solomon
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dont know what the deal is with Acacias but for some damaged NZ natives I have bandaged them up with sphagnum successfully
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bout time looking good in there, the pink flowered echinopsis is great! damnit i had the same crappy greenhouse as my salvia house.. gave up repairing the holes in it
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Got some seeds of these in a trade a while back from EG I think (thanks!) Recently a tiny seedling I grafted to a pach stock has put out large spines and new growth. I am interested in seeing pictures of plants grown from KK920 seed, as I can only find the one pic that is from KKs website. I know with Knize he could have sent out any random seed as KK920 but still interested to see what people have gotten under this label.
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grafted june or july, first peres graft to take!
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ta da scion needs a wash as its in the greenhouse was hoping for longer spines, will be interesting to see if this one keeps em short as it gets bigger
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crazy looking, labeled loph sp
solomon replied to George Simian's question in Cactus & Succulent Identification
hill billy is on it! this is a succulent from.... Namibia if i remember correctly Larryleachia/Trichocaulon cactiforme. Definitely a slower grower, but one of my favourites in the collection! -
Hey carl I have a few crosses with SS02, the SS02(bridgesii) x bridgesii are definitely the fastest growing out of the bunch, SS02 x pach are second.
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To the OP, I'm all for growing your own but you mentioned you couldn't find decent extract in NZ. Medico Herbs have a Kanna spray I would recommend.
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a tip of the hat to the birthday boy with the green thumb and another bad birthday pun
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All species of Cordyline were used as food by Maori and some were cultivated. Missionaries experimented with the root of Cordyline australis and brewed an apparently quite palatable beer. Also found a report of a rum made from the root. A lot of mention of using it as a laxative, to treat dysentery. Not much mention of use as an analgesic, once using the juice from the leaves as an external remedy for bruises was all I could find. Great thread
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Only available to NZ members or where legal I have some Kanna cuttings for sale out of the two Sceletium tortuosum strains I have this one is the smaller leafed variety, I will offer the large leaf variety soon. Also available: Leonotis leonurus Heimia salicifolia H. myrtifolia All cuttings are $5/ 10cm rooted cutting + postage Discounts on bulk cuttings Always interested in swaps
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Rubus australis (could be another species or a hybrid) had nice berries, a bit on the small side so they were seedy. Bush Lawyer would probably benefit from training in the same manner as blackberry etc Happy to send you some fresh Kowhai seed of the species microphylla, molloyi and tetraptera and probably some cultivars if you like Mindperformer This is probably the best book on Rongoa / NZ ethnobotany I have found.
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Hey there Welcome to the forums Pretty sure all I have is tortuosum, grown from seed sourced from B&T World Seeds if i recall. Grew out a couple S. emarcidum last year from Herbalistics seed but I fried them in the sun Mmm, the kanna here are flowering too.
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Nitrogen´s Connoisseur hybrids - pics and seed giveaway
solomon replied to nitrogen's topic in Cacti & Succulents
had these turn up today, thanks so much Nitrogen. What crosses match up to the numbers, is it like this? 1 TPM x N1 2 TPM x (SS02 x pachanoi) 3 (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPM 4 Psycho0 x N1 5 Psycho0 x TPM 6 TPQC x TPM 7 N1 x TPQC 8 TPC x Juules, SS02, & (SS02 x pachanoi) 9 (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPC Everyone be sure to post pics of how they grow out! woo perfect time to sow em -
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Damn there are some cheap and varied Echinopsis species in there..
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Stetsonia?
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free mormon tea seeds Viridis & nevadensis
solomon replied to applesnail's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
Cold strat seems beneficial with some of the more tricky species. but with most, a heat mat and a good soil mix does the trick. plus placing em right fresh seed a must -
Woo thanks very much pan. I will be sure to send some your way
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#1 $50
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#1 $35 #3 $10
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Astrophytum cultivar or funky Astrophytum hybrid seed wanted
solomon replied to bℓσωηG's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
You would be surprised. Go to the next CSSNZ meeting near you if possible, CBL goes I believe. -
Pukatea (Laurelia novae-zealandiae) & Kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum)
solomon posted a topic in Ethnobotany
Pukatea (Laurelia novae-zealandiae) & Kawakawa/Maori Kava (Macropiper excelsum) Has anyone had any experience with growing or ingesting either of these plants? as i have just received seeds. and is there anything in acacia longifolia in worthwhile amounts?