Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
Peyote, considered a living god, El Mescalito has a long history among the natives of northern Mexico and Southwestern USA – at least 5700 years, say archeologists. Then it was demonized and driven underground by the Spanish conquerors in the 16th century. But thanks to the wonders of modern cultivation, you can have one of these sacred Lophophora williamsii in your own home.
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Please note that it's possible to receive 2- or 3-headed cacti, which are the result of intertwined roots from numerous seeds germinating together, or from a single split seed.
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii): El Mescalito, considered a living god
The Spanish named the demonic plant peyote, from the Nahuatl word peyotl. It’s is a small cactus with fuzzy tufts instead of spines that rarely rises more than 3-4 cm above the soil surface, the largest part of the cactus being its long underground taproot.
Peyote is native to southwestern Texas and Mexico, growing in scrubby desert and preferring limestone soil. Currently in Texas it has been over-harvested and its habitat increasingly used for ranching, to the point that peyote is listed as an endangered species. This is made worse by the fact that peyote is extremely slow growing, though cultivated ones grow faster, with mature, flowering and harvestable (approx 3 inches in diameter) adult cacti taking less than three years to grow from seed.
Only in the 1900s did peyote gain public attention again, with the establishment of the Native American Church and the legal protection it was given.
PEYOTE INGREDIENTS
Peyote is another of nature’s wonderful chemical factories, making more than 50 alkaloids. The most interesting of these is the powerful entheogen mescaline, which makes up about 0.3% of the fresh cactus and 1-2% dried.
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Excellent
A cactus symbol that should not be in every collection
Gesund und...
Glücklich.
Peyote
Happy with my twin buttons, they arrived packaged well and healthy.
Cactus robuste, mais c'est lent!
J'ai acheté un peyotl il y a quatre ans et il m'a donné sa première fleur cette année!
Je n'ajoute aucun intrant, et bien ç apousse quand même mais pas vite.
Par contre il resiste à pas mal de choses: sécheresse, humidité, fraicheur, chaleur
bellissimo
ho messo il cactus insieme ai miei astrophytum, si è adattato benissimo, dopo pochi giorni dall'arrivo ha fatto due bellissimi fiori color malva, sono super contento.
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Perfetto nel suo splendore
Ottimo imballaggio arrivato prima del previsto
Pousse très lentement
En 4 mois, n'a grandi que d'un petit centimètre de haut... Il va falloit un moment avant la conso, cependant, bien reçu et semble en très bonne santé !
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perfectly adapting to its new bigger pot, amazingly the delivery was perfect (more than 2 weeks traveling and it arrived perfectly :D
Still going strong
I bought one of these from Zamnesia around a year ago and she’s still looking good.
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