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    Australia's Naughty Plants & The official gardening tips thread

    If you live in ACT then I believe so (but I am not a lawyer) since the excerpts I gave previously are from an ACT act. Provided that the act has been enacted. If you live in a different state or territory then I do not know. I have *not seen* any information to indicate that the species you named (for preservation or botanical interest only) are illegal in NSW (since several commercial sources exist for L. williamsii, C. Edulis and B. caapi [sAB had all of these last time I checked]). If you live outside of NSW then you should do a bit of hunting around to ensure you are within the law. If you live in ACT then check out the legislation I pointed out and consider getting proper legal advice. I know If I was moving to the ACT I would be leaving my Khat, Lophs and Caapi at to friends in NSW. Sorry if my post caused some confusion and that it took so long for me to reply. Once again I'm not a lawyer, I'm just passing on some information that I found. If you think it affects you, then get some proper legal advice.
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    ordering from overseas

    And then there was none.
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    Australia's Naughty Plants & The official gardening tips thread

    Well I was looking at moving to Canberra and thought it wise to check if my Lophs were not going to be a problem. I bet your going to be as shocked as I was!!!! The following is taken directly from the "Australian Capital Territory drugs of dependence act 1989" RTF version here Google link so you can view as text Now the scary bit:
  4. Firstly: I found an interesting article about Sulcorebuties grafted on to Opuntia compressa which if the same result could be obtained with other stocks could be most beneficial. While I can't really image using a loph as a stock, many people use faster growing trichs and an abundance of seed couldn't be too much of a problem! Sulcorebutia with Opuntia flowers I am wondering if similar relationships (scion inducing flowering of its stock) exist for the species that are most commonly discussed here. Secondly: I was curious to see if anybody here grafts with O. compressa as opposed to the current favourite Pereskiopsis (both appear to handle very small grafts quite well). The author of the above article seems to really like O. compressa specifically because of its cold hardiness and ability to cope with being water logged.
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    Less than 24 hours old TBvM pup

    Have been watching this areola getting ready to pup for a couple of days now. Then look what greeted me on todays "has it pupped yet" inpection. you can see the brown fluff that appears before the pup. another angle another another angle
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    An injured scop

    Well one of my Scops has recently developed a big blemish and I wonder if any readers would like to post comment. Some piccies can be found at
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    FOR SMOKERS - TAKE A LOOK ON THIS!

    Hmmm... apparently China likes smoking according to this Globe and Mail article ---edit--- sorry page is using anti-hotlinking to get you to buy a news story. Try this google search instead (first result.. they let google referred request see the whole page ) [ 08. September 2005, 11:38: Message edited by: LurkiestLurker ]
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    my market stalls - Sydney

    I just gladly parted with some cash at your market stall and I'm really happy with the plants I got (ethnos and natives). I recommend anyone close by who has been thinking about calling in DO IT! There is quite a nice range of stuff to pick from and the prices are quite good. Thanks again. :D
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    Wrong, wrong, very wrong..... (not safe @ work!!!!)

    A most unusual graft...
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    Google Earth as hunting tool

    Some of you may already know about this but google has this funky world view satelite map program that just became free. I have been using it to scout out some 'hunting grounds'. If your searching in an area where they have high quality satelite images (you'd be supprised), you can pick out individual cars on a road or individual trees). I've been using it to locate areas of interest (low lying, close to creeks, near existing walking trails) all within 15 minutes of my doorstep. It spits out long/lat and GPS co-ordinates. You can also plot journies and mark areas of interest for later study. Within 20 minutes of locating my suburb (which can be tricky), I was able to find several potential sites all within 1km of road side parking. It could also be used to relay (if you really felt the need) locations to others (but we all know the problems that can cause). NOTE: You'll need a fat internet connection (dialup will take a while) and you must be online to use it. They apparently have a paying service that gives you better access (plug in your gps, higher quality maps) but the free version is AMAZING! http://earth.google.com/ Hope you find it as useful as I have..
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    Mushroom hunting.

    People tend to be a little short around here when you incriminate yourself. Your incriminating post draws attention to us all, please change it. Another thing to note is that people don't like to give away 'their' hunting grounds (draws attention from several types of unwanted sources) and I;m pretty sure it is against the forum rules. Thirdly everyting you have asked about can be found by searching the forums, by not searching first and asking second you will tend to annoy some of the more senior members here (the ones who have much of the knowledge). It was your first post, so you'll probably get away with it if you fix it nice and quick. I suggest you change your post, and check out the wealth of information in this forum by searching through the many and varied posts in the Mycology Section. Given that you have asked where should I look, what should I look for, and will I be able to find them when I get there. It seems that you need to do some research (there are a lot of *VERY* poisonous mushrooms around, some of them only give you one chance). It wouldn't be very good (for anyone) for you to tell them in the emergency ward that the people on that forum said "I can eat any mushroom that doesn't make a penny tarnish"... just before you die. With that said, people here (IMO) are very friendly and will gladly 'help' you. They do expect you will help yourself first. You should investigate: - Which mushrooms are found in your area (including poisonous, edible and the ones you want to *photograph* [magic ones] and look-a-likes) - Their normal growing environment (wood, dung, grassland etc) - What they 'look like' (so you quickly *guess* if they are your target) - Correct identification techniques (so you can be sure [or sure that you are unsure] of what you found). There is a post about mushroom identification (either here or eba or shroomery) which will tell you what you need to do to get the more knowledgable people around here to help (or better confirm) you find. Failure to prepare, is preparing to eat a poisonous mushroom (or something like that).
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    Edible Australian mushrooms

    Surely you don't really love that book. I bet you "only have a meaningless relationship, in which [you] merely objectified the book, for sex."hmm...
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    Australian stinging tree..

    Are you sure you really want this plant? http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s243639.htm "...between mild irritation and intense pain and death" "The Dutch Botanist H. J. Winkler made the only official recording of Death By Stinging Tree, for a human..." "anecdotal stories from soldiers in WW II suffering intense pain, and of an officer shooting himself because of the unrelenting pain..." "plants continuously shed their stinging hairs. Stay close to the stinging trees for more than an hour, and you can get an allergic reaction - intensely painful and continuous bouts of sneezing. You can even get nose bleeds from these silicon hairs floating in the air. But Dr. Hurley found that if she wore filter masks, which she replaced regularly, she could work near the plants for a few hours at a time." http://www.mordor.u-net.com/smbd/nettles.html They are so painful / dangerous that even the Sado's will not use them. So to summaries. * It can sting you internally if you stand to close (shedding of hairs). * It can kill you or drive you to kill yourself if you get stung well enough. * You WILL suffer days (possibly months) of agony. * Once stung you can't do a thing about it (except ax the area and remove a few of the hairs). I like nasty plants, but not those that require welding gloves and breathing apparatus. But if you like it hardcore then you might also be interested in Hippomane mancinella (West Indian manchineel). Said to be so irritating that rain drops from its leaves will cause blisters on the skin... used by some Indians to poison their arrows.
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    wourali vine/upas tree wanted

    Thats the "What ever doesn't kill you, only makes you longer" reasoning Interesting...I haven't looked for these as I don't know too much about them. I only recently found out about their usage as a poison, as it was metioned in an article about curare.
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    wourali vine/upas tree wanted

    Sorry, I didn't know it was a secret. I would love to get my hands on some of these plants (or at least my gloves on some of them). I bet you could feel power just eminating from thse plants, a bit like how brugmasia seems to scream "beware... I will consume you if you don't respect me" when you look at in bloom.
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