Got a grand to spare???

[Maria J]

see:

[CactusChris]

Damn - if only they had a pair...........

;-)))


Chris

[phil]

Isn't it interesting how sellers manage to inclue key words into the title ie 'rare' 'ariocarpus' even though the plant is a Lophophora. I guess this just makes buyers searches more likely to hit.

[Maria J]

I've noticed many cacti being sold with the comment: "Not Ariocarpus", so anyone searching for Arios would bring all of them up!! I suppose now the Loph is banned, it offers another opportunity to use Ariocarpus!!

[CactusChris]

Yes - interesting - don't I remember hearing that Lophophora was no longer allowed for sale on ebay???

Chris

[Maria J]

There was a thread a while back on the ?banning? of Lophophora on Ebay?

[Tina]

yes, thats right .
It's banned because they class it as a narcotic drug

[Maria J]

You beat me Tina!! Here's a link to the thread:

[Julie]

What silliness... where will it all end? And who is daft enough to pay that for a plant when anyone who knows even a little about them will know it's vastly overpriced? I bet you only need google the name and find a handful of nurseries and sellers who will sell it for ?50 or whatever it's worth. I bet it's been nurtured for many years by some caring person. But a ?K?

Banned for being a narcotic? Well quite right if it really is, but it's sad that people can no longer buy one who just want to collect and not to smoke or eat it. *rolls eyes*

Who could eat a sweet little plant just to get their jollies?
I get more jollies watching them grow.

[Maria J]

From what I?ve read Julie, there?s barely any 'narcotic substance' in the cultivated plants anyway so it?s a bit daft!!