Having been in the nursery biz in Southern California for 20 some years, I never saw peyote in the trade---and I looked! I knew people that had them in their private collections. I always thought Matucana sp looked similar. When I went to Amsterdam a few years ago, and was glad to see so many plant venders selling them openly. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more Lophophora plants in The Netherlands than in the Southwest. Cheers, Erick On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:16 PM, David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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. > > > ________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >