ETHNOBOTANICAL CACTUS PAGE 1

I have a small collection of so called ‘Visionary Cactus’, these are cactus plants that have been utilized for their mind bending quality’s, the most famous being the Peyote and the San Pedro, but there many more lesser known cactus plants, some of which were used as Peyote Substitutes, and San Pedro brew additives. There are also a large number of different cactus species that contain the psychedelic alkaloid mescaline, sadly most contain only a trace amount and nothing worth getting excited about.

This site is aimed at frost hardy entheogens, but in this selection some species must be treated as half hardy or even tender, but a lot of these cacti will survive will below 0 if kept completely dry, for example some races of Echinocereus triglochidiatus are said to be able to survive down to -25 ºC.

Ariocarpus

This species is slow growing but certainly not as slow as some other types of cacti, it is of easy culture in a well-drained, non-organic, free-draining soil compost, with ample water during the growing season. Use of a weak low-nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season can encourage growth. The main threat to their development is root rot. Ariocarpus should be kept dry whenever there is a threat of cold. The appearance of Ariocarpus can benefit greatly by watering the plants from the bottom, this practice will help to keep the “wool” on the top of the plant from becoming matted or discoloured, light shade to full sun, frost hardy to -10° C. It is probably the easiest species of the genus to grow from seed, but it can take 6-10 years to reach flowering size.

Ariocarpus fissuratus 'Seven Stars'

'Chaute'

Flattened green plant is also called living rock, or dry whiskey as it can be made into an intoxicating drink. Also called Peyote cimarron. It is a powerful teacher, and is considered by many to be more potent than even Peyote, sacred to the Tarahumare, who value it for witchcraft, and the Huichols, who consider it evil and a source of permanent insanity, native to northern and central Mexico. 

Contains: hordenine, N-methyltyramine, N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxy-phenethylamine.

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Ariocarpus retusus

Native range is north of Saltillo, Coahuila southwards to San Luis Potosi, SLP, Also found occur in Tamaulipas, Zacatecas and Nuevo Leon.

Contains: hordenine, N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxy-phenethylamine, N-methyl-4-methoxy-phenethylamine.

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Ariocarpus retusus

Ariocarpus retusus
[SB 68 Coronel, SLP]

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Astrophytum

Cultivation is not too difficult in a greenhouse, although grows quite slowly, plants need a loose well-drained mineral soil, they need a good amount of light, and watering can is done weekly during summertime, if the weather is sunny enough, with a little fertilizer added. Kept this way, plants will show a healthy, although slow growth, frost hardy to -4° (-10°) C.

Astrophytum asterias

The name "Peyote" used by the natives comes presumably by the external similarity to Lophophora williamsii, however there is no closer botanic relationship. Till now, there is no found of hallucinogenic in the plants despite multiple contrary assertions.

Contains unspecified alkaloids.

Astrophytum asterias [Linares, Lucia Blanca, Tamps]

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Astrophytum asterias CHA 163
[Gonzales, Tamaulipas, Mexico]

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Astrophytum capricorne

Although regarded as a choice and difficult plant in cultivation it is relatively easy to grow. Use mineral well permeable substratum (rot prone). Water sparingly from March till October and keep perfectly dry in winter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade but tolerates mild frost without a problem as do all the other common species of Astrophytum (hardy to -7°C for short periods). In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!! Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun.

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids

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Astrophytum capricorne

Astrophtum myriostigma

Spineless plant, usually solitary or with very few basal branches, transverse section of the stem reveals a perfect star shaped form (like the common star-fish) giving the plant the appearance of a bishop's mitre (hence the common name Bishop's cap), flowers are glossy yellow and sweet scented, blooming intermittently throughout the warm months from April to September, plants may take up to six years to flower, native to the highlands of central and northern Mexico. Regarded as a choice and difficult plant in cultivation it is relatively easy to grow. It is sometime seen as a grafted plant but grows very well on its own roots too; keep it perfectly dry in winter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade, (but it is Hardy to -7°C for short periods.)

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids

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Astrophtum myriostigma


Astrophytum myriostigma var. columnare

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Astrophytum myriostigma var. quadricostatum

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Aztekium ritteri 'Peyotillo'

This cactus appears to have been first cited as peyote by Blas Pablo Reko in his 1934 article, Das Mexikanische Rauschgift Ololiuqui. Unfortunately I have not had access to Reko's original article to thoroughly examine this species position in the peyote pantheon. Schultes regards it as a species that it is "said to be either narcotic or medicinal."

Only trace amounts of mescaline are present in A. ritterii while the two closely related species have yet to undergo chemical analysis.

Mescaline

N-Methyltyramine

Hordenine

Anhalidine

N,N-Dimethyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine

Pellotine

3-Methoxytyramine

Glucaric acid

Quinic acid

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Aztekium ritteri 'Peyotillo'

Aztekium ritteri SB1944

Nuevo Leon (South of Rayones), Mexicó  
[Seed colected by Steven (Steve) Brack]

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Carnegia

Carnegia gigantea 'Saguaro'

Saguaro’s growth is extremely slow. After 15 years, the saguaro may be barely a foot tall. At about 30 years saguaros begin to flower and produce fruit. By 50 years-old the saguaro can be as tall as 2 m.  After about 75 years on average, it may sprout its first branches, or "arms".  By 100 years the saguaro may have reached 7, 5 m. An adult saguaro is generally considered to be about 125 years of age.  Saguaros may live at least 150 years.  Giant Saguaro or more attain the grandest sizes, towering as high as 15 m or more and weighing 10 tons, sometimes more, dwarfing every other living thing in the desert.  Saguaros rank among the largest of any cactus or desert plant in the world.  The average life span of a saguaro is at least 150 - 175 years of age. However, biologists believe that some plants may live over 200 years.

One of the largest saguaros known to exist possessed these amazing statistics:  It lived 300 years, was over 12m tall, had 45 arms, and weighed 13 tons!

Saguaros grow very slowly and are cold intolerant. Make sure that your saguaros are not exposed to freezing temperatures, or they may die.   It needs a well-drained soil mix. Water regularly in summer but allow to dry out fully before watering again. During the winter months they should be rather kept dry. Since they are big-sized plants, they need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year, or when the plant has outgrown its pot.  Exposure: Light shade when young, full sun later.

Not a traditional entheogen, it does however contain pharmacologically active alkaloids, used by the Seri Indians of the Sonora medicinally to combat rheumatism, also held in high esteem by the Papago Indians. The fruit of this cactus is valued as a food and in wine-making.

Contains: arizonine, carnegine, dopamine (.26%), heliamine, dehydroheliamine, 3-4-dimethoxy-phenethylamine, salsolidine, dehydrosalsolidine.

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Carnegia gigantea 'Saguaro'


Carnegia gigantea 32452.17 

[Pima Co., AZ, 4200ft, 1280m]

Large waxy creamy flowers followed by red fruit. Takes about 60 to 70 years to start developing the “arms.” 5m x2 m, hardy to zone Z10.

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Cereus

Cereus peruvianus LH 546
[Aiquile, Bolivia]

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Corryocactus


Corryocactus melanotrichus 

[La Paz]


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Corryocactus melanotrichus TB 467.4 

[Palca, 3737m, La Paz, Bolivia]

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Coryphantha

Coryphantha compacta

‘Wichuri, Bakana or Bakanawa’

 Native to the Chihuahua and Cosihuirachi regions of Mexico, this cactus is both greatly respected and feared by the Tarahumara Indians, has small yellow flowers singly or in pairs arising from the centre of the crown.

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

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Coryphantha compacta

Coryphantha compacta Lau 781

(Yecora, El Trigo, Mexicó)

Small, white spined, growing deep in sandy soil, yellow flowers, C. compacta is believed to be the Tarahumara híkuri (type of peyote) known as “bakánawa.” Bakánawa, like most híkuri, is both respected and feared as a god, and considered to have a soul and human emotions. It has been recorded as both more powerful, and as only second in power, to Lophophora williamsii.

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Coryphantha compacta JL183

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Coryphantha macromeris

Popular with collectors and easy to grow, it comes from an area of summer rainfall, keep drier in winter (but for outdoor cultivation it is quite resistant to wet conditions, too), very cold resistant, hardy about to about -10° C, but the frost resistance varies a lot from clone to clone, needs good drainage, keep drier in winter, full sun to partial shade.

Native to the Rio Grande area of Texas.

Macromerine is a psychedelic phenethylamine derivative, it can be synthesized or extracted from the Coryphantha macromeris, C. macromeris v. runyonii, C. elephantidens, and other related members of the Cactaceae family, the plants may have been used by Tarahumara shamans for their entheogenic effects. Macromerine is in a family of chemicals called the phenethylamines, and it is a close analogue of mescaline, the full chemical name of macromerine is 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(dimethylamino)ethanol.

Little is known about the psychedelic effects of macromerine. K. Trout states that a bioassay of macromerine-containing cactus, “had been very mild and very strange, with many waves of intense nausea and extremely persistent after effects, such as distorted vision and a very weird feeling of unreality lasting for weeks after its use."

Contains: hordenine, macromerine (.003%), N-formylmacromerine (.008%), normacromerine (.08%), N-methyl-3-4-dimethoxy-phenethylamine, N-methyl-4-methoxy-phenethylamine, metanephrine, tyramine, synepherine, N-methyltyramine, N-methylmetanephrine.

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Coryphantha macromeris
Banon Zac

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Coryphantha macromeris [Banon Zac]

Coryphantha palmeri PM 181

Dolichothele

Dolichothele longimamma
[syn. Mammillaria longimama]

‘Peyotillo’

At first solitary, but clustering very young and forming dense clusters, very long soft and flaccid tubercles, flowers are very large for this genus, 4-6 cm. long, and 4.5-6 cm. wide with bright yellow petals in May-July, thick taproots with large upper portion, native to Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro between 1000 and 2200m altitude). An easy species that will form large clumps with age, M. longimamma has a fairly large tap root, and should be kept in a deep pot with a very draining mineral substrate, watering during the active growing season, this will encourage steady growth, and prevent the large tubercles from becoming flabby, be careful with watering, which all thick rooted species require (rot sensitive). Keep dry during the winter rest.

Contains: longimammamine, longimammatine, longimammidine, longimammosine, mormacromerine, (dl) synepherine.

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Dolichothele longimamma f. ueberiformis


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Dolichothele longimamma f. ueberiformis

Mammillaria longimamma SB88 

(Hidalgo (South of Venados, Pachuca) Mexicó)
   
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Dolichothele sphaerica

[syn. Mammillaria sphaerica]

Small, light green clumping cactus, 5-7 (12) cm in diameter, with 30-40 (or more) branches, thick taproots, large in upper portion, brilliant lemon yellow flowers, fruits are juicy throughout, and have a pleasant aroma, flowering July, fruiting May. Found growing under bushes in the Tamaulipan thorn scrub on plains and low gravelly hills, native range south-eastern Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas). Very easy to grow, it needs regular water, but do don’t water again until dry, also, it is a species that is dormant in the winter and requires very little water (maybe even none) during the cold months, light frost protection may be required, minimum of 5º C for safe growing (but said to be hardy down to -8°C or less.) In spite of its preference for shade in the wild, in culture, good exposure to sunshine will favour good spine development; it can get sunburned if moved from shade/greenhouse into full sun too quickly.

Contains: doliocotheleine, N-methylphenethylamine, N-methyltyramine, synephrine, B-O-methylsynephrine.

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Dolichothele sphaerica


Dudleya

Dudleya caespitosa 'Peyote'

[syn. Cotyledon caespitosa]

Crassulaceae: Not a cactus but a succulent, it has been reported that this species was once used as peyote substitute, and may have psychoactive properties. Very thick, glaucous rosettes, the leaves often with reddish tips. Yellow flowers in dense clusters on erect to mostly lax stems. Native of the California coast, said to be frost tender but I have not tried to find its limits yet.

Dudleya caespitosa 12039.80
[Monterey Co., CA, 100ft, 30m (ALPLAINS)]

I have a few plants available for UK customers only: £7.50 each.

Echinocactus

Echinocactus grusonii DS

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Echinocereus


Echinocereus coccineus 

'Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus'

A clumping cactus, often in large colonies of as many as 50-100 (500)-thick stems on each plant at maturity. Stems can vary from almost spineless to wildly and densely spined. Flowers are hummingbird-attracting, colour ranges from near orange, scarlet, and pink to deep crimson shades. Peak flowering comes from late April to June on mature clumps. Fruiting 2-3 months after flowering. Native of the Chihuahuan Desert, desert scrub, desert grasslands, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands, Great Plains grasslands, mountain forest, bajadas, on rocky outcroppings,  and cliffs, South-western USA. The Native Americans of New Mexico ate the fruit fresh or preserved, also the Navajo utilized it as a heart medicine plant, and used it as a heart stimulant, and considered poisonous. 

Echinocereus coccineus LZ 284
(W Moriarty, NM)

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Echinocereus coccineus 12652.98 
[Hudspeth Co., TX, 5400ft, 1646m]

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Echinocereus coccineus AG11 

Double pink flowered selection from the Jarilla Mts, NM.

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Echinocereus coccineus AG12 

Jarilla Mts, NM, very rare yellow flowers.

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Echinocereus salm-dyckianus

‘Pitallito’

A small cactus with white spines and 10 cm long red flowers, plant branches from the base with a cluster of stems to 20 cm long. 7 - 9 slightly tuberculate bibs with pale yellow areoles, revered by the Huichols of Mexico as one of the false Peyotes, the Tarahumara consider it to produce high mental qualities, and sing to it while it is being collected, native to the Sonora and Southwest Chihuaha deserts and the Durango State of Mexico.

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Echinocereus salm-dyckianus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

A mounding cactus, forming bulbous piles of from a few to hundreds of spherical to cylindrical stems.  Plants may vary from densely spiny (usually) to no spines at all.  E. triglochidiatus is the most wide-spread of the Echiniocereus species and is also the most variable in appearance. I n fact, the several varieties are so different-looking that the only uniting factor is the bright red bloom and rounded petals. Stems are usually erect , spherical or cylindrical, 3-70 cm tall, 5-13 cm in diameter. Flowers are bright orange-red to dark red, April-June; the flowers remain open for 2 or 3 days, blooming generally begins 5 to 10 years after sowing, as the plant matures, flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds.

This cactus is widely cultivated for its flowers.  It is among the easiest species to grow, flower and propagate.  Water regularly from March to October. Rot prone in winter, it needs good drainage. Claret Cups require strong sunlight to maintain a healthy appearance, and a harsh "dry and cool" winter environment combined with maximum light exposure enhances spring flower production. 

Frost Tolerance: Depends on the variety:  Var. arizonicus is hardy to -6° C, the other varieties are much more cold resistant (some populations can tolerate temperatures down  to -25° C or less)

Some Native Americans collect the stems, burn off the spines and mash them. Sugar is added and then it is baked to make sweet cakes.

Rumoured to contain 5-Meo-DMT.

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Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus  var. neomexicanus

Sacred and utilize for magical and medicinal purposes, a very hard to find form.

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Echinocereus triglochidiatus  var. neomexicanus


Echinocereus triglochidiatus v mojavensis inermis RP105

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Epithelantha

Epithelantha micromeris

'Hikuli Mulato' 

A small, globular, button type cactus with small white spines grows to 6 cm diameter, with low tubercles arranged in many spirals and crowned with radial spines, sacred to the Tarahumare and Huichols of Mexico as one of the false Peyotes, believed to make the eyes so large that one can see sorcerers and to drive evil people insane. It is believed to prolong life and give speed and protection to runners. Has small whitish or pink flowers and clavate fruit, also called the Button Cactus, native to rocky hills and ridges, limestone or igneous soils.

Cultivation: Although regarded as a choice and difficult plant, in cultivation it is relatively easy. It needs a particularly well-draining soil mix (rot prone), water sparingly.

Frost Tolerance: Depending on the variety, will handle -12° C (Temperature Zone: USDA 8-11) Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun.

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Epithelantha micromeris

Epithlantha Micromeris SB125

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Epithlantha Micromeris SB125


Epithelantha micromeris LZ603
[Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA]

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Epithelantha micromeris 'Polycephala' Lau 746 [Ramos Arispe, 1400-1800m, Coahuila, Mexico]

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Escobaria

Escobaria vivipara 
(Barber Co., Kansas, USA)

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Escobaria vivipara var. kaibabensis LZ059

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Espostoa

Espostoa lanata 'Peruvian Old Man Cactus'

Cactaceae: Slow growing tree shaped cactus branching at the top with age, 1, 5 to 7 m tall, it is a densely hairy species, covered by a warm woolly coat and well adapted to high altitudes, flowering from late spring, early summer, the flowers are nocturnal, white to purple, the fruit are near spherical approx. 2, 5 cm in long and in diameter, purplish-red, very juicy, sweet and edible. Native to the west slopes of the Andes, Southern Ecuador, and northern Peru.

Easy to grow and cold hardy as low as -12°C (or less), needs a fertile, well-drained soil mix, water the plants well and allow them to dry before watering again, this species seems to do better with a little more water than most cacti, during the growing season fertilize them monthly with a balanced fertilizer. Espostoa produces noticeable amounts of growth each year if kept well fed and watered throughout the warmest months, particularly if it has been acclimatised to accept full sun. Once this cactus is established it can easily produce 20 cm of growth every year.

Propagation: Cutting or from seed. The seeds are quite easy to germinate and grow. Their main requirements consist of high humidity levels, free-draining soil mix, and enough water, light, and nutrition.

Traditional uses: 

Woolly hairs of the cephalia have been used for pillow filling in Peru. This species from Peru's Huancabamba Valley is said by Carlos Ostolaza to go by the title of "pichcol Negro" and "could be used similarly" to Trichocereus pachanoi, the San Pedro cactus. Ostolaza had not offered any specific first-hand support for the actual ethnobotanical use of E. lanata, and its possible use may be an assumption taken from its common name among the indigenous population. Like pichcol Blanco (Armatocereus laetus), this species may possibly have no psychopharmacological effect and simply be used in highly ritualistic healing ceremonies.

E. lanata has been reported to be alkaloid negative, but E. huanucensis, which is possibly a variant of E. lanata, has been found to contain hordenine, N-methyltyramine, and tyramine.

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Espostoa lanata ssp. huanucensis

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Espostoa lanata

Espostoa nana
[Chilete, Peru]

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Gibbaeum

Gibbaeum gibbosum RH 3380

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Gymnocalycium

Gymnocalycium gibbosum

Small solitary cactus, it is a quite variable species, flowers are ivory white with a brownish mid rib, native to the mountains of Argentina from the south of the Buenos Aires province to Patagonia. Pretty easy to go, water regularly in summer, keep dry in winter, but can handle excessive water to little water, best for half-shade but grow well in full sun and full shade too (but in full sun turns an uneven brownish red colour), hardy to -12C.

Contains: mescaline.

Gymnocalycium gibbosum

Gymnocalycium gibbosum

[San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro]


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Gymnocalycium gibbosum var. ferox

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Gymnocalycium leeanum 'Yellow chin-cactus'

Contains: mescaline.

 Gymnocalycium leeanum v netrelianum GF167 

[Zapican, yellow-green flowers]

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Gymnocalycium saglione JL670

(Bolivia)

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Lophophora 'Peyote'


Slow growing, requires half shade in summer, full sun the rest of the year, grow it in a narrow and deep container to accommodate the tap root, they are very rot prone, so use highly gritty compost with much drainage, like other arid zone cacti, they require a dry and cool over-wintering otherwise they may succumb to rot. It also promotes flowering, assure good ventilation, Keep completely dry and cool in winter (An unheated greenhouse would be perfect) or when night temperatures remain below 10° C, it can survive low temperatures (approx. -7°C) for a short periods.

Lophophora diffusa

Globular spineless cactus with large tap root, solitary or forming variable stemmed clumps with few stems or sometime large mounded group with several heads, said to be the more primitive species of Lophophora, 5-12 cm in diameter (some population have larger stems up to 20-25 cm in diameter) skin is yellow-green or grey-green, usually lacking well-defined ribs and furrows, tufts of white hairs instead of spines, Flowers are commonly whitish to yellowish-white (or pinkish white), found growing in the driest, stoniest desert Xerophytic shrubland. L. diffusa grows mainly beneath the canopy of some locally dominant shrub and possible nurse plant (e.g. Larrea tridentata and Acacia sororia), endemic to the state of Querétaro, México it grows only in a small area in the hight desert between Vizarron, Bucareli, and Toliman. L. diffusa occurs at the south end of the range of the genus.

Contains: anhalinine, anhalonidine, hordenine, isopellotine, mescaline, N-methylmescaline, O-methylpellotine, pellotine.

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Lophophora diffusa


Lophophora diffusa

[Vizaron, Qro, Mex]

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Lophophora fricii

[syn. Lophophora diffusa v. fricii]

Globular spineless cactus with large tap root, pale grey-green to yellow-green, usually lacking well defined ribs and furrows, in habitat Lophophora fricii is a very mutable species, it´s hard to find any two similar plants at one location, particularly in terms of the bloom they are different at the same locations, this species grows around the lagoon near Viesca in the state of Coahuila, Northern Mexico.

Contains: mescaline, pellotine.

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Lophophora fricii


Lophophora fricii 'El Amparo'


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Lophophora fricii 'El Amparo'

Lophophora jourdaniana

Clumping flattened cactus, slowly forming small clumps up to 15cm in diameter, green (but more darker green than L. williamsii) are up to 4 cm tall, 5 cm in diameter, with a woolly top, rose-violet flowers, its native range is unknown origin, it’s a possibility that it could be a nursery produced cultivar.

Contains: mescaline, pellotine.

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Lophophora jourdaniana

Lophophora var. caespitosa

[syn. Lophophora forma ‘caespitosa’]

A densely-clumping clone of Lophophora williamsii.

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Lophophora var. caespitosa



Lophophora williamsii v. caespitosa JL968

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Lophophora williamsii 'Peyote'

[syn. Anhalonium williamsii]

Solitary or (rarely) caespitose spineless cactus, normally unicephalous but becoming polycephalous with age or injury, green, dull bluish or greyish green, very succulent, globular, top-shaped, or somewhat flattened up to 6 cm tall, 12 cm diameter, with a woolly top, flowers are usually pink (rarely whitish), fruit are club-shaped, red to pinkish, 2 cm long or shorter which can be very delectable and sweet-tasting when eaten, found in isolated or in groups usually in calcareous deserts, on rocky slopes, or in dried river beds, native range is the Chihuahuan Desert to the South Texas Plains, on either side of the middle and lower Rio Grande River, southward to the Mexican state of San Luís Potosí, extensive stands of peyote occur on the low, rocky hills in Starr, Zapata, Webb, and Jim Hogg counties of southern Texas. It is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Flora and Fauna.

Peyote has been used for centuries for the mystical effects experienced when it is ingested, it contains a large spectrum of phenethylamine alkaloids, the principal of which is mescaline, the top of the cactus that grows above ground, also referred to as the crown, consists of disc-shaped buttons that are cut from the roots and dried, these buttons are generally chewed, or boiled in water to produce a psychoactive tea, the resulting infusion is extremely bitter and, in most cases, the user experiences a high degree of nausea before the onset of the psychedelic effects.

Contains: N-acetyl-3-methoxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, alanine, anhalamine, anhalidine, anhalinine, anhalonidine (14% of the total alkaloids), anhalonine, anhalotine, 3,4-dihydroxy-5-methoxyphenethylamine, epinine, dopamine, 3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, N-acetylanhalamine, N-acetylanhalonine, N-formylanhalamine, N-formylanhalinine, N-formylanhalonidine, N-formylanhalonine, N-formyl-O-methylanhalonidine, N-formyl-3-methoxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, glycine (8% of the total alkaloids), hordenine, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (1 to 5% of the total alkaloids), isoanhalamine, isoanhalonidine, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxy-N-methylphenethylamine, isoanhalidine, isopellotine, lophophorine (5% of the total alkaloids), 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxy-N,N-dimethoxyphenethylamine, lophorine, lophotine iodide, mescaline (30% of the total alkaloids), mescaline citrimide, mescaline malaimide, mescaline maleimide, mescaline succinimide, isocitrimide lactone mescaline , N-acetylmescaline, N-formylmescaline, N-methylmescaline, mescalotam, 3-methoxytyramine, 3-methoxy-N-methyltyramine, 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltyramine, O-methylanhalonidine, O-methylpeyoxylic acid, O-methylpeyoruvic acid, N-methyltyramine, pellotine (17% of the total alkaloids), peyoglunal, peyoglutam, peyonine, peyophorine, peyouvic acid, peyotine iodide, peyoxylic acid, tyramine.

Lophophora williamsii


Lophophora williamsii
Mazapil, Mexico


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Lophophora williamsii 'Mazapil'


Lophophora williamsii
Refugio, Norias del Conde, Mexico

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Lophophora williamsii 'Refugio'


Lophophora williamsii f. decipiens

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Lophophora williamsii f. decipiens



Lophophora williamsii LX 228a

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Lophophora williamsii LX 228a



Lophophora williamsii MK 126.404
North Saltillo, Mexico

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Lophophora williamsii RS 375

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Lophophora williamsii RS 375

Lophophora williamsii SB 418
Presidio Co. Tx

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Lophophora williamsii VZD 37
JV Jesus, SLP, Mexico


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Lophophora williamsii JL802

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Lophophora williamsii JL2481

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Maihuenia poeppigii

Maihuenia poeppigii JA540

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Mammillaria

Mammillaria craigii

[syn. Mammillaria sonorensis, Mammillaria bellisiana, Mammillaria movensis, Mammillaria tesopacensis, Mammillaria tinuvieliae]

( Wichiri ) A beautifully geometric globe-shaped cactus with iridescent purple and orange flowers. Has long tufts of white wool at the base of its spines. This plant is consumed by splitting it open and ingesting the central tissue, sometimes after being roasted. The top of the cactus is considered the most powerful part, but the rest of the plant and its fruit have similar effects. Native to Southwestern Chihuahua, Sierra Tarahumara, and in del Rio Urinique, Mexico.

Mammillaria craigii Rog 217

El Divisadero, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Mammillaria aff. craigii Rog 733

[Mineral Polanco, Chihuahua, Mexico]

I have seen a large one of these sell for EUR 101.00 on eBay, very rare a desirable plants. 

1 PLANT AVAILABLE!

Mammillaria aff. craigii Rog 733

Mammillaria craigii E.Sp.665
[Kirare, Chihuahua, Mexico]

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Mammillaria craigii E.Sp.8065


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Mammillaria craigii E.Sp. 8065

Mammillaria craigii Rog 644
[Urique, Chihuahua, Mexico]

Collector: Helmut Rogozinski

Locality: México: Chihuahua (Cliff towards Urique)

Date: 2003

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Mammillaria craigii Rog 644


Mammillaria craigii REP 1585

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Mammillaria craigii Rog 637

Collector: Helmut Rogozinski

Locality: México : Chihuahua (Kírare / La Bufa, CHIH75 km 27.5)

Date: 2003

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Mammillaria craigii Rog 637

Mammillaria sonorensis Rog 659
 [Aroyo Cuchujaqui, Son]

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Mammillaria sonorensis Rog 659

Mammillaria sonorensis Rog 742
[Las Plomosas, Son]

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Mammillaria sonorensis Rog 742

Mammillaria sonorensis Rep 563
[Guirocoba Son]


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Mammillaria tesopacensis ESP 854
[Richt. Yecora km 254]

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Mammillaria tesopacensis ESP 854

Mammillaria tesopacensis JL3037

Seed collected by Joël Lodé

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Mammillaria tesopacensis Rog 693
[Rosario, Movas, Son]

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Mammillaria tesopacensis Rog 693

Mammillaria tesopasensis

[Sonora]

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Mammillaria standleyi L086 

[long twisted spines, red flowers]


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Mammillaria grahamii

[syn. Mammillaria microcarpa] 

Cylindrical or globus, to 6 cm around with small tubercles and naked Axils, violet or purple flowers sometimes with white edges, native to desert grasslands of Chihuahua and Arizona, valued by shamans who use this plant in special ceremonies, the fruit of this plant also possesses magical effects. 

Don't add limestone to the potting mix, which must be moderately acidic, it can be sensitive to frost (but some populations are resistant to -10° C), maximum sun exposure is needed to reach its full potential, and to achieve success in flowering, a winter rest that allows the plant to shrivel (perhaps losing up to 25% of its summer height) will encourage flowering and long-time survival.

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

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Mammillaria grahamii

Mammillaria grahamii

Apache, Pima, Chiricahua & Mescaleros: They used the fresh and dried fruit primarily for children, as a snack food. Pima: They used the boiled plant placed warm in the ear for earaches and suppurating ears. Seri and Pima also used it in special ceremonies by shamans.  Fruits are also said to produce hallucinatory effects.

Mammillaria grahamii DJF1000

[17 Rincon Mts, NM, (large pink flowers)]


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Mammillaria grahamii DJF1000

Mammillaria heyderi

A ball shaped cactus with geometric rings of low triangular tubercles. This plant has white spines and gorgeous pink to red flowers with iridescent centers, and red fruit. Several different varieties known to exist.  Contains: N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine. M. heyderi var.hemisphaerica also contains the same psychoactive alkaloid.

Mammillaria heyderi ssp. applanata

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Mammillaria heyderi ssp. applanata

Mammillaria heyderi ssp. hemisphaerica SB859 Cameron Co. Tx.

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Mammillaria heyderi ssp. hemisphaerica SB859 Cameron Co. Tx.

Mammillaria heyderi PN 507

[sn. Juan de las Dios, Dgo]

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Mammillaria heyderi PN 507

Mammillaria heyderi JRT4182

[Wichita Co. TX] 

[long red spines tiny stem]

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Mammillaria heyderi var. hemispherica SB85

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Mammillaria aff. heyderi Rog s.n.

[Minas Navidad, Dgo.]

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Mammillaria heyderi ssp. meiacantha VM419 

[Sierra de la Paila Coah]

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Mammillaria magnimamma Rog 118

[Mexicó, Hidalgo (El Banco)]

2 PLANTS AVAILABLE 4CM X 4CM!

Mammillaria magnimamma E.Sp.

[Rancho Los Mambrias]

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Mammillaria magnimamma CH 449 

[San Lorenzo, SLP (clustering,long curly spines)]

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Mammillaria meiacantha JRT5191 

[San Miguel Co, NM (glaucus blue stem)]

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Mammillaria meiacantha 56251.10 

[Eddy Co., NM, 5750ft, 1753m (ALPLAINS)]

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Mammillaria senilis

[Syn: Mamilopsis senilis]

Branching basally to form clumps, globose to cylindrical, up to 15 cm tall and 10 cm wide, spines are white with yellow tips, upper and lower ones hooked, flowers are usually orange-red, but also yellow or near white to pink (rare), found growing on moss-covered boulders in pine forests at high altitudes, native range Chihuahua, Jalisco and Sinaloa, Mexico at 2.400 - 2.800m.

Slow growing species, said to be one of the most difficult Mammillaria to keep and grow that needs lots of light with ample airflow, water regularly in summer, but do not overwater (very wet-sensitively, especially in light of its small root system) Water thoroughly only if soil is dry to the touch, let soil dry in between to prevent root rot, keep very dry in winter, use a very porous acidic potting media (Avoid to add limestone!), with excellent drainage, as can be achieved by the addition of extra perlite or pumice, feed with a high potassium fertilizer  in summer. It is a mountain plant that prefers somewhat cooler temps and it proved to be quite frost resistant if kept dry and hardy as low as -5° C (some reports give it hardy to -10°C or less).

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

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Mammillaria senilis

Mammillaria senilis Rog 514

[Papasquiaro Richtung Topia, Dgo]

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Mammillaria senilis

(Chihuahua, Mexico)

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Mammillaria senilis var. albiflora

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Melocactus 


Melocactus peruvianus 'Turk's Cap Cactus'

Stout spined globular plant to 10″. Red central cephalium, pink flowers. Rare species that occurs in the dry Andean foothills. The closely related Melocactus bellavistensis has recently been reported as an entheogen in Loja, Ecuador. Z10a

Melocactus peruvianus

[Lurin Valley, Peru]

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Myrtilloca​ctus


Myrtilloca​ctus geometriza​ns

Native to the central Mexican plateau, a tree-like plant with distinct upward curving branches, stems have 4 to 5 wide ribs, bearing slightly felted areoles set far apart, has 5 small, reddish-brown radial spines. Each areole can have several short, greenish flowers. The edible fruit is bright blue and globular, reminiscent of a blueberry in appearance.

They are semi hardy, if exposed to temperatures below -4°C they may die, nevertheless it is a good advice never let the night times temperatures fall below 10°C, water regularly in summer but allow to dry fully before watering again, needs a well-drained soil mix with small gravel added to ensure drainage, during the winter months they should be rather kept dry and water is restricted to only enough to keep the stems and branches from shrivelling, since they are big sized plants need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year or when the plant has outgrown its pot, exposure: Light shade when young, full sun later.

Contains: mescaline.

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Myrtilloca​ctus geometriza​ns

Myrtillocactus geometrizans JL3294

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