeah there are oz and new zealand clones in europe.. scopulicola (budding) , pachanoi (TPQC) , peruvianus (los gentiles)

the spination is too dense to really see beneath... will try

moar! not stalking this Mammilaria anymore, she wants to lean down.. Hildewintera CV alpha

yes it is: fast grower (2 years for flower from seed if rushed) and self-fertile, ought to be grown more, needs only a tiny pot...

Here's the close up for number one.. its pumped a bit now and wtf?!? there are 3-4 buds forming, not sure if this is a cereus bud or even if a cereus could flower so small ... no there's no hairs, I dont think its that Lophocereus crest you mentioned EG..

1. Cereus sp. came as "aetiopica" , I think its C. aethiops 2. Clone of nursery origin and of unknow genus / species, according to cactusart its mostly sold as Azureocereus sp. and its obviously a crest of a largish columnar Any ideas?

The first one seems to be a Copiapoa, as I could tell from the flower.. Very typical flower, similar to what I have seen in other Copis.. The second one seems to be doing a shallow and small root system from experience so far..

Definately agree with Getafix, this is not a pasacana nor a terscheckii, this is seems like a very pretty taquimbalensis (the var wilkae thing).. I think the tubercled appearance is due to dehydration.. was it / is it in a clay pot? Pot it up in rich soil next year and it will become a beauty these strains have fatter spines than the regular tacaquirensis and of course from terscheckii and pasacana and the swollen bases are so characteristic and fatty in some areoles that they cover the whole areole area, like at the centre of that photo. A fantastic gift, this is one of the prettiest trichocerei IMO PS: the graft is impossible to tell, but it could be a cuzco, they're faster than most peruvianoids,said to be great stocks. nice work!

Mammi with pups , picture 1 in post #12 indeed makes largish, rather darker purple than usual flowers, as seen today, will get more shots. another two for identification... 1.yellowish flowers, somewhat rectangular tubercles 2. pinkish purple flowers, rather messy spination

I am in a cacti mood this year, and I would be happy to name some of my flowering mammis. BUT feel free to discuss anything involving mammilaria species identification, or put up your own specimens for questioning... === 1 . reddish spines, clumper, clumping even from higher than the base, whitish flower 2. like previous, but with hooked, darker coloured spines 3. 4. 5. 6. slower grower, comb like spines PS: I will get on those IDs soon enough, but I would love to discuss your thought about all this... the whole genus, and whatever ...

Echinocereus sp , have lost the tag for some time, I am among 3 or 4 different species, should be able to find it again L. diffusa Obregonia Unknown genus Setiechinopsis flowering at night

Potted some newly rooted, took some shots, watered

tonic effect, thats what happens in the lowest range, apart from flavour enhancing properties.. so to sum up, perhaps the best way to taste them fuckers as food is take a single medium cap and slice thinly and cook with a soup or chicken, so as to "dillute" into a food for 4+ persons . I would also like to note that I remember taking the tea after couple beers, relatively empty stomach, and I am like - boy I have to eat something now... and so I did... its also appetite stimulating... drugs on appetite regulation could be easily made from amanita muscaria, I am deeply convinced about this.. both for appettite loss as well as extreme appetite

(edit for corrections and additions) Its a common misconception that the whole trick and mystery and secret is the preperation.. Not true.. The right preperation is out there for many years... and all variations share the same core: heat makes ibotenic acid into muscimole.... Drying seems to make the fullest conversion... there are many false concepts around muscaria, maybe more than those around tropane plants.. I did sunshine my material after machine-drying, and this is the only thing 'shaman' I did, but I am not really sure it does something. So what is the problem? 1st, I think european specimens are "better" than usa a.o. ones, judging from reports. Better in the sense the US ones might contain more muscarine, maybe.. I say this because many reports (from USA) consistently talk about nasty stomach pains / nausea , while I never encountered this with my material. Then again, maybe a graduall familirisation with the material does the trick, but I have served this to newbbies and never one complained about stomach ache or nausea. {EDIT} in fact to be completely honest there were very mild stomach pain and nausea only twice. 1) once, in a group session, mid-euphoric inebriation, the particular indivual was tired and sleepless.. He complained once about a slight nausea and then immediately fell asleep for some 3-4 hours, after which he woke up revitalised even though he was disappointed the whole mid-dose session was over ofr the rest of the group and we were chilling, while he was energetic.. lol 2) I had slight stomach discomfort for just some moments during my single breakthrough experience with amanitas... it was only for a little bit.. nothing worth mentioning, had worse shit with psiliz Wert, I did not say oz shit is weaker.. I wouldnt know, I used to research reports many years ago.... Not many from oz, as far as I remember.. 2nd, and most important, this material is not an easy material to use.. Contrary to other drugs, this is more difficult to understand its mechanism, takes some experimentation to determine the dosage for your batch, takes some experimentation to understand what someone can do under the influence at different dosage ranges etc.. Most of all, you dont HAVE to love it.. Most people dont like dissociatives, and while muscarias can be both relatively mild and euphoric inebriating at mid doses (resembling perhaps alcohol in a more clear headed way), most people will probably not be prepared for the breakthrough experience IMO because most people are afraid of death.. So remember you dont have to like it just because its a pretty mushroom and stay safe.. Try to become friends first.. PS: Important bits.. Know yr material, use a sitter, prepare for something strong and read about anesthesia and dissociation when preparing for breakthrough doses.. PS2: I have felt bliss while both on salvia or muscaria, but its rather rare for most people to report euphoria. I remember noting in some previous forum, that most psychedelic people could not work with tropanes or muscaria or any dissociative and they also disliked alcohol... While me and some other senior user who used to take lots of tropanes respected equally the classic psychedelics, tropanes, dissociatives, muscaria and we also liked drinking booze.. Different strokes for different folks, right?

I meant the vinegar type of pickling, dont like the over-salty ones. Many people swear by cooking them with wine or vinegar, like I said with tomato sauce and onions.. PS: nice site

amanita muscaria has a very interesting range of dosage. its active from low doses but notable from low-mid doses and on. using along with wine somewhat cancels the nice afterglow of the next day... amanitas and alcohol is not a good idea, but they are cool together if you're both a drunkard and experienced with amanitas. beware of accidents and tendencies to sleep whereever under that combo... babies are more potent yeah PS: its really weird to see someone trying to use this as a food.. then discusses about how it did have an effect. 2x7 min boil might not take all the goodies out. IME, its inactive when its got no taste, so the whole thing is a bit meaningless, unless someone really finds lots of them and/or is a seasoned user of soma as an inebriant. Because the taste of the dried stuff/taste of tea indicates the strength... if the dried pieces in the tea have not taste, then the goodies are all in the tea... if they maintain some taste, then the pieces still got something in them peace PS2: Erowid entry on amanita is old and shitty. ask me instead

kk 2150 (sab sourced), I think is also cuzco despite the more orangish spines