[Obsidian]

Peruvian Landrace: Kotosh Purpura

I have been going to Peru since 1994 after I met Guillermo Arevalo through one of my teachers, Mark Plotkin. This was before Guillermo became known as Ketsenbetsa, and played the Shaman in the film "Blueberry"
I started drinking ayahuasca with him and his wives in Sept 94 and continued to work with him till 2005.
In 2007 my Bro, Friend, Teacher, and Shaman Peter Gorman, writer of "Drug War Follies" in Skunk Mag introduced me to the family he has worked and studied Ayahuasca and plant healing with since the late 1980's.
Peter's story is one everyone should read in his book "Ayahuasca in my Blood"

It's during this time between 2007 - present that I spent several years looking for weed in the Lima, Cuzco, Iquitos, Trujillo, and Chavin regions while working with many of Peru's Ayahuasca, and Huachuma Curanderos.
What cannabis I did find was brown compost most of the time, and occasionalyl I'd get smoked out on something nice.

It wasn't until 2013 while journeying on the riverbaot Sophie downriver on the Ucayali that I smelled that scent/taste I've only encountered 4-5 times in my life. I was like a bloodhound sniffing out the weed, and I found it with a young Hassidic Jewish Man, named Abram.
We talked, he rolled and passed me some of the finest tasting, most psychedelic cannabis I've tasted in my 45+yrs of puffing.
He told me they grew "Mono Rojo" and he was going home to Ankash after delivering their latest shipment to Iquitos, where I had boarded earlier that afternoon.
That night he invited me to celebrate some ritual, and afterwards we puffed all night long. I just kept getting higher and higher, I was tripping like I was on Aya, DMT, L, and Boomers all at the ame time, the spirits of the forest were showing themselves to my third eye, ribbons, and patterns were superimposed over my vision. I was home in the Jungle.
17hrs later in Puerto G***** where I disembarked, abram gave me a large roll of newspaper. I could smell the fine scent of Connoisseur Cannabis.
What he gave me I found out today was only what the growers smoke and grow for themselves. This is not Cannabis sold on the market or to anyone they do not know.
He said it comes from Peru, and has been grown here by them for over 50yrs, they brought the seed with them when they settled in Peru. He said he does not know where the seed originates(this is where I hope Sam's DNA project can fill us in).

Here's the fun stuff.
I started 8 seeds in June 13th or so 2015
I left on an overseas journey throughout Asia buying gemstones in July, and my wife did not care for the plants at all, they were in 1gal pots in Moonshine mix(search ICMAG).
My boy watered them when he said he saw them getting burnt by this summers Southern Oregon heat wave.
I came home to extremely tall, not stretchy, decent spaced internodeds, thin leafed sativas, and 5 males starting to show already on day 60-75 from seed. Females did not show till day 90-100 from seed.
I was surprised by the christmas tree shapes nice looking mexi type columbian type like I grew in the 70's
I planted these into 20something smart pots I had from Colorado filled them with moonshine mix, bat and bird guano, and fed them with nectar of the gods till Sept 15th when I started flushing a tad early, but as I watch them now I think they have just enough trace nutes to finninsh up by Jan 2016








3 distinct phenos showing from the sample of 8 seeds started
scents range from fruity berry on the thicker tighter noded green leaf, and typical comersh scent on the other green tight noded pheno.
the third is clove, frankincense, and something else I can't place a name to yet. I'm guessing March before first samples will be ready for tasting.

[djimb]

Gorgeous plants! They look so wild and unworked. I'm subbed.

[Chomba64]

I hope you are preserving this line. Keep up posted. Peace

[Obsidian]

I'm hoping for something unique.
Today I was examining the bud structure and noticed someting interesting, one of the plants exhibits little to no stigma(hairs), there are lots of calyxes with very little to no oil glans.

edit: the no stigma smells of mersh
the hairy one smells of fruity berries







This is what mono rojo is named for
the hairy structure







the Purple Red
named for the region where this Cannabis is grown

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by djimb

Gorgeous plants! They look so wild and unworked. I'm subbed.

Don't they though. I have another 38 seeds. Hoping for more variation 2016.
They already exhibit their own specific traits.

Originally Posted by Chomba64

I hope you are preserving this line. Keep up posted. Peace

Yes, this is a ongoing project. I have dozens of clones from each of the females, and the 5 males were culled.
I will make seed in 2016, not sure about crosses yet, want to keep this line pure as possible. You never know what may happen this next year.

[Croissant]

thanks for exploring and doing preservation work with the line. Hopefully it gets to a point you feel satisfied in sharing your work with other enthusiasts!

[LostTribe]

Originally Posted by Obsidian

Don't they though. I have another 38 seeds. Hoping for more variation 2016.
They already exhibit their own specific traits.


Yes, this is a ongoing project. I have dozens of clones from each of the females, and the 5 males were culled.
I will make seed in 2016, not sure about crosses yet, want to keep this line pure as possible. You never know what may happen this next year.

If you want to keep the lines pure why did you cull the males?

I also frequent the land of the Inca and plan to send back beans next visit was too noid last trip to mess with serpost.

I too have enjoyed the mono rojo, el skan y la maldita....always sativa and always a great head.

Quidate ciao!

LT

[Roms]

Good luck with them and the next reproduction Obsidian, thanks for the informations!

I find them a resemblance with South Africans... (austronesian roots?)

[_tessarecting]

That's big medicine

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by LostTribe

If you want to keep the lines pure why did you cull the males?

I also frequent the land of the Inca and plan to send back beans next visit was too noid last trip to mess with serpost.

I too have enjoyed the mono rojo, el skan y la maldita....always sativa and always a great head.

Quidate ciao!

LT

I'm not producing seed now, next season I'm planting more seeds, and will continue my work.
Thing is, I can only grow 16 legal plants with our 12 OMMP and 4 Recreational
Choice and space is limited as to what we grow.

I've puffed all that in Peru over the last 20+ yrs, and I'm not impressed with any of the herb, and this is easily 100x better than any street weed in sold in Peru. It ranks with the top 3 I've encountered in the last 40+yrs of consuming cannabis.

I was at the right place the right time. Chulachaki gave me a gift and it materialized.