Ethnoob Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, MountainGoat said: yeah, its from the original grower. A member here. I don't think its a good idea to invest in a bit of csd for future profit. There's a bunch of people that have dozens of grafts that will be released over the next 12 months and the price will deflate quickly. It has become more sought after because of EG's book... It is also a very slow grower... I hope you're right. I somewhat feel incomplete without it as it's basically the ultimate hype clone but screw paying $700+ for it. 2 hours ago, Spiky Mc Cactus Face said: Yeah face book, awhile ago when i frist heard of csd, whent looking for it typed in csd in the search thingy, there was cactus page selling csd cuts at remarkably low prices, also found a bloke talking about his csd cactus that he grew from seed who had a similar name to the bloke selling cheap csd cuts. As i understand it the original was from cuts handed out to few lucky sab members as rememoral for a dead member who originally grew the original But i could be completely wrong if so i apologize I too facebook stalked him and saw lots of cuts going for $150-200. There's no way in hell it's worth the asking price on ebay when he's palming them off that cheaply, well cheaply by comparison anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 O.o wtf I know im only new on the scene so please bear with me. Story i heard/read was csd originaly grown from a deceased sab member (was a female from memory) Clones were handed out to a select few members. Now im hearing its a bloke he still alive an kicking. Now im really interested an want to find out more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainGoat Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Spiky Mc Cactus Face said: Yeah face book, awhile ago when i frist heard of csd, whent looking for it typed in csd in the search thingy, there was cactus page selling csd cuts at remarkably low prices, also found a bloke talking about his csd cactus that he grew from seed who had a similar name to the bloke selling cheap csd cuts. As i understand it the original was from cuts handed out to few lucky sab members as rememoral for a dead member who originally grew the original But i could be completely wrong if so i apologize nah, it was seed grown by Ferret (the seller on ebay) who named it after the SAB member Chemical Shaman... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Righto First of, ferret/sam a millon and one apologies. I eat my words. And i apologize to everyone one else for any misconceptions i might have started with my ignorant thoughts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, MountainGoat said: nah, it was seed grown by Ferret (the seller on ebay) who named it after the SAB member Chemical Shaman... Thanks for putting me straight. Big ups 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshwaa Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 This one looks similar https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254058324699 But this one.... idk https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323641686272 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Joshwaa said: This one looks similar https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254058324699 But this one.... idk https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323641686272 I bet that second one is the first "CSD" that doesn't sell. It might be legit but it certainly doesn't look right. My guess is he saw the last legit CSD go for $939 and figured his scop hybrid looked somewhat like the original mother plant and that there would be someone desperate enough to pay 2/3 the cost on the off chance it was real. CSD might be be bee's knees but for $600 - $1000 there's a hell of a lot more on offer on the bay at rip off prices that will save you a ton of cash. For example I recently paid $26 for mine but this $75 - $150 Roseii#2 comes to mind: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Trichocereus-Peruvianus-Rosei-2-30cm-cactus-Clone-Cutting/233082773510 There's also a Sharxx Blue for anyone that wants to get into a serious bidding war https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Peruvian-Torch-Trichocereus-Echinopsis-peruvianus-Sharxx-Blue-Cutting/273637386254 So many great cuts have been put up this year alone and at reasonable prices that it could never be justified to pay the asking price for any CSD on ebay but doubly so if you facebook stalk the original grower because you can see he has a long history of palming it off for well under $200. I'm almost inclined to open a facebook account just to get in on that action but even still I just got 6 hype name cuts for $190 (including postage too) off ebay so justifying it for a single plant is almost unimaginable to me. It would made for a nice flex though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strontium Dawg Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Both of those CSD auctions are via SAB members, not sure how much time either of them spend here recently but they're both friends of mine and legit. Personally I think it's ludicrous the price people are paying for this plant at the moment, but hey I guess you can't take it with you and money is for spending on whatever makes you happy. Now, a crested loph, if I had the money, I'd happily pay the same so go figure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Speaking of lophs these look cool https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153330019754 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153330018128 Think ones just a multi head going weird cause its on a graft, but the double headed varigated graft is something i would consider spending $$$ on.....but im in "trying to save" $$$ mode" atm and broke is a big barrier to get around 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainGoat Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) i've got a few of those living rock clone vari lophs grafted. They are beautiful, i've got one that i grafted to a huge stock that's going to be epic in a couple of years... edit: that button on the right is a bit over 5cm across, its hard to get size perspective in that photo... (grafted in may 2018) Edited January 10, 2019 by MountainGoat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Not trichocereus? Whoa, thanks. Nah, all these tags for advertising lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 40 minutes ago, Gimli said: Not trichocereus? Whoa, thanks. Nah, all these tags for advertising lol I see the same thing on there all the time but in particular with lophs. They'll call them LW Cactus and then list half a dozen different varieties to show up in people's searches. Here's a tame example: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LW-Cactus-Massive-8-5-cm-head-golden-torch-Trichocereus-graft-15cm-pot/264127709048?hash=item3d7f3cff78:g:Fp8AAOSwjwZcLYGk:rk:13:pf:0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 12 hours ago, Ethnoob said: I see the same thing on there all the time but in particular with lophs. They'll call them LW Cactus and then list half a dozen different varieties to show up in people's searches. Here's a tame example: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LW-Cactus-Massive-8-5-cm-head-golden-torch-Trichocereus-graft-15cm-pot/264127709048?hash=item3d7f3cff78:g:Fp8AAOSwjwZcLYGk:rk:13:pf:0 Yeah some times you gotta keep your eyes open scored this loph garft for under a $100, not a mention of lw, button or loph anywhere in the auction. It was listed as a astro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godiam Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 09/01/2019 at 9:18 PM, Joshwaa said: This one looks similar https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254058324699 But this one.... idk https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323641686272 But this one.....idk I got it from Sam 2/3 years ago and rooted it, so it has been on own roots for 2 plus years now, the one you seem sure about is obviously a recent degraft because of the large spines! Not many going up for sale that arent degrafts so Im happy to confirm its the real thing, not some Scop hybrid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Daze Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I got given a piece for free a couple years back as a bonus to a trade. I'm getting mighty suss that it ain't CSD at all. Can't even remember who it was because it was only mentioned in the letter, not in the PM. I got it for free, so I doubt it was intentionally misnamed. Anyway I reckon it's over-hyped anyway. Just because it looks obese or stunted or whatever, doesn't mean much at all. So what if it looks like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Godiam said: But this one.....idk I got it from Sam 2/3 years ago and rooted it, so it has been on own roots for 2 plus years now, the one you seem sure about is obviously a recent degraft because of the large spines! Not many going up for sale that arent degrafts so Im happy to confirm its the real thing, not some Scop hybrid. Sorry for not believing the original listing, it's just that the pics don't do it justice to an untrained eye. On a side not here's a tasmanian loph some of you might be interested in though again with the multiple not this varieties in the title lol https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Grafted-Lw-cactus-Not-Ariocarpus-or-Trichocereus/143087148308?hash=item2150a89d14:g:00UAAOSwMKVcOGPt:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichocereus_Rhinocerous Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) Hey guys, one of those csd's up on the bay was mine, happy to answer any questions. Just loaded another up for $20 starting price. Mine is legit. I got mine direct from the man himself. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254066277975 If anyone here wins this one msg mw before paying for a discount Edited January 12, 2019 by Trichocereus_Rhinocerous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 37 minutes ago, Trichocereus_Rhinocerous said: Hey guys, one of those csd's up on the bay was mine, happy to answer any questions. Just loaded another up for $20 starting price. Mine is legit. I got mine direct from the man himself. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254066277975 Hey there, I've bought cacti from you in the past. I'm especially find of the grafted lophs, They're growing like mad and I couldn't be happier with them so thanks a bunch It's a shame I've sent myself into the poor house from buying too many cacti already otherwise I'd be bidding like a madman on some of your listings. You've really put up a decent selection that makes looking at going into some serious debt sound very reasonable lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichocereus_Rhinocerous Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, Ethnoob said: Hey there, I've bought cacti from you in the past. I'm especially find of the grafted lophs, They're growing like mad and I couldn't be happier with them so thanks a bunch It's a shame I've sent myself into the poor house from buying too many cacti already otherwise I'd be bidding like a madman on some of your listings. You've really put up a decent selection that makes looking at going into some serious debt sound very reasonable lol Thanks ethnoob! Means a lot. There will always be other cactus sales mate ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothinghead Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hi @Trichocereus_Rhinocerous nice plants! I got curious when I saw "clone #1" and "clone #2" cuttings for Eileen and psycho0. Do you know what the story is with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, hashslingr said: Hi @Trichocereus_Rhinocerous nice plants! I got curious when I saw "clone #1" and "clone #2" cuttings for Eileen and psycho0. Do you know what the story is with that? I believe it's meant to just be #1, #2 since there are 2 listings for each, not that there are multiple Eileen clones 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichocereus_Rhinocerous Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Gimli said: I believe it's meant to just be #1, #2 since there are 2 listings for each, not that there are multiple Eileen clones Yeah thats right Gimli. Sorry for the confusion guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 This cactus is absolutely gorgeous https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/trichocereus-bridgesii-Monstrose-Crest-Penis-Cactus-Very-Rare-Lw-Astrophytum/254074332751?hash=item3b2802a64f:g:DF8AAOSwcGpcPlj9:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Mc Cactus Face Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Ethnoob said: This cactus is absolutely gorgeous Yeah seen that earlier, defently tempting to spoil my saving efforts 1 hour ago, Ethnoob said: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/trichocereus-bridgesii-Monstrose-Crest-Penis-Cactus-Very-Rare-Lw-Astrophytum/254074332751?hash=item3b2802a64f:g:DF8AAOSwcGpcPlj9:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnoob Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Here's another Sharxx Blue that's definitely going to end in another bidding war as it's an astoundingly pretty cactus. Those blues, those spines, I'm in love https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Peruvian-Torch-Trichocereus-Echinopsis-peruvianus-Sharxx-Blue-Cutting/273660608135?hash=item3fb7717e87:g:1hEAAOSwUP5cQBJl:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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