Peyote??
Jadeboy48@aol.com (Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:59:19 PDT)

David- I have had 45+ years with cactus and no commercial grower is going
to risk losing his business growing this. Alright you get me a plant or pi
cture and I will shut up but my family has been in the plant business since
the 1800's and I have handled more cactus than you. At one flower shower in
Phoenix I had to rent a Uhaul truck just to bring in part of what I had to
display to the public. I know hundreds of growers around the world from
Australia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Thailand, Great Britain and on and on. I
have taught Plant Taxonomy to College Graduate Students. Why do you insist
it must be Lophophora growing in theses dish gardens. I have seen thousands
of these planters and know many of the people that put them together. I
have been in more private collection than you could ever imagine. I only know
of one private grower with this plant, that is in North America excluding
Mexico. Oh I have also been in most of the greenhouses in Vista, CA too, So
what I am asking is show me some proof. If you cannot afford a digital
camera I will get you one. Russ H.

In a message dated 4/6/2013 5:16:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
idavide@sbcglobal.net writes:

Sue,
No one who really knows cactus would ever confuse Ariocarpus with
Lophophora.
And Lophophora was certainly sold as part of a dish garden in gift shops.
I
think Tim and Jadeboy are confusing the harmless commerce in gifts with
genuine
drug trafficking. The DEA certainly does not confuse the two. And I
certainly
would not confuse Ariocarpus with Lophophora!

David E.

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From: Sue Haffner <sueh@csufresno.edu>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, April 6, 2013 4:18:01 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Peyote??

I wonder if the original post might refer to Ariocarpus, rather than
Lophophora. I've seen ariocarpus plants in touristy dish gardens.

Sue Haffner
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