mira
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Is the old site still around until the 15th? It looked like it was gone.
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It looks like a Ligustrum flower that has landed on a Trichocereus.
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This discussion is pretty depressing. The truth is that no one here knows exactly what happened. And Inyan frankly your comments are pretty disgusting. Are you giving up grafting to be judge, jury, and executioner now? It's really not that hard to imagine several scenarios where one could end up in this situation. Download a misnamed or ambiguously named archive, unpack it and realize what it is, and proceed to delete it and you too could have 800+ pictures of a criminal nature on forensic analysis of your hard drive. Or download a torrent with multiple folders and a folder containing such images. If all they found was 800 images that were not self-produced on forensic recovery without any additional evidence of harm or another stash, I would be inclined to give anyone the benefit of the doubt.
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Very definitely khat based on the photos in OP.
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EG´s Kickass Trichocereus Giveaway Thread! Pics please!
mira replied to Evil Genius's topic in Cacti & Succulents
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#25. Legend. Thanks, olive!
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I just harvested seed from a cross I made of a red-flowered clumping SS Echinopsis hybrid (forget which one exactly, but one of the parents was T. andagalensis) with Trichocereus arboricola. I have some seed available for trade and for people who will definitely grow them out.
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It is really hard to beat the Hass if you can grow it in your climate. Grafting is the way to go. Avocados are easy and you get get an auto-grafting tool to save the time if you are planting out a large number.
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FT: SS Echinopsis hybrid X Trichocereus arboricola seed
mira replied to mira's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
Found the long lost label to the SS hybrid parent of this cross. It was: T. andalgalensis X T. grandiflorus v. crassicaulis Edit: So full label of the progeny is: (T. andalgalensis X T. grandiflorus v. crassicaulis) X T. arboricola -
It is working for me right now, but I have had problems in the past few days connecting.
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I'm in as well. Thanks!
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Any seeds left? #2
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Zanthoxylum simulans/ schinifolium (Szechuan pepper)
mira replied to fydesvindico's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
I can send fresh or perhaps freshly dried Zanthoxylum hirsutum if you are interested. -
I'm in search of some fresh Catha edulis seeds from 2013/2014. If you have some for trade/sale, please send me a PM.
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Some very generous members responded to my request. Thank you, all.
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You probably aren't contacting truly wholesale operations if they'll even talk to you when they find out you don't have a business license. It's that sort of place that you want to contact once you have a business license. Then you can buy Trichocereus in bulk and quite cheap. Even in the wholesale nursery trade TBMs for example do get snatched up as soon as the lists are published though.
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Here are a couple of juvenile Terscheckii X Psycho0 showing the terscheckii parentage: Here are a younger few seedlings from the SS SS02 X chiloensis [labeled as chilensis] cross they released a few seasons back:
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I found these lophophora forgotten in a cardboard box for over a year. Most of them look really bad, and I am not certain the best way to save them. I hope the more experienced hands are willing to lend an opinion on the best way to save these. This was jourdania graft whose stock rotted out from under it. No rot on the scion, but it doesn't look good due to the medusa like etiolation: This is a willamsii: This is a L. willamsii too: This koehresii while ugly doesn't look too bad. Plant, let it plump up, and cut? How deep would you plant this? This fricii looks like it is in the best shape out of all of them. I think it's simply a matter of getting it back in soil Not sure what this is exactly. Either a koehresii or willamsii:
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VICE produced a nice video on segment on khat in Kenya in light of the proposed UK ban. It's a nice summary of the system of trade and the economies that depend on the our favorite cathninone containing shrub. Really nice shots of an international culture which I haven't seen detailed anywhere else except the fairly academic book Kenyan Khat. Check it out:
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Like tripsis clarified, neither of us stated anything about community gardens posing some sort of special risk. I was not arguing the merits of community vs. home gardens. I simply mentioned that in the US (where biosecurity is more lax) that similar concerns have been raised for years about home citrus gardens serving as pest reservoirs and even worse the source of introductions of new plant diseases and pests due to illegal importation.
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The Florida citrus industry has been after dooryard (i.e. home) citrus for a long time for similar concerns. I don't think it's totally unfounded given the spread of the asian citrus psyllid, citrus greening, and citrus leaf miners especially since gardeners do illegally import plants... sometimes with reckless abandon.
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The whois is worthless since it is just the information of a domain name registrar. Lots of registrars offer domain name information shielding. Their facebook, youtube, and etsy accounts under the same name/linked all list San Diego, CA. I'd trust that versus the whois information of their domain name registrar.
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No not rape. Due to the relative size of the flower, the little thief bees are stealing all the semen while not ensuring and indeed preventing a fertilization event. It's more like some flying ants sneaking into your sweet-smelling woman's huge vagina through side gaps mid-coitus and stealing all of your semen from your tip as you ejaculate in order to feed their young thus preventing your lady friend from getting pregnant. Sounds terrifying.
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Yes, they are one and the same.
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I've been meaning to respond this this for awhile and now that you have reposted it I will. While perhaps the criticism of Backeberg is warranted, making herbarium collections of the Cactaceae especially large columnar specimens is to say the least a bitch. Plus traditional herbarium collections provide us with very little useful information especially for deciphering a clade as complex as Echinopsis. These are so helpful for example: T. pachanoi T. cuzcoensis T. peruvianus Not! No point in trashing someone without formal education who has long been dead. So what if he was wrong? We know better and science has moved on. Without collectors and people at least trying to push the boundary we wouldn't be where we are.