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Hello again! I still have a few cacti which I unforunately need to part with as I need to move out in about a month. If anyone can make it out to my place in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, I can give you a good price and possibly a freebie of some sort. What's left: -a very upright and healthy peruvian, in the ground. Fairly short spines, a bit under a meter in height, approx. five years old. Very pleasingly symetrical and perfectly round. -a potted peruvian, good health, medium length spines (bigger than the one in the ground - around two to three centimetres in length (the spines, that is). Around 50cm tall and a bit skinny - not from lack of care, it's brothers are fat. Again, around five years old. It's a darker shade of green than it's brothers, with less of the bluish hue which often characterises the peruvian cacti. -a metre-long peruvian cutting. Quite a chunky log with some decent spines, making it hard to handle! However, there is signs of rot at the base of the cutting where the plants was severed. This I would give away. I believe the rot is fairly superficial, but as it is there I couldn't charge for it. -an almost six foot tall san pedro, around seven years old. Has flowered. In a pot which is way too small (my bad - should have repotted it ages ago). It has a pup which has become a 30 centimtre long branch from the base. This cactus shows some signs of black spots. I'm not sure how bad, or how deep it runs. For this reason, I would sell it for a low price or, possibly give it away if the potential buyer determines the plant is sick. -another potted peruvian. five years old. Healthy and robust. Large spines. The pot is actually the property of the house owner, and thus would need to be removed. I do have spare pots and decent soil, though. Re-potting wouldn't take long. Like the first peruvian I mentioned (the upright one in the ground), this one is one of the more robust and healthy plants I have and would do well in the ground. It's about 50-60 centimetres high. I also have two psychotria; sadly, they are not in great health. The carthagenensis is about five years old, and looks scrappy, but is very tough and with care would certainly make a recovery. It has flowered a few times. It's rapidly getting nice green new leaves after it dropped the old ones in winter. The 'Nexus' hybrid is, unforunately, worse off, but again it is tough and is putting out new leaves now as the weather warms up. It could be brought to health with the right conditions. Both psychotrias are quite small for their age, due to being potted and not liking the conditions they've endured. They are only around 40cm high. The problem with these two is, sadly, my neglect to properly maintain conditions for them. My mini greenhouse fell apart about a year and a half ago, and they both toughed out the last winter without shelter. Additionally, they should have been re-potted a long time ago. Please PM me if interested in anything. To be honest, the best plants - aside from the two healthy peruvians - are already reserved or have been taken. There are still some good things here though, and as I said, if anyone's willing to venture out my way to pick them up, I would be flexible with pricing. Thanks