Jump to content
The Corroboree

Is booby cactus in oz?


gtarman

Recommended Posts

Ive found a couple and are trying to secure them now. If I can manage it, I'll get propagating and there will be boobies for all, eventually...

Well I brought a pair from ebay only to have customs seize them at the border as the cities cert was filled in incorrectly by the seller as was the phytosanitary certificate. (Cities cert "non compliant and invalid" also only "suggests" one cactus, photosanitary cert lists one anti mite chemical not the two needed and item was dipped for 1 min instead of 2.5 min and is also "non compliant and invalid")

I'm told by them that even if I were to somehow get new compliant certificates I could only have one of the cactus as only one was "suggested" on the original cities cert, not the two in the package. Funny how the cert is invalid but that part of it still counts...

The upshot is that they are going to MURDER my cacti.

Rather an expensive failure...

Oh well, it saves me from having to make up tiny bra's for them.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well I brought a pair from ebay only to have customs seize them at the border as the cities cert was filled in incorrectly by the seller as was the phytosanitary certificate. (Cities cert "non compliant and invalid" also only "suggests" one cactus, photosanitary cert lists one anti mite chemical not the two needed and item was dipped for 1 min instead of 2.5 min and is also "non compliant and invalid")

I'm told by them that even if I were to somehow get new compliant certificates I could only have one of the cactus as only one was "suggested" on the original cities cert, not the two in the package. Funny how the cert is invalid but that part of it still counts...

The upshot is that they are going to MURDER my cacti.

Rather an expensive failure...

Oh well, it saves me from having to make up tiny bra's for them.

That's terrible!!!! oh noooo!

I bet that lousy perv has taken your fair green mistress as his own!! "non-compliant" my ass!

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey guys. Its my first time here, so be gentle ;)

Picked this up about 2 months ago off ebay aus, $108 delivered (alot of money for a cacti, i know, but worth every cent in my eyes!), as well as a gummy :)

95cm from base to tip, & my gummys 16cm

This is the third listing ive noticed on ebay in the last 18 months of this cultivar, two seperate sellers. So there definately around!

One seller dosent list 'monstrose' or 'monstrosus' in the title, so u really have to look!

post-14390-0-87517000-1390378996_thumb.j

post-14390-0-87517000-1390378996_thumb.jpg

post-14390-0-87517000-1390378996_thumb.jpg

post-14390-0-87517000-1390378996_thumb.jpg

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow, those have to be at least a D cup. ;) Nice find.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

Hard at work propagating the boobs ;D That pup is one day off exactly a month old!

The tip is at a friends place who is also hard at work trying to make more breasts for us Aussies!

post-12907-0-00846800-1392861355_thumb.j

So we've tried quite a few times to do areole grafts but with no luck, and not because we're shit (we both have much experience with areole grafting)

but for some reason the tit don't stick...

Alsooooo, for a months growth, you think it'd grow quicker if grafted to trich stock?

It seems to grow the incyest but slower than trich, so would it be worth it?

post-12907-0-00846800-1392861355_thumb.jpg

post-12907-0-00846800-1392861355_thumb.jpg

post-12907-0-00846800-1392861355_thumb.jpg

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was able to do an areole graft with success but soon after the pereskiopsis died and the scion was too small to grow well on own roots; there is a tiny amount of growth and roots.

The boobies DO grow faster on already established trich stock and the pups also come out much quicker when grafted rather then own roots. Even well established boobs seem to take a while to pup once cut.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

I noticed that the younger breasts are very firm and perky and smooth while the older breasts start to sag and get wrinkly.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...