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euphora? Doesn't your climate/location say you live in the US??

hey zaka do you have any roasted beans to sell or trade?

I'd love to grab some too. I think some of them eat red spider mites and I've spotted a few near some precious cacti already

I thought I'd create this thread for interested people to post in if they have some Loph cuttings which they want to trade with others in exchange for other strains of loph cuttings to variegate the strains used in grafts and gain some different shapes and types. Other ideas could involve special strains for trade such as Diffusa (which I'm especially keen for a cutting of), or Will Jourdaniana, texana, etc. Currently I have a few small LW cuttings I can trade for other types if anyone's keen?

PUPS FOR SALE (and some other cacti) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us PICS 1 & 2 above (same cactus): - 1 x 2.5cm diameter by 1cm high - $15 - 1 x 3cm diameter by 2cm high (slight mark from bug) - $20 - 1 x 3cm diameter by 2cm high (several marks) - $20 Uploaded with ImageShack.us PIC 3 above: - 1 X 3cm diameter by 1.5cm high (slight mark)- $17 - 1 x 3cm diameter by 2cm high (slight mark) - $20 (SOLD - pending payment) - 1 x almost 4cm diameter by 1-1.5cm high (faint white mark) - $20 (SOLD - pending payment) - 1 x 4cm diameter by 3cm high (slight marks) - $34 Uploaded with ImageShack.us PIC 4 above: - 1 x 4cm diameter by 2.5cm high - $30 PIC 5: - 1 x 4cm diameter by 2.5cm high (slight chip in it) - $25 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Stapelia Gigantea (especially hardy and fast for grafting Hoodia species ontO) - 4 cuttings for $10 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Sceletium Emarcidium (active, and much better grower than Tortuosum) 4 x 10cm cuttings for $10 Uploaded with ImageShack.us 1 x Echinopsis Peruvianus plant measuring 31.5cm x 7cm diameter ($23) Uploaded with ImageShack.us - 1 Pachanoi cutting x 18cm tall by 3.5cm diameter ($10) - 1 Pachanoi cutting x 25cm tall by 3.5-5cm diameter ($12) - 1 Pachanoi cutting x 38cm tall by 3.5cm diameter ($20) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Loph graft for sale (above): Main head is 5.5cm diameter by 4cm high and there are 5 additional pups coming out of it. Grafted on what is believed to be a Pachanoi/Scop hybrid stock (stock also has some scarring, but this doesn't affect the grafts growing) $70

I've done some loph seed germination before and also found my main and number 1 problem is the moss killing the seedlings through rot. Even after sterilizing the sand, using boiling water etc, cooling then planting the seeds, putting in a humid container for ages and not opening, I noticed the moss/fungi would still grow. After this I had tried spraying a very diluted fungicide over it too and the moss still didn't competely go away and lots of the cacti perished when I tried to dry the moss out through slight ventillation cause they'd get too dry and weren't quite ready. Will be experimenting with germination again this summer. Evilgenius -> what is the more expensive soil and does it have enough coarseneess and water holding properties to allow for drainage/moisture holding?

amazing cacti, are you in Egypt? Was amazed at how unblemished that big grafted Loph was, no bug marks at all! How do you keep all those cacti in full African sun all day without any sunburn, especially with the Lophs?

Wild Lophs growing in the desert. I'd like to see that in the Australian Outback!!

hey cactuscarl, I didn't realise you wanted one with pups. I'll send some extras to you through the mail next week which you can use for some grafts along with some scelly cuttings.

Are these notes still available for sale?

Beautiful!!!

man I wish I could had a Sally D!! Unfortunately we can't import them into Oz

No worries guys, glad they arrived safely. Packaging some of those heavy prickly or delicate spineless cacti sure is a hard job sometimes to send it safely and overcome it's fragility! Glad the extra packaging and cushioning succeeded!

Thanks Tort. By cooking do you mean boiling in a big pot and straining with a fine filter or using it in food? I'll also have a look on the net for that Venezualan molten drink, sound interesting and delicious!! I still recall a nice big mature Yerba Mate tree in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and was still wondering if it's possible to do some kind of home roasting in the oven or if it needs a heavy cooking process like standard Tea leaves?

wow, this news is suprising. I've also done trades with him in the past and learned a lot about plants and cacti from his posts. What happened to him? Who was the other SAB member that passed away recently?

All sorted. I still have a couple of loph pups if anyone's interested? - 1 x 2.5cm diameter by 1.5cm (at highest point) - $15 - 1 x 2cm diameter by 1cm (at highest point)- $13 - 1 x 2cm diameter by 1cm (at highest point) - $13

Hey man, I have a spring one but used a flat one with some slits in both sides at the end. Thanks, that'd be great if you could ask your friend. Yes, me and some Porto Allegre friends took his bombilla to a park and used the powdered Mate I bought it worked properly. Maybe he had a certain kind of bombilla. I have about 3 and will keep trying them, but I've been finding the hole keep getting blocked up with the powder Here are a pic with a few different types of bombilla I found:

me too! Also, does anyone know if there will be a cactus exhibition at the Royal Show next week in Melbourne?

sold

In 2006 I bought a Turner Diffusa (Damiana) plant from SAB but as it was still young I think the wintery conditions in my city caused it to wilt away. Since then I haven't seen this plant anywhere! Also looking for: - a nice potency variety of Calea Zacatechi plant - Egyptian Blue lotus flowers and/or extract - a Schisandra plant - potently hot chilli plants If anyone has any I'd love to trade/buy, please PM me

soz, thought the threads were free for all to contribute and grouped by topic and not restricted to seller. I know admins usually prefer people to post under the same topic rather then creating multiple duplicated threads for the same thing, but if it bothers you I'll create a new one.

Hey Hendry, Magnificent hookah! How much was the actual pipe? I brought one back from Egypt in 2005, declared it to Singapore and Australian customs and it was ok but since then mine rusted and I threw it away. Do you have any more for sale?

moved to new thread http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29143 (as requested by hellonasty)

I think I can make it.