poisonshroom
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Are you sure they are actually dead? All of my psychotrias have lost their leaves once or more (and even a lot of the branches on some have been fried to a crisp), but after a few months you can see new growth, and until there is a dramatic change in conditions it shouldnt happen again. Certain other species from similar habitats have done the same thing several times too, and they can die back to the point of appearing completely dead, but as long as there is green wood under the bark there is a good chance it will come back (even if all you are left with after pruning away the dead wood is a stump). Id try pruning the dead branches off and cutting the main stem back until you see living wood, put it in a bright, shady area with high humidity and flood them (seasol and powerfeed wouldnt hurt either).
I agree with the others though, that if that isnt the case its likely something to do with the soil you are using (nematodes are a good guess for the culprit, but Iv had problems with root mealies on psychotria and brugmansia, which both often have problems with leaf mealies and other sap suckers)
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Next time I take some cuttings I'll keep you in mind. Its actually very easy to grow from cutting (easier than its mother, which Iv never had any luck with). Iv thought about bonsai for this one too - its pretty much perfect by the looks, its a strange mutation.
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Maybe its some kind of hybrid? Looks strange, but definitely resembles lophophora in a weird way, could even be the progeny of a hybrid that looked completely like a loph (ie the person who grew it didnt realize it was a hybrid, then it produced seed and thats what came out)
How big is it?
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True about the strange life cycles of ferns. Other more ancient lineages of plants have similar tactics (algae and ginkgo for example), and it can make propagation tricky for some species.
Transplanting ferns can be difficult (i think especially if the rhizome is small to non-existent). Id say leave them in there until they are bigger and take some better pictures so you can have them identified. Close ups of reproductive parts may help too. Once you know what species (or genus) it belongs to you can work out how/if you can transplant it
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Not the best picture, but its night time lol
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Both stiffies are taken, but you can still put your name down in case someone backs out or what ever. Just for you Zaka (and also eatfoo who asked for a picture), Ill post a picture either later tonight or in the morning =]
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Hey everyone
Big few months coming up, so time to start peddling some of my wares
So far I have:
2x B. caapi 'stiffy' variety rooted cuttings (a mutant from tucanuca seeds from herbalistics with thick leaves that are smaller than usual - slow growing and appears to be more prostrate than a vine and would probably suit rockeries and things that still get a decent amount of water. Mine has stayed around 20cm tall and wide, occasionally sending off long shoots -which dont seem to last long because they grow along the ground and get mowed or exposed to too much sun etc and I bought it probably close to 2 years ago when herbalistics released a couple)
$25ea
Several Opuntia macrocentra pads (purple prickly pear - mine show purple colour even in a tropical climate and the pads are usually an interesting aqua blue/green colour with purple edges and brown tufts of glochids. It also gets long red and black spines on the tops of the pads. Mine have never flowered, but should have yellow flowers with purple centres and produce smallish green or purple fruit. The pads look suitable for eating too - thin, nice colour and shape and young ones are quite soft)
$5ea
Ill be adding more later, but thats a start. Pm for more details, pictures etc because apart from adding more stuff I rarely come back to these threads
Thanks
P.S some rooted Iboga cuttings may be coming up soon too ;)
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Theres also an Android "app" for it. Its not really an app tho - its just a search engine that links you to the page on the browser (like the white pages app).
Its an awesome resource though, but there appear to be a few mistakes (co-ordinates entered wrong, so specimens show up in the middle of the ocean and stuff) - theres usually enough other entries to get an idea of the range and exact location of individuals of species, so it can be really helpful
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Spraying under the leaves (with the a hose with a spray nozzle or something) is a good idea too - they like to hide under the leaves where the water doesnt usually hit. If you are treating with oil make sure its in the afternoon or morning and kept somewhere out of the sun for a week or so - the oil can magnify the sun and burn the plant. Its also a good idea to wash the oil off a bit after 24hr (especially if you arent using a commercial preparation, which are usually designed so they have a finer mist so they dont damage the plant as much)
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Not a tea, but with bacopa I used to chop up a good 6g of fresh leaves and stems and put them on a sandwich (with salad) - it tasted a bit like celery or something - watery and not unpleasant, but sometimes the stringy bits of stems or small bits of leaves get stuck in your teeth and stuff
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Mine is still going strong and is the only one of my psychotrias (I have viridis and carth) to have flowered (no seed though), and my viridis are two to three times its size. It does well in full sun and shows some wavy leaf margins and leaves which are wider than viridis, but still a bit elongated - viridis has smooth edged longer, more narrow leaves and quickly dries out despite being in almost complete shade and in larger pots with lots of compost. Nexus seems to sprout back well after its leaves get completely dried out and fall off - which happened after i moved mine out of the shade, but my other psychotria's seem to do this almost as well. Surprisingly I wouldnt say its growing any faster than the others, but it has almost died a few times, which hinders growth for a few months, and its been in the same small pot for quite some time
EDIT: got it mixed up with my carth lol
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Beat me to it
if eatfoo doesnt end up helping hit me up - I can take cuttings or I have some S. varians seed (apparently gets a thick taproot and has a more salmon pink/orange flower). I think my S. tortuosum was originally from eatfoo actually (a good couple of years ago now - I always manage to save a few cuttings or a single plant over summer when they tend to die off from the humidity)
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Darren from Herbalistics is in SE QLD, which is where some of my seed has come from. He has a few plants plus some hybrid D. hopwoodii x myoporoides, which I think are in the ground somewhere, so its obviously not impossible, but yea humidity was a big problem for me. I got mine to sprout early winter i think, and the day and night temperature were pretty far apart (Id say they respond to that in a similar way to a lot of succulent seeds, which germinate best with lots of temperature fluctuation), but i think humidity in winter here is still up around the 60-70% mark. Taking them inside on rainy or excessively humid days might work or putting them somewhere that gets a good breeze at least.
I dont think germinating is the problem though - its keeping the buggers alive. Also I'd suggest a deep pot - they have a tap root
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Myrtle rust is quickly becoming a problem in australia - If you were considering Lemon myrtle (or any other native or non-native myrtaceae) I would be seriously careful of where the plants come from and would NOT allow visitors onto the growing area and use clothes that dont leave the site, as well as those feet sterilizing things you see at a lot of zoo's and things like that. Apparently the myrtle rust identified in cairns came from plants brought from bunnings (in townsville I believe) and is already starting to spread around the area - I think less than a year after it was identified up there. Im pretty sure its also been reported at Cape Tribulation. Most of our iconic trees (eucalypts, malaleuca, syzygium etc) are in the family myrtaceae and are at serious risk of this pathogen, which once spread is almost impossible to contain and even more difficult (if not impossible) to eradicate completely. I personally would avoid trying to farm any mytraceae in the interests of our ecology and also because if the rust spreads to your area it could destroy your entire crop very quickly.
Ginger would be a good one - besides selling the raw product you could value add by making ginger beer (especially if you live somewhere hot - nice and refreshing), ginger lollies, travel sickness preparations, even drying it and selling it ground up ready to use would be a good way to make more from it. Its easy to grow, cheap to start off and thrives in conditions that normal crops dont (boggy, shady places)
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Code black is the one I was talking about a few posts ago - I had half a cone of that and the same thing happened (paranoia, fear of 'going too far', difficulty moving etc). Whatever is in that is BAD, and some of my friends are showing signs of dependence too. Not seriously bad, but things like using it to get to sleep which can lead to worse dependence.
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A bit off topic, but wasabi these days is usually made from horseradish. Apparently real wasabi tastes quite different. I hear it likes (almost complete) shade. Herbalistics had 1 I think not too long ago, but not sure how much it was and if they still have it though
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Nah - you just went for the things everyone is looking for. I doubt you will find Kava seeds by the way - the plants rarely flower and Iv never heard of them producing seed. Most of them are clones from a particular collection. All rare herbs and herbalistics usually have some in around january, but they are usually about $40 for a small plant
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They are still available in shops in NQ - Iv seen the northern lights in cairns (they have all that stuff on display in shop fronts there), as well as these new 'party powders' or some crap that you're supposed to snort and some shops in Townsville have new ones that are often brightly coloured and smell of bubblegum sold in tobacconists and sex shops. One of which I tried once (a small pinch in a water pipe) and found extremely unpleasant almost dissociative. Everyone else who tried it said the same. I have no idea what's in any of these new ones and how they are still available (and in the case of cairns displayed so even people driving past can see). I remember reading in the local paper a while ago several townsville businesses were raided because of these products, but the new ones still seem to be very popular (every time Iv been into one of these businesses there has been at least one person who was buying some).
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I have one thats as tall as me - theres some pictures in my gallery (and I'll probably upload another later on). Also my favourite out of my collection. Its also my fastest growing - its grown to nearly 6 foot in a bit less than 3 years. Its one of the ones herbalistics has.
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Is there a bit still in the ground with roots? It may shoot back from the 'stump'. Im not sure about cuttings though - I dont think they'll strike somehow.
All my pituri died at the end of summer after a long battle with the high humidity
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Apparently there are big black cat (of some kind) sightings on Magnetic Island in Townsville, and my sister saw a huge cat jump out of long grass (4-5ft) behind our house to catch a bird when we were kids. I think she said it was black and would have been nearly as tall as her (we were kids - probs about 7-10) and it was out near the dam in Townsville. I wouldnt doubt the theory that they are just really big ferals, but you never know. I find it odd though that all these almost legendary creatures (big cats, hairy man, manbearpig etc) have been reported for so long but no bones or any other evidence for there existence has been found. Surely over the last 50-60 years one would have been hit by a car or something
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Id say too much water for the coral trees - mine go like that sometimes in summer. I dont think they like excessive humidity as the only places Iv seen them growing (apart from along ross river) are more inland areas that are usually very dry. Not sure about the other one, but looks like another fungus though.
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Awesome thread! Iv seen opuntia growing out of fallen fruit on the beach before. The fruit didnt look too old either (it took months for 1 out of 6 opuntia seeds to sprout after soaking in GA-3 using the takeaway container method). The Sceletium seeds idea sounds really good too - might try that out tonight actually. The sea beans have that super hard coating because they float around in the ocean sometimes for years before they find land.
Iv heard of the plant growing from someone's lung before - I think it was a pine tree. Iv also heard of a polypore fungus of some kind colonising someone's leg i think it was - it was apparently because some spores got into a cut and somehow started growing.
Currently im trying an overnight soak in (dilute) potassium nitrate containing fertilizer on some Tabernaemontana orientalis seeds, but I might also give the sphagnum moss thing a go - I found some trees at a nearby beach, so I have access to more pods if I need. Would coir work the same?
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Terminalia I think - do some leaves go red and/or blotchy at different times of the year? It also could be N. orientalis as ferret suggested, but Iv never seen one with corky bark like that. If it is it will have big, rounded stipules (the things that cover the emerging new growth - a prominent feature on anything in the coffee family like psychotria). Also for it to be N. orientalis the leaves are always in pairs opposite eachother along the stems and the branches also come out like that
Better pictures would help (preferably of a whole, single branch) - both species (and their families for that matter) have very distinctive growth habits
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what the hell is this strange plant
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Might need to wait till the seed coat falls off and some true leaves appear before it can be identified. Is the pot outside (or has it been)? A seed could have blown in from somewhere (i often have randoms popping up in otherwise clean commercial mixes straight out of the packet)