Happy Cadaver
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There's some great info on grafting with Pereskiopsis and others plus a heap of good articles about cacti, check it out.
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I've got one copy of the above mentioned book for sale, $45 (just under cost price from US) which includes postage in oz. Only got a slight bang on one corner from transit from the US, nothing to worry about. Never been read. pm me please.
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Any thoughts on whether this cactus is actually a T. pachanoi? It'd have to be something else wouldn't it? It is a very cool looking cactus though. Anyone growing it?
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THis little guy has been like this since I grew him from seed, basically discoloured on one side, which is alos slower growing. Do you think it is a proper varigation?
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provided i'm successful too
i'm up for a trade rev. Flower is dying back but the base is still green after about a week since it opened.
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People in areas which are affected by this type of vandalism could try their hand at burning around each dead tree to stimulate seed germination to replace the dead one.
there is no justification for stripping bark and leaving the tree to die. As you say wandjina, they could trim the tree branches for their use. At least they could plant more back or weed around seedlings for their profit made, doesn't take much and if not perhaps the dmt should teach them a lesson.
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wau, waht a scoop! Bodo loves the love monkey
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Give it some fertiliser. They are pretty sensitive to under fertilising from experience. Drop a teaspoon of osmocote around it.
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Good thanks Prophet. Are you thinking of starting your own plantation?
Below is a pic of Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) which I think is one planted in oz for timber.
Pinus taeda (Lobolly Pine) is another:
More grown for timber are Pinus caribaea, Pinus bahamensis, Pinus hondurensis, Pinus pinaster, Pinus ponderosa. Then again it could be an ornamental species too. Around your area there are heaps of plantations though so I guess one of those species would be your best bet.
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That sounds right Benz, the pollen hits the stigma, germinates and sends a tube down the style to the ovary to pollinate, and with such a long flower tube on the trichs, the longer the pollen has to reach the ovary before the flower decides nothing is going on and drops, the better. I guess you want to beat its own pollen hitting the stigma and clogging it up as well.
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Hi Prophet,
is it in a plantation situation or garden? Might be worth checking the DPI website for species they grow in SE QLD if it is in a plantation. I'm not up on my pines, but its not radiata is it, that has scaly bark.
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It's about a foot high, was the top of those cuttings you bought. I didn't think the flowers were going to hang on but they must have enough roots down now with all the rain. It's a part of my mexican fence
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Edith, I don't know about Trichs, but cereus fruit turn red and split when ready.
ferret, many thanks for the pollen, arrived just in time, flower opened this arvo. pm me if you want some scop pollen in return. So rev, i've done the scop x bridg cross, will see if it takes.
Is there a right time to cross pollinate? should you do it straight away once the flower is open, or will it be receptive later, like later at night or early morn?
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Just collected some pollen from my first flower, pm if you want some. I will post yours off tmo dodie.
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I had one last week and 1/2hr later had a beer and wondered what was wrong with it, was like sguar water and this is normally a bitter beer, coopers sparkling ale. So it also turns bitter things sweet. My plant is just starting to flower and fruit. evidently there's a large miracle fruit, but it doesn't have the same properties, its a different Synsepalum species.
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Thanks Bacchant, I wasn't thinking of buying, just seeing if they sold good stuff or the usual crap. As you say, opinions vary, they might be someone's favourite brand
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Amulte's right, we would need a positive ID to work out if it is a bacteria or fungus, maybe rev could culture it?
Overhead watering and water splash from pot to pot seem to aggrevate it and spread it.
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We sell Chinese Licorice plants, Glycyrrhiza uralensis. The G. glabra herb should be available from most health foods stores (?).
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you may have to change the oil once a fortnight or earlier if it goes a bit rank, remember to make it thick enough so the larvae can't stick their nose through to breathe.
A more simple trick I thought of would be just to change the water every week, get the larvae just before they take off
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I heard about Splianthes being used to kill mosquito larvae, Spilantol is sposed to be a good insecticide. I tried it and it didn't seem to work.
Tobacco leaves, perhaps chilli?
Oil on the water surface should work, try an extra virgin olive oil, organic
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Yes, the new forum has my seal of approval, however vague that is ^_^
i'm not worried cause I know that one day we will log on and there will be a shining new logo to replace the IPB ad, something like....
Mirabilis Multiflora
in Ethnobotany
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Sorry Tomer, never grown it or tried it
I can only quote from Ratsch "Hopi medicine men chewed the root or drank the juice pressed from it in order to obtain diagnostic visions. 28 to 57g of the root is said to result in a 'half hour of gaiety'. The Zuni Indians bake a bread using flour made fro mthe root and interestingly, use the bread as an appetite suppressant."