Share The Seeds
General and Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: steveoi812 on November 28, 2015, 07:19:25 AM
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ok...so tons of you guys and LADIES...(notice the ladies frog pj?) have tens if NOT HUNDREDS of different varieties....that Im sure took many of you years if not decades to collect....so my question is...whats your holy grail??? and why is it your holy grail?? Just trying to get an idea of where to start my collection...but I really want to know......whats the best of the best...give breeder info...collection areas etc...lay it on old steveo
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Commenting mostly just to spy on others collections, but for me Lagochilus inebrians, Duboisia hopwoodii and Guarana paulina were all really hard to source.
Not just hours, but weeks-months of my life along with too much $ to even thing about wastedinvested in those 3.
Wasn't computer literate when my search began(still aren't really) so that made things a lot harder.
Wolffia was hard to source too, but I get really focused, crazy intent on something, then move on to the next thing that I just MUST get.
I'm kinda hooked on Solanum at the moment, so was glad to add these less common guys to the collection recently>>>
Solanum Aviculare, Solanum Capsiciforme, Solanum Central, Solanum Coactiliferum, Solanum Ellipticum, Solanum Lasiophyllum, Solanum Muricatum, Solanum opacum, Solanum Orbiculatum, Solanum Phlomoides, Solanum pimpinellifolium, Solanum pseudocapsicum, Solanum Simile, Solanum sisymbriifolium, Solanum Sturtianum, Solanum Symonii, Solanum uporo.
Still seeking these guys though and any other cool Solanum sp.>>>
Solanum Chippendalei, Solanum Cleistogamum, Solanum Coactiliferum, Solanum Diversiflorum, Solanum Ellipticum, Solanum Esuriale, Solanum Gilesii.
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I think we had such thread before.
Meconopsis Aculeata
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/BluePoppy.jpg)
Dendrophylax Lindendii
(http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3072.0;attach=17570)
not feeling like putting 50$ / each to certain death yet :D
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In my personal opinion I collect entheos for their cultural significance. I feel they are amongst the most important misunderstood species on earth. I'll continue to cultivate them for those whom discovered the magic and desire to grow them too.
However now that I grow most of the entheo species my newest grails are edible species. In today's ever crazier world I feel you are INSANE for a lack of a better way to say it if your not attempting to grow your own food plants. Even if its so small a scale you only pick some basil here and there to spice the food you've bought. I go many steps further than that trying to grow the greater majority of what I eat. Again though I'm only practicing for now as someday its my belief I'll have to grow my own shit to survive. Would hate to attempt to do so for my families survival when its crunch time and you've never grown anything before. How successful you think that's gonna turn out? The correct answer is not very! I'd say get on it peeps or suffer the consequences in the not so distant future. Don't feel weird about it either being the only person doing it in your proximity. Know all those considering your weird will most likely know nothing about anything and will die vastly sooner come TEOTWAWKI happens...
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I have been trying to source authentic turnera diffusa for a couple of years now. As far so know, shaman Australis is the only commercial nursery that sells it, and of course they don't ship plants overseas. Since it very rarely sets seed, any seed you get online is going to be turnera ulmifolia. I have recently found a nursery owner in far south Texas who has offered it before. He has agreed to collect a plant from wild populations there and propagate it. Also, USDA has a specific strain that they offer for scientific research. If the nursery guy doesn't pan out, I may have to come up with a research plan.
Also have had a hard time getting my hands on some of the named trichocereus clones from OZ. Patience!!
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Also have had a hard time getting my hands on some of the named trichocereus clones from OZ. Patience!!
Since clones from OZ was mentioned, I have to mention my desired clones I'm trying to obtain from that wonderful continent.
Psychotria Viridis- UDV (Herbalistics)
Psychotria Viridis - Luna (SAB)
Neither vendor will ship these to me. At least I know where to get them, just need to find a way. :)
Done :D
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I would like a source in south America, someone who is willing to wild forage some pereskiopsis seed!
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my lord that blue poppy is to die for...WOW...
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I have been trying to source authentic turnera diffusa for a couple of years now. As far so know, shaman Australis is the only commercial nursery that sells it, and of course they don't ship plants overseas. Since it very rarely sets seed, any seed you get online is going to be turnera ulmifolia. I have recently found a nursery owner in far south Texas who has offered it before. He has agreed to collect a plant from wild populations there and propagate it. Also, USDA has a specific strain that they offer for scientific research. If the nursery guy doesn't pan out, I may have to come up with a research plan.
Also have had a hard time getting my hands on some of the named trichocereus clones from OZ. Patience!!
Not sure where, but I have family in the Rio Grande valley I could send on a mission, if the nursery is in the Brownsville- McAllen area.
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Also have had a hard time getting my hands on some of the named trichocereus clones from OZ. Patience!!
LOL, I feel ya on this one Psylocke. I just recently tried again and it's just not going to happen.
Anyway, my holy grail is Acacia phlebophylla.
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What Aussie clones are you guys looking for?
nobody
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Eileen has been at the top of my list for a long time. But also interested in Bruce, yowie, rosei, fields, and huarazensis (US clone).
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Eileen is around. I'm sure if I have her others must. I'd consider offering cuts if she were larger than 6in.
These are currently at the top of my list:
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I had such a nice LARGE midcut of eileen a few years ago...thing had to be 5 or 6 inches around....got it off a cat at the nook for like 40 bucks....pupped like a fucking champ...had it in my backyard in a 10 gallon....then someone stole it of course...but not before someone broke it...
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I think we had such thread before.
Meconopsis Aculeata
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/BluePoppy.jpg)
Dendrophylax Lindendii
(http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3072.0;attach=17570)
not feeling like putting 50$ / each to certain death yet :D
Was this a pre internet search? Not being rude, just curious as I haven't heard of this until now but found seeds easily on Google, the Himalayan flowers I keep learning about sure seem of interest.
http://www.twiningvinegarden.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=meco-aculea
http://www.twiningvinegarden.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=meco-beton
http://www.meconopsis.org/pages/seedexchange.html
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How do you mean ? Its just two plants I want, I tend to want plants for uh ... being rare, beautiful, trick, challenging ... the first might have medicinal properties and the second has no leaves and is famous since a book was written about it, and back then when I started wanting it there was no way to just buy one.
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That was what I was trying to ask, why it was so hard finding one as a simple search turned up seeds easily. I am unfamiliar with the flowers and figured the links would be of interest due to it being on your holy grail list,
Sorry for earlier confusion, typing on a tablet and I suck at it compared to keyboard.
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Flowers ? You mean a blue one then ? It grows in Himalaya which doesnt make it verz acessible amd also large parts of the population grows in the military india pakistan exclusion zone :)
But there are expert Meconopsis societies who do have the seeds.
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Flowers ? You mean a blue one then ? It grows in Himalaya which doesnt make it verz acessible amd also large parts of the population grows in the military india pakistan exclusion zone :)
But there are expert Meconopsis societies who do have the seeds.
it is a very fine looking plant that is for sure and of interest in so many ways. Happy to know there are people who care and who grow and who share to spread the genetics and to keep the plant alive. People can be like the birds, we don't eat the seed like the birds but we can carry them all over the planet. Best regards mj.
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For me, I'd have to second Meconopsis and Lagochilus inebrians. I'd also like to add to the discussion the chaliponga plant, rarely seen in cultivation.
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For me, I'd have to second Meconopsis and Lagochilus inebrians. I'd also like to add to the discussion the chaliponga plant, rarely seen in cultivation.
Would be awesome to have fellow meconopsis nuts. Hopefully next season I produce excess seeds. I just dont know yet I have four options what I could try: Grow them here in the flat lands and when summer comes mist them strong every day to simulate monsun and to cool a bit by evaporation (fails on days with high ambient humidity), go to the botanical garden munic who have a place up in the mountains and ask them if they take care if i get a share of the seeds, or use a abandoned house of mine thats very close to the mountains and never (except last year) exceedet 20 degrees C or last option: there is a cabin in the alps with an old contract that lets it for a farmer to use every summer, in winter its mine as he wont need it in winter. So yeah, I have two alpine options, one semi alpine option and one flat land option but the more alpine it gets the harder its for me to look after it. Gotta fecide soon. Anyways I really hope I get everything right this time and get more seeds than I put in.
Manipulating microclimates ? Anyone ?
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I'm not on here much but fwiw thru my resources I can get just about any plant or cutting from Oz a person could want whether the sab store ships to the usa or not, and the same applies for trich clones.
The down side of 'I want', is 99.99% of the time after a person acquires that what which they wanted, they quickly lose interest & move on to the next 'I want'.
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The down side of 'I want', is 99.99% of the time after a person acquires that what which they wanted, they quickly lose interest & move on to the next 'I want'.
More like 100% with me. :D. But I don't consider that a downside. The challenge that keeps me going -- the thrill of the chase if you will.
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And I'm thinking "true love is eternal" all the time.
When I grow a perfect healthy nice M Aculeata, I'll still grow one every year after that. Actually having grown a really good one will encourage me to grow more, as I know I can, I know how, I know they'll love it and I'll love it.
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I grew lagochilus a few years back. I was not impressed, its not a strong herb. I still have seeds in the fridge but I don't think they are still fertile.
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Not sure, but think the seed pod I grabbed the other day is royal poinciana. The tree has the most beautiful shape, creating a low and wide canopy. Where ya at Stu? pm me your address.
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Some Paulownia grow in awesome shapes and beautiful colours too, also fast :)
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holy grail rainforesters:
p viridis took the living (and the fkn) piss to find in uk , all damned cartha/alba(stard)
if it wasn't for madp I'd be still desperately hunting it cagily expecting to be ripped off...
and may have hand-killed the mush-room seller and tosspot ebayers over the fakes had i not been released from their ballbaggy lie-hell and jumped up postal charges[and general cuntish excuses for being the worlds biggest assholes]- into the loving and comparatively; very faithful hands of the international community..
Alicia anisopetala , bani' muricata..., vanilla planifolia , salvia div...
holy grail cacti:
scop, juuls giant , colossus, lumberjackus, werdermannianus, taquimbalensis, terscheckii, chavin, super perdro, yowie, validus mutt...
and yet to come; the real holy grail of trichos - fields validus ..
ummm,... pelecyphora assholiformis took the living piss too, az' valdezii was no probs (!!),.... ario godzilla took the cake and biscuits...
holy grail Aussers ,pacific islanders and S'Am mimo:
caisher phlebop
caisher alpina
caisher neurophylla
caisher burkittii
caisher obtusi
caisher floribunda
caisher simplex
" mearnsii
mimosa ophthalmocentra - another that took the piss to find ..
assholy fail section:
been searching virola for longer than all of them and been pissed about the most over virola - more than anything else by a long shot (with the exception of uk experience) ,.. since day 1 of entheo love ... still no concrete joy yet but hoping anytime now
(just like every fkn year i s'pose lol)
hmmm more non found holy grailers eh?... tetrapterys 'myth' , diplopterys cabroney ::)
psilo' hoogshagenii if it counts?....
will add more if i feel a pull to do so later.. this is taking too long.
-horsey
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At the moment, nothing!
I've realized that I have enough (too much?) to take care of at the moment, mostly cacti and a couple other house plants.
The one cool plant I just got was a Christmas Cactus. It's special because it is a clone from my great, great, great Grandma who immigrated the USA from Ireland waaaaay back in the day. We're not sure if she brought it or got it here. Presumably she got it in the USA.
I didn't know I was part Irish until we started talking about this cactus.
Happy St. Patty's Day ya'll. Be safe, stick to plants, and if you do drink don't drive or doing anything you'll regret.
Peace,
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