san p

hi,yeah ive seen those on the nz shroom list,im pretty sure they are the same as ones i have used quite alot in the past and never seen on the net anywhere else,they grow into multi clumping balls,sort of like a l.caespitosa :)when left to mature.they go extremly blue/purple once picked and they are hollow on the inside. quite a strong shroom. the local council sprayed the only area i knew them to grow because they caught onto the highschool kids picking them every year,so ive never seen them again. thanks for all the comments,ill just forget about the amantias for now,but research so i might be ready for next years. cheers san p

really nice plants and pics mutant! a rooftop in greece sounds like such a good place for cactus to live

thanks for the comments and i.d comformation. at the risk of being shot for not researching first...if one was to pick these and just dry them in a cardboard box for a few months until suffuicient research has been done on how to them would that be the way to go? cheers san p

alittle bit more like that leonardo decaprio movie "catch me if you can",i liked that movie,and based on a true story i believe.

amazingly photogenic specimens you have there!

heres some pics of my crested pachanoi with monstrose growth.have a few other pach crests that look like they might be putting out monstrose sections aswell, but only time will tell.

nice finds pacha!

these two flowered today,my camera and i really cant do them justice though. turbinicarpus valdezianus turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus turbinicarpus ysabele obregonia denegrii astro asterias & astro hybrids

hi mutant,will definitly send you a parcel of mixed goodies sometime in the future.probably be next grow season,im pretty new to the whole ethno cacti thing so ive just been collecting so far,havnt done any mass propagation yet. cheers PD good to know theres a chance they might fruit

hi,just thought id post that ive had several successful trans tasman trades with sethomopod.looking forward to the next one too. san p

here in nz on our version of ebay theres a t.peruvianus sold that resembles your rosie plants, and it fetches at auction between $3 and $5 nzdollors per cm consistently($2.30-$3.80 aus dollors). i couldnt be bothered selling any of my own trichs for any less than $1 per cm ,it just doesnt seem worth it. standard pachanoi seems to go for $1 per cm here and any thing else is more like $2 per cm.

nice pup hellonasty! i saw one the same size for sale here on our version of ebay a while back,they are totally square aye,will look even better when its bigger!

hi mutant,im not sure i dont know much about any of these cactus varietys,do you have any obregoina denegrii in greece? i have some smaller grade ones i could try sending you sometime since your country has such loosly enforced laws on that kind of thing. i had ago at swapping the pollen between the flowering t.valdezianus and the t.schmiedickeanus yesterday,anyone know if that might work?

hellonasty,this is the best pic i could get of the spination with my crappy camera.on average it has about 16spines per areole.,which i think is a fair few more than the spach and Borzicactus crest pics show. thanks kadakuda,ill have to try that out next summer,so do you mean just a tiny piece with one areole on it? cheers san p

these two just arrived in the mail yesterday from a recent trade.can any one confirm the i.d is correct?

blowng,no i dint grow them from seed myself,i cant cant seem to settle with one of any cactus though,even two doesnt seem like quite enough hellonasty,i believe that that astro hybrid is a asteria x capricorne.i have them in 5,6,7 & 8 ribbed forms, flocked and flockless,some showing more asterias some showing more caricorne. yeah its either an addiction or greed but its always good to have spares for trades etc

thanks for the links man,i had a closer look at the spination on mine and they dont quite match either of those two crests. i cant find pics of any t.strigosus plants on the net anywhere,mine came from a nursery thats probably new zealands biggest cactus nursery,so i think its pretty safe to take their word for now on the i.d. cheers san p

hi kadakuda,yeah i have seen your t.huascha crest pic on your website but couldnt get it to enlarge so i could get a closer look at it, so thanks for the comment .you have some really amazing crests on your site!im trying to find out what i need to do to import some plants into new zealand,so you might here from me soon about a monstrose and crest order san p

cheers for the comments,im pretty stoked to score them,ill let them grow for a year or so and probably propagate from them.do you have a pic of your crests pd? san p

hi, i think the black pox things are pretty common for everyones tbms? i find the best thing is to just leave them and not pick at them,then they just go away without leaving scabs.

anyone have any idea what/who this figure dipicts in this photo? the art piece is made completly from cactus fibres.

thats cool your lucky then! since theres a good chance of things arriving to you, maybe us new zealand members should send you some stuff sometime. san p

hi mutant,ive noticed from some of your threads that you have had quite a few aussie clones sent to your part of the world over the years,just wondering what process you have had to go through,or is there no strict rules concerning the importation of plants to where you live? cheers san p

this is an idea ive seen on other forums ,where someone lists an item availible to be "passed around" to members within the forum. the first person who is interested posts their interest and pms their postage details to the person offering the passaround.then it is sent to that person free of charge,and in return when that person is finished with it they will pay for postage to the next person interested and so on.usually offers are reserved to members with over a certain amount of posts behind them so they can be trusted etc and a time limit allowed to keep the item is set. im starting off with this book,its a good book with heaps of short storys about experiences on different ethno's written by heaps of different people. sorry nz and aussie members only,one month time limit and 50 posts minimium to be eligable. san p

i have yet to have any unpleasant side effects from using hbwr seeds whatsoever,which surprises me after reading all the storys of others experiences.i suggest removing not just the really furry stuff but all the brown coating completly aswell.then powdering with a mortar and pestal and soaking in a glass of water with the juice of half a lemon for 1 hour.then discard the powder/silt at the bottom of the glass and drink the water.