Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.

Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.

Color photo of a single L. diffusa button.

Color photo of a large cluster of peyote buttons.

Living Control Peyote Plant [TX, USA]

Lophophora williamsii (peyote) cacti with full root still attached. [UK]

A small cultivated peyote (Lophophora williamsii) button. [Mexico]

Beautiful photo of a newly rooted peyote button which took only 4 months to root.

Large cluster of Lophophora Williamsii buttons. It has been the photographer's companion for 24 years. [Australia]

A large cluster of Lophophora williamsii buttons growing. [Mexico]

A nine-headed Lophophora williamsii growing in rocky medium. [Australia]

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.

Color photo of a single potted peyote button next to a columnar cacti (Mexico City).

Lophophora williamsii - Two peyote buttons with stem and roots intact, showing exposed soil. [Holland]

Color photo of a pot full of peyote buttons, the oldest is 12 yrs old (S. Arizona).

Color photo of a peyote plant 3 months after transplanting. Behind it is an amenite from the desert arround real de catorce, Mexico.

Close-up color photo of a single potted peyote button. Originally from "Real de 14", Mexico City.

Color photo of a pot full of peyote buttons, the oldest is 12 yrs old (S. Arizona).

Color photo of 2 buttons growing in small pots.

Color photo of single peyote button.

Color photo of single peyote button.

Color photo of a group of cultivated peyote buttons in a pot.

Color photo of a medium sized peyote button surrounded by several smaller buttons.

Color photo of a collection of potted L. williamsii of various sizes. Largest specimen is 10 years old. (UK, 2002).

Color photo of a group of cultivated peyote buttons in a pot.

Color photo from above of single spiral button.

Color photo of the side of single spiral button.

Color photo of a large collection of peyote buttons grafted onto Myrtillocactus geometrizans cacti.

Color photo of a large collection of peyote buttons grafted onto Myrtillocactus geometrizans cacti in the foreground and San Pedro cacti in the background.

18-month-old Lophophora williamsii grafted onto Pereskiopsis spathulata. [West Coast, USA]

Photo of several L. williamsii var. caespitosa in a pot.

Black and white drawing of button and root.

First known botanical illustration of Lophophora williamsii.

Single peyote button. Used during first trip with freshly picked buttons. [Laredo TX]

Seven fresh cut peyote buttons on a brown plywood table. [Laredo TX]

Two fresh cut peyote buttons on a human hand. [Laredo TX]

A fresh peyote button with a bite out of one side. "Getting the final one down." [Laredo TX]

Three flowering Lophophora williamsii (peyote) buttons. [S. Africa]

Beautiful close-up photo of a flowering L. williamsii. [San Luis Potosi, Mexico]

Lophophora williamsii (peyote) in full bloom. [Europe]

A mature specimen of Lophophora williamsii with two flowers. [UK]

Beautiful photo of a flowering Lophophora williamsii. [S. TX, USA]

Color photo of a L. williamsii button in bloom.

Close-up color photo of a L. williamsii button with two flowers.

Close-up color photo of a L. williamsii button with two flowers.

Extreme close-up color photo of a L. williamsii flower.

Color photo of a L. williamsii button in with two flowers.

Close-up color photo of a pair of peyote buttons, one flowering, taken at the Peyote Foundation.

Color photo of a half buried L. williamsii button in bloom.

Color photo of flowering peyote buttons.

Color photo showing a side view of two L. williamsii flowers.

Color photo of two flowering peyote buttons.

Color photo of a L. williamsii button in with two flowers.

Closeup color photo of a flowering peyote button next to a seedpod.

Beautiful color photo of a single flowering peyote button (5 cm diameter)

Another color photo of a single flowering peyote button (5 cm diameter)

A pot-grown peyote plant at around twelve years old with two fresh flowers and dried remnants of old flowers. [Barcelona]

Closeup color photo of a peyote seedpod.

Photo of a seed packet for L. williamsii var Decipiens (Netherlands).

Proper Harvesting Technique - Before [TX, USA]

Proper Peyote Harvesting Technique - After [TX, USA]

Peyote plant that died after the button was harvested. [TX, USA]

Branching from the underground stem. [TX, USA]

Three new buttons regrowing after harvest on a live test subject. [TX, USA]

New peyote heads emerging after harvest.

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]

Color photo of two dried L. williamsii buttons.

Color photo of three dried L. williamsii buttons.

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 .