rkundalini Posted April 26, 2000 Interested to see this on the site. Definitely a beauty but I had never heard of any psychoactivity until a new acquaintance mentioned he had heard of some reports. Could well be misidentification of course but it being here is interesting ... does anyone here have any stories of activity for this one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted April 27, 2000 I have no confirmation of activity, but at this point I treat all Cereus derived genera as candidates. I recently talked to a cactus specialist who also has an interest in the psychoactivity and he told me that almost all members of the *cereus group he has tried were active. he seemed to think that regional variations are more to blame for non-activity than actual genus specification. This was a pretty sweeping statement, but as he is such an authority in the filed it should certainly not be dismissed. K.Trouts recent musings on waterstress as a major factor of activity would also support this theory somewhat. The Myrtillocactus is an excellent grafting stock!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ramon Posted April 29, 2000 Saw thid today. M. geometrizans - Native to the central Mexican plateau. A tree-like plant with distinct upward curving branches. Stems have 4 to 5 wide ribs, bearing slightely felted areoles set far apart. Has 5 small, reddish-brown radial spines. Each areole can have several short, greenish flowers. The edible fruit is bright blue and globular, reiniscent of a blueberry in appearance. Contains: mescaline. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted May 1, 2000 The San Pedro Fanatic Report has a nice list of Mescaline containing Cacti doesn't it Hey, maybe we can get some more psychoactive cacti added onto the list, Torsten E D [This message has been edited by Ed Dunkel (edited 01 May 2000).] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted May 2, 2000 post the reports and I will endevour to obtain them! many obviously need to be grown from seed and this takes time, but I will offer the seed soon after activity has been pointed out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rkundalini Posted May 2, 2000 Hmmm there's no ref given on that page for mescaline in this species. A friend today was saying that Shulgin (in TiHKAL I think) mistakenly said that M. geometricans contains mescaline : this was a mis-reading of a paper which found mescaline only in specimens that had had peyote grafted on top of them. See Trout's Sacred Cacti for a discussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted May 3, 2000 Trouts notes and books (including those on cacti) will be available from Shaman Australis within a few weeks. We can all check then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
