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  1. Posted · Edited by Wile E. Peyote

    Whoops, forgot to post this. Here are the Field and Dawson Trichocereus clones not yet listed: 
     

    Field’s 

    Trichocereus lamprochlorus “Fields lamprochlorus”

    Trichocereus validus “Fields Shed” 

     

    Dawson’s 

    Trichocereus “Santa Fe”

    Trichocereus “Sunset”

    Trichocereus chiloensis “No. 1”

    Trichocereus chiloensis “No. 2”

    Trichocereus pascana “Dawson”

    Trichocereus pascana “Tom”

    Trichocereus peruvianus “No. 1”

    Trichocereus peruvianus “No. 2”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Dawson’s Short Spine”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Orange Spine”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Banana” 

    Trichocereus terscheckii “John”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Snake”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Gill”

    Trichocereus terscheckii “Mexican”

     

                   

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    Conseracacian has been booted and related content deleted from both the Australian Doof Dwellers Union and Melbourne Doofers Facebook pages. Good to know where they stand on this issue. Sigh...

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  7. Posted

    I've only had the opportunity to go N. florifbunda IDing once, and I didn't see any hosted by Acacia either. I dream about this and was encouraged by something I read that made it sound like Acacia auminata and Acacia cyclops could make good hosts.
     

    “Experiments in which haustoria-bearing associations of Nuytsia partnered with nodulated Acacia hosts (Acacia acuminata and A. cyclops) were fed 15N2 showed significant transfer of 15N to the parasite, but failed to determine whether the label had been acquired through haustoria or directly by Nuytsia roots following turnover of nodule and root residues of the host in the rooting medium. A parallel study using the unusual non-protein amino acid, djenkolic acid, as a marker of benefit from the djenkolic acid-containing host A. cyclops, showed appearance and progressive build-up of the compound in foliage of Nuytsia over a 6 month period after partnering the species in pot culture. Presence of the compound at final harvest in xylem sap of both partners but not in soil solution of the cultures strongly indicated xylem transfer via haustoria as the principal avenue for N benefit to the parasite.”

    Calladine, A., & Pate, J. (2000). Haustorial Structure and Functioning of the Root Hemiparastic Tree Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R.Br. and Water Relationships with its Hosts. Annals of Botany, 85(6), 723-731. Retrieved from     https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/aob/85/6/10.1006_anbo.2000.1129/2/850733.pdf?Expires=2147483647&Signature=2SntMB0-7YJUM6l4ZpPKmrfQf~HaqOMbe3XqyP7P6fRfMrezXwHqeX1w1zsCIxb60cdn8emS-vA2JRqLHcbxKJjpEqMcdaZHAx2tepUcX~vpTTldhRbP9-amCuLMCtqs~LAGgkYkBy9FYpDllCScaYY6jQXGNgzh6K-yT1nGXnAos3ZXbQqe5QqiYIQQ55ZPHANu~jlQl~gbUXO3dTPQx3DIebM2lTiAS4GozjHjDpLGa1ZjsS2xzuau4dizQAkcvQZmSynL5QuJ7vizUEatTamXSOeh1C6kePNc8crlpgaNAWE6Zmk5L7iY0lqqLZApa47Uzar7~GKR7EEsY5GmSw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA

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    I had a crack at growing N. floribunda from seed.
     

    I had about 10 total, which I got from Zanthorrea Nursery. I made a mix of organics to river sand at a ratio of about 1:1, placed some in a takeaway container and some in a pot. I pushed the seeds down lightly on top of the mix, added some smoke starter granules and gave a medium to heavy water misting. I put the lid on the takeaway container.
     

    I left both batches in a low to partial sunlight in late summer, temperature probably ranged between 20-35 degrees celsius. After a week or so I gave some more water to the seeds in the pot, but not in the take away container as it was still damp. Nothing happened for four – six weeks. Then, two seeds germinated, both in the takeaway container. When I transplanted the seedlings into an equivalent soil mix in a pot and moved them into slightly more sun they died after about two weeks. Next time I think I will keep them in a green house until they are more mature.

    I've also attached some info provided by the Zanthorrea Nursery. I think they were claiming they were the only successful cultivator, but I have since heard Westgrow Farm Trees have had some success. I rekon we can do it, we just gotta try harder!

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    The tone of the blog suggests this is big news? I'm surprised I haven't heard more people discuss Lodé's work, especially as those texts were published years ago. I can't find full texts of Taxonomy of the Cactaceae 1 and 2, but I checked out some reviews and it sounded like Lodé used DNA testing as secondary, rather than primary data. So perhaps his findings are not so ground-breaking? Keen to hear people's thoughts on these texts in relation to Trichocereus.

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  20. Posted · Edited by Wile E. Peyote

    April is typically good time for dendrophilic mushrooms in the Blue Mountains, which are outside of Sydney. Dawson's and Field's gardens, outside of Melbourne, are historic. SAB nursery deserves a plug of course, which is nearish to the Gold Coast. Not sure where the Chisar's cactus garden will be in April - either near the SAB nursery, or if it hasn't moved yet, outside of Melbourne.

  21. Posted · Edited by Wile E. Peyote

    At least five people have died after consuming drugs at music festivals since the start of this festival season, and we're barely halfway through. This is a terrible situation, but an upside is that the popular media narrative on pill testing is changing. Yes, pill testing is not the only drug policy reform needed to stop drug related deaths, but there is a wealth of research demonstrating the effectiveness of this harm reduction measure and a number of organisations ready and willing to offer this service in Australia.

    This week there are opportunities in both Sydney and Melbourne to support the pill testing movement. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Australia are launching their pill testing advocacy campaign #BeHeardNotHarmed on Wednesday 16th January at Revolver Upstairs in Prahran (https://www.facebook.com/events/982077871993012/). Reclaim the Streets, Sniff Off, Keep Sydney Open and Unharm have joined forces to organise a protest against zero-tolerance, abstinence-based drug policies and to support drug checking/pill testing. Protesters will meet at Sydney Town Hall at 4pm on January the 19th (https://www.facebook.com/events/321483005362309/).

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  22. Posted

    Reagent tests are only indicative - you need expensive technology like GCMS to be sure about the contents of your product. Making these services available at festivals could encourage sellers to provide safer products.

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  23. Posted

    I was working HR at Lost Paradise when this all went down. People learned what had happened via the media, but staff weren't allowed to tell punters about the death, even if they were seeking harm reduction advice. I understand not wanting to create panic, but the restriction of information still pissed me off...

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