Black Rainbow

Bump! Still hunting for P. incarnata and another B. caapi. Sorted for P. viridis, M. speciosa, and C. edulis, but if you've got an interesting variety I could still be tempted... Thanks Xperiment, Tripyamine and Halcyon Daze for helping green up the new place so far

Nice tip E. Is sheep poo any good?

I think cattle are regularly rotated in different paddocks, and dung is hard to spot from the car or Google maps. There are paddocks everywhere around my new home and many are green and damp at the moment, so I'm finding it hard to narrow down my search. I'm hoping there are some other markers like certain equipment, style of fencing, etc.?

Any tricks for identifying paddocks that have been used for cattle?

ISO cuttings for my new place : P. viridis B. caapi P. incarnata C. edulis M. speciosa Happy to pay cash or if you can wait until I visit Emily Garden in April I could reimburse you then with a wide variety of Trichocereus. Please PM to discuss.

According to the rules provided by EG, if a 'name' isn't published, I think the 'name' would be considered an identifier. I would imagine peer-reviewed publications would be considered more valid, but this is problematic as it restricts naming rights to active researchers. As most growers don't seem to know or abide by these rules, the validity of a name likely boils down to whether or not the name becomes part of the dominant discourse i.e. many growers start commonly using the same name.

In my understanding, botanists are a lot more strict about naming than horticulturalists. A botanical name requires a plant to be genetically distinct. A horticultural or cultivar name may only be visually distinct. I have many beautiful cuttings that have come to me unlabelled. As they are cuttings we can assume there are more of these plants in circulation, so I would not name these as it would cause confusion if the plant already had another name. Potentially, if I grew these cuts into large stands, and if the community and myself did not consider the plant identical to another, I might name the plant so people could trace it back to my collection. Still, I would prefer not to - the plant would have to be very distinct and I would need to distribute a lot of cuttings to make it personally justifiable. I might be slightly more willing to name a seed grown plant as it could be expected that there wouldn't be other clones of the same plant in circulation. Normally I prefer to avoid naming altogether. An unnamed plant might have a number or nickname in my personal collection but I probably wouldn't encourage people to label the plant as such. I understand naming etiquette to be based on communication. Before naming consider if it will help more people identify the history of your plant. A plant's history likely goes beyond you. Are you naming to increase value, your own reputation or to make it easier for people to understand which plant you are referring to? That's the important point for me.

The auction is listed on the SAB FB page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/232618545864/. If that link doesn't work, just search Shaman Australis Botanicals using the FB search engine and scroll through the page to find the auction.

I was at the beach for the long weekend and arrived home today to find a bunch of grafts I did on Friday carked it in the heat. On the upside, the weather really brought out some nice marks on a few older plants!

Nice one RC, thanks for the tip!

Thanks for reaching out guys. Insequent – I’m moving to Toowoomba because my partner got into a very competitive course at USQ. It’s a good opportunity for her so we’re moving up for the two year duration of the degree. Halycon Daze – you’re right, I do like plants! Thanks for all the great suggestions, I’ll spend time tomorrow exploring those Does anyone know of any public cactus-specific gardens around Brisbane or Toowoomba? Cheers, Liam

I've heard plants need to be mature for their leaves to produce the psychoactive compounds in sufficient quantity. 5+ years was the amount of time from seed to harvest that was suggested to me. Perhaps you could reduce this time with a mature cutting? I'm not sure though - maybe someone with more experience can chime in on that. Either way, if you were intending to substitute M. speciosa for your current medication, you would likely need a substantial amount of plant material. My guess is most M. speciosa consumed in Australia is cultivated internationally and imported from places nearby where it is more common, like Indonesia.

I'm moving to Toowoomba in February and am hoping to connect with the ethno/entheo scene in the surrounding area, locals hit me up! I'm visiting on Monday to check out rentals and will have time to kill from 12-6pm. I'm driving to and from Brisbane airport and am keen to learn about the area and see new plants/gardens. Happy to bring cactus to share

I know a number of cases in which people have indulged in nitrous oxide to the point of B12 deficiency.

Curious to hear more about your approach and how difficult you find the taper as you move forward. Good luck!

Sorry to hear about your experience. Have you had seizures before? Do you plan to taper down/off? I’ve often wondered how regularly people dose and in what quantities without experiencing withdrawals or other negative effects.

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”

Love your work Gimli!

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...

Mad props to any regular posters on The Nexus or Shroomery willing to share the flyer there.

Yes please!

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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