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If I recall correctly the only human death recorded from Ongaonga was a lightly clad hunter who fell into a patch of it. As part of my old job I removed a lot of it daily and noticed a few things about it. Some dogs would play with and rip it up run through it all day and seemed unaffected, others knew to stay away from it. The NZ Red Admiral eats it as its main food plant. Getting stung by it really does hurt but what was more interesting to me at least was that it made me feel somewhat confused and in a bit of a stupor for the rest of the night.

Are those from the seedlings I had a heap of? would be interested to see what they turned out like if so.

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Sorry should have probably said that, not looking for a huge amount. 10 - 20 would be fine, 100 tops. cheers

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Hey all, checking in to say I'm traveling round the top of the South Island here for a few more months met some amazing people in this part of the country and have seen heaps of new plant life, exotics and native. heaps of Coriaria species, gotta remember to save some seed for T just thought i would let people know on here, as i probably wont be able to check in that often. so no, i am not a PM snob or dead. much love sab crew xx

Hey all, I'm planning on moving to Melbourne early next year, June at the latest. Set to get my passport and tickets after the new years/xmas rush, then I'm going to try and save a bit of money fruit picking for a few months before heading over. I'm planning on sticking around for a couple years, and looking for work in horticulture. Will probably take the first job I find tho when I get there, a bit of hospo experience might pay off in a big city but I hate that work Going to try and save for travel in South East Asia ;) I basically wanted some ideas on where to live (what areas have cheap rent etc), maybe some tips for finding work, things to check out, what to expect yadayada. oh and hello melbourne peeps look forward to meeting you

got that exact feeling ^^ when working with mugwort tincture, scared me off using it much for a while. came to the conclusion i was catching myself slip into a dream state. the more i experimented with mugwort the more i noticed the dreamy effects before sleep also

Cheers guys thats alright Amz, I figured I would miss the season over there, plus if i come over in winter will have a chance to get settled in before the plants take over. Been checking out gumtree a bit. Man some of the $0/pw room arrangements are scary. Ah thats nice to know mu, can't wait to be back in a big city with all the worlds food represented Moving from South Island, New Zealand... so looking forward to a bit more warmth.

Grown by Coromandel Cacti. Sprouted from "Sulcorebutia" seed from Karl Knize if I remember correctly... Named by the community after Martin who runs CC, he just distributes it as peruvianus.

Yussssss, Martin flowers! please do some pollinating with that one if you have the time Bit :D

reminiscent of the T. taquimbalensis in my collection. so much more spines tho! maybe T. pasacana but i am not too familiar with this species as the only plant i have is small, but it looks similar to yours.

Looking good! Can't remember if I told you about http://kerikeriplantproduction.co.nz/ they have feijoa's for 95c/plant. the couple I got were both about 30cm high but it depends on what time of the year you order. They have heaps of natives in the same price range as well.... Pukatea are very cheap, also Coffee sometimes, Dragon Trees etc

Wow really nice ario's there PH the loph aint bad either ;)

side shot

Hadn't seen this one flower before. Had a rough life and I think it's perked up with some decent soil and sun hoping its echinopsis

will snap one of the funnel tomorrow, its quite short compared to the Trichocereus flowers I've seen

http://www.stuff.co....for-legal-highs

Hey, hope it's a kinky birthday for you.

can probably find you some rengarenga seed unless someone closer to you has plants or seeds. Will just have to check in the garden tomorrow

Yeah definitely P. poepiggiana, more than a bit of interest in this has been expressed at the Nook and elsewhere no doubt. In the link Kada posted it mentioned Carapichea ipecacuanha Cinchona pubescens..

If I remember my last correspondence with them all their plants were from the same clone, they seemed to have no trouble getting flowers each year and I think even seeds. Woohoo!

why did you change your email address?

Thought I would start a thread to document my experiences growing leafy ethnobotanicals. Hopefully some of this will benefit people growing in a colder climate. Leonotis leonurus in snow Physalis peruviana before flowering Psychotria alba Duboisia hopwoodi seedlings. Just noticed these today, has been a couple months since I sowed these. Ugni molinae Will update as soon as I take some more pics.

the usual, watered, weeded, rearranged some things also repotted a heap of cacti and did some more pereskiopsis grafts as the last one took off even quicker than the first two. And i took some photos too because we all love photos of cacti This is I think a werdermannianus or taquimbalensis A nice plump tersheckii from Getafix A pup of the Super Spiny clone New growth on Martin