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Archived Images #
Lophophora diffusa #
Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.
Photo by Murple, © 2000 Erowid.
Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.
Photo by Murple, © 2000 Erowid.
Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.
Photo by Murple, © 2000 Erowid.
Lophophora williamsii (peyote) #
Color photo of a large cluster of peyote buttons.
Photo by knehnav, used with permission.
Living Control Peyote Plant [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
Lophophora williamsii (peyote) cacti with full root still attached. [UK]
Photo by Farmer Dodds. © 2011 Erowid.org
A small cultivated peyote (Lophophora williamsii) button. [Mexico]
Photo by Koto. © 2011 Erowid.org
Beautiful photo of a newly rooted peyote button which took only 4 months to root.
Photo by WhiteRabbit, © 2002 Erowid.
Large cluster of Lophophora Williamsii buttons. It has been the photographer's companion for 24 years. [Australia]
Photo by Skeet. © 2007 Erowid.org
A large cluster of Lophophora williamsii buttons growing. [Mexico]
Photo by Lucho. © 2009 Erowid.org
A nine-headed Lophophora williamsii growing in rocky medium. [Australia]
Photo by Skeet. © 2007 Erowid.org
Beautiful color photo of a L. williamsii button. Notice how tall the button is. It was grown in Canada, thus stretching for the sun, and now only recently after being put under lights, is returing to its normal shape.
Photo by WhiteRabbit, © 2002 Erowid.
Color photo of a single potted peyote button next to a columnar cacti (Mexico City).
Photo by Humito, © 2000 Erowid.
Lophophora williamsii - Two peyote buttons with stem and roots intact, showing exposed soil. [Holland]
Photo by Hamhurricane. © 2011 Erowid.org
Color photo of a pot full of peyote buttons, the oldest is 12 yrs old (S. Arizona).
Photo by JeeLiX, © 2002 Erowid.
Color photo of a peyote plant 3 months after transplanting. Behind it is an amenite from the desert arround real de catorce, Mexico.
Photo by JeeLiX, © 2002 Erowid.
Close-up color photo of a single potted peyote button. Originally from "Real de 14", Mexico City.
Photo by Humito, © 2000 Erowid.
Color photo of a pot full of peyote buttons, the oldest is 12 yrs old (S. Arizona).
Photo by JeeLiX, © 2002 Erowid.
Color photo of 2 buttons growing in small pots.
Photo by knehnav, used with permission.
Color photo of single peyote button.
Photo by John W. Allen
Color photo of single peyote button.
Photo by John W. Allen
Color photo of a group of cultivated peyote buttons in a pot.
Photo by John W. Allen
Color photo of a medium sized peyote button surrounded by several smaller buttons.
Photo by MeneerCactus, © 2002 Erowid.
Color photo of a collection of potted L. williamsii of various sizes. Largest specimen is 10 years old. (UK, 2002).
Photo by Add.L, © 2002 Erowid.org
Color photo of a group of cultivated peyote buttons in a pot.
Photo by John W. Allen
Color photo from above of single spiral button.
Photo by knehnav, used with permission.
Color photo of the side of single spiral button.
Photo by knehnav, used with permission.
Color photo of a large collection of peyote buttons grafted onto Myrtillocactus geometrizans cacti.
Photo taken at the Peyote Foundation by anonymous contributor.
Color photo of a large collection of peyote buttons grafted onto Myrtillocactus geometrizans cacti in the foreground and San Pedro cacti in the background.
Photo taken at the Peyote Foundation by anonymous contributor.
18-month-old Lophophora williamsii grafted onto Pereskiopsis spathulata. [West Coast, USA]
Photo by Talus. © 2016 Erowid.org
Photo of several L. williamsii var. caespitosa in a pot.
Photo by Chris Kamarampi, © 2002 Erowid.
Black and white drawing of button and root.
Artist unknown.
First known botanical illustration of Lophophora williamsii.
From Botanical Magazine, 1847.
Single peyote button. Used during first trip with freshly picked buttons. [Laredo TX]
Photo by XDLT. © 2017 Erowid.org
Seven fresh cut peyote buttons on a brown plywood table. [Laredo TX]
Photo by XDLT. © 2017 Erowid.org
Two fresh cut peyote buttons on a human hand. [Laredo TX]
Photo by XDLT. © 2017 Erowid.org
A fresh peyote button with a bite out of one side. "Getting the final one down." [Laredo TX]
Photo by XDLT. © 2017 Erowid.org
Lophophora williamsii (flowering) #
Three flowering Lophophora williamsii (peyote) buttons. [S. Africa]
Photo by Michael Knott. © 2007 Erowid.org
Beautiful close-up photo of a flowering L. williamsii. [San Luis Potosi, Mexico]
Photo by Mr. B. © 2007 Erowid.org
Lophophora williamsii (peyote) in full bloom. [Europe]
Photo by Chacer. © 2011 Erowid.org
A mature specimen of Lophophora williamsii with two flowers. [UK]
Photo by Haymaker. © 2011 Erowid.org
Beautiful photo of a flowering Lophophora williamsii. [S. TX, USA]
Photo by Wayne James, © 2005 Erowid.org
Color photo of a L. williamsii button in bloom.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Close-up color photo of a L. williamsii button with two flowers.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Close-up color photo of a L. williamsii button with two flowers.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Extreme close-up color photo of a L. williamsii flower.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Color photo of a L. williamsii button in with two flowers.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Close-up color photo of a pair of peyote buttons, one flowering, taken at the Peyote Foundation.
Photo by anonymous contributor.
Color photo of a half buried L. williamsii button in bloom.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Color photo of flowering peyote buttons.
Photo by knehnav, used with permission.
Color photo showing a side view of two L. williamsii flowers.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Color photo of two flowering peyote buttons.
Photo by Anonymous Photographer, © 2000 Erowid.
Color photo of a L. williamsii button in with two flowers.
Photo by Christopher B, © 2000 Erowid.org
Closeup color photo of a flowering peyote button next to a seedpod.
Photo by Jangrow, © 2002 Erowid.
Beautiful color photo of a single flowering peyote button (5 cm diameter)
Photo by Clint Bridges, © 2002 Erowid.
Another color photo of a single flowering peyote button (5 cm diameter)
Photo by Clint Bridges, © 2002 Erowid.
A pot-grown peyote plant at around twelve years old with two fresh flowers and dried remnants of old flowers. [Barcelona]
Photo by anonymous. © 2012 Erowid.org
Lophophora williamsii (fruit / seeds) #
Closeup color photo of a peyote seedpod.
Photo by Jangrow, © 2002 Erowid.
Photo of a seed packet for L. williamsii var Decipiens (Netherlands).
Photo by Murple, © 2002 Erowid.
Lophophora williamsii (harvesting) #
Proper Harvesting Technique - Before [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
Proper Peyote Harvesting Technique - After [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
Peyote plant that died after the button was harvested. [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
Branching from the underground stem. [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
Three new buttons regrowing after harvest on a live test subject. [TX, USA]
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
New peyote heads emerging after harvest.
Photo by Keeper Trout. © 2011 Erowid.org
A page from "Peyote: America's Baffling Sex Button" by Jack H. Davis. Full of misinformation as part of a drug scare piece, the front page includes several errors. "Peyote comes from the fruit of the mescal cactus and has long been used in Indian sex rites." "Growing Wild in Many Parts of the U.S., This 'Orgy Drug' Causes Hallucinations and Wild Desires. Yet Many States Still Don't Have a Law Against It." "Most peyote-chewers are bohemian types. Drug is cheap and plentiful, and the legal risk is sometimes slight." From article titled Sasha's Peyote and Mescaline: Excavating and Digitizing the Cactus Papers, by Keeper Trout [California, USA]
Photo by K Trout. © 2016 Erowid.org
Lophophora williamsii (dried buttons) #
Color photo of two dried L. williamsii buttons.
Photo by Anonymous Photographer, © 2000 Erowid.org
Color photo of three dried L. williamsii buttons.
Photo by Erowid, © 2000 Erowid.org
Peyote Tea / Preparations #
A jar of peyote-based concentrated sacramental tea from the Peyote Way Church in Arizona with green lid. Label reads "Recommended ingestion procedure. Sip and wait 20 minutes. Sip and wait 20 minutes. Should take 4-6 hours minimum. Peyote is a succulent that takes 12 years to grow to maturity. Each sip is like eating half a button/peyote top. Slow as you go works best!! Please return jar with unfinished contents when done. From "A Remote Arizona Church Offers Followers Peyote-Induced Psychedelic Trips" in Phoenix New Times .
Photo by Andrew Pielage. © 2014 Andrew Pielage
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