trichocereus grandiflorus hybrid.

[entheogenic-gnosis]

When I bought this trichocereus grandiflorus hybrid cacti this morning it had some flowers hot-glued to the top of it, I accidentally removed some spines when removing the glued on flowers, the damage is minimal, but I really hope it didn't hurt the cactus very much, it's already stressed from being reported, so I was nit happy when I injured this cactus.

A fascinating species!

T. grandiflorus -
Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.
Erowid Cacti Vaults : Visionary Cactus Guide - Mescaline from Sawdust

This cactus has also been reported of being psychoactive in some manner, leading me to believe it's producing some phenethylamine of some sort...

I honestly bought it simply to add another trichocereus to my collection, but every time I add another species to my collection it's almost mandatory that I spend a day or two learning everything I can about it.

-eg

 

[Lizz]

I never understood why people hotglue fake flowers to a living plant. It looks ridiculous. Honestly its stopped me from purchasing cactii a time or two. Its a lovely specimen though. Definitely a nice find!

 

[Yumi]

Lowe's and Home Depot are so guilty of doing this. :thumb_dow

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

These did not come from Lowe's or home-depot, but regardless, hot-gluing flowers to cacti is a ridiculous practice...

I bought an astrophytum ornatum a few weeks back that also had "straw flowers" hot-glued to it...

There is an organic food center near my home, they just put out all their summer plants for sale, so when I walk by this place daily I always check out their plants...

Any serious cactus I will purchase online, but I find these neat little cacti from time to time Which I can't help but take home...

Those damn glued on flowers nearly ruin beautiful cacti in my opinion...

Picture attached is of my astrophytum ornatum, another cacti which contains "unspecified alkaloids" and is possibly psychoactive in some manner...

According to Adam Gottleib’s book, Peyote and Other Psychoactive Cacti, several species of astrophytum may have been considered sacred by the Tarahumara culture. Although astrophytum does not appear to contain psychoactive compounds, the historical and possible sacred significance will add to conversational value of your garden.

https://www.worldseedsup...cactus-recommendations/

MISCELLANEOUS: Several other cacti have been used by the Tarahumares as peyote substitutes. Among these are Obregonia denegrii, Aztekium ritterii, Astrophytum asterias, A. capricorne, A. myriostigma (Bishops cap), and Solisia pectinata. The Tarahumares also consume a cactus which they call Mulato (Mammillaria micromeris) and claim that it prolongs life, gives speed to runners, and clarifies vison for mystical insights. Another cactus similarly employed is known as Rosapara (Epitheliantha micromeris) is believed by many botanists to be the same species as Mulato, but at a later vegetative stage. The large cactus Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, known locally as Cawe, has occasionally been used as a narcotic.

What little studies have been carried out on these cacti have revealed the presence of alkaloids most of the other species we have discussed, but no mescaline or macromerine. Many of these alkaloids have some psychopharma-calogical properties, but nothing to compare with those two drugs.

http://www.lycaeum.org/~...e/CactusGuide.html#SEC7

Though T. grandiflorus is not known as a traditional hallucinogen, this short columnar species has gained interest due to Shulgin's unpublished chemical analysis, which indicated the presence of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the powerful hallucinogenic drug contained in numerous plants known for their historical use throughout South America.

Upon the reanalysis of T. grandiflorus Shulgin was unable to confirm the presence of DMT and had some concern as to whether or not the same plant material was used for the confirmation. Shulgin's belief was that he used the red-flowering variety originally and the yellow-flowering variety afterwards, but there had also been concern about the use of contaminated laboratory equipment.

Contemporary human bioassay has strongly suggested the presence of mescaline, at least in the white-flowered variety.
Sacred and Medicinal Cacti: Peyote, San Pedro and other Ethnopharma

I doubt that trichocereus grandiflorus contains mescaline in any significant amount, if at all, though I believe that there may be some psychoactive phenethylamines hiding in this species...

Still, both are welcome new additions to my non-Entheogenic cacti collection.

-eg