solomon Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) #Note from mod: S. divinorum is legal where centipede lives. Be sure to keep the discussion legal if it is not where you live. Thanks.# (Sorry ballzac, I will remember to add a disclaimer next time I post about plants scheduled in Aus) Hey all These Salvia divinorum plants have been in the ground in this greenhouse for close to a year now. Most of the new tips are a different shape and a purple colour. I can only hope these are flowers. Kicking myself because I tipped half of them just before they started growing like this... Edited July 10, 2012 by centipede Disclaimer added 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shamanistic Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Yeah that's a flower, although I am only going off what I've seen of Sally in pictures since I do not own one. Be sure to show us some pictures when it's in full bloom. By the way, is that Salvia outside? I would have thought that it would have hated the cool climate of the south island. Edited August 6, 2012 by Shamanistic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solomon Posted June 4, 2012 Ah coooool Will definitely be taking photos and pollinating if possible. Will have to get the other flowering Salvias in the garden IDd now. Nope it's in a crappy plastic greenhouse. Nice and humid in there but it probably gets down to 5 degrees at night. How cold does it have to be for a sub to fruit in there? Planted one outside sheltered under a Physalis species and it is growing. Slowly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nemisty Posted June 4, 2012 Woah epic! Would be cool if you got two to flower at the same time! Salvia Divinorum must be a short day plant then. I will die a happy man if I ever get a salvia plant to flower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) Any updates centipede? Edited June 20, 2012 by Halcyon Daze 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solomon Posted June 15, 2012 Very nice Halcyon Daze. I'm surprised your friend's plant doesn't have more purple to the tips. They must live somewhere warm, PNG springs to mind for some reason.. Can you ask them how tall it is? My shortest plant starting to flower is 3 feet, hadn't been tipped in about 6 months. Not much to update on yet, they have grown, just painfully slowly. Almost Solstice, hopefully they survive the cold weather and flower happily! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted June 15, 2012 It was 5 foot and in heavy shade, maybe a little morning sun. It isn't that warm actually due to the altitude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted June 17, 2012 awesome, i hope they set seed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted June 23, 2012 My sister in Kalifornia said they don't normally set seed? Would be interesting to see if it does and they were viable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted June 26, 2012 cool! its supposed to be rare - you got a tropical climate? I dunno if seed is a possibility Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etherealdrifter Posted June 26, 2012 it has been known for seeds to be set in this environment but whether all those seeds were viable is a different question. GO centrifuge:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solomon Posted June 26, 2012 @mutant: definitely not tropical More like a nice micro climate amongst all the frost. Stuff like Brugmansia sanguinea, tamarillo doesn't do badly over winter here. It would seem like the flowering is down to the light levels? as I have seen a few friends plants in the Southern hemisphere flowering at the moment. @ed, shot brother. there are some pics on the net somewhere showing how to pollinate. That dude from PNG got sprouts but they were slow if I remember, and I think it was pretty much growing wild where he was. Will get some pics up in a day or two, really slow but it is pretty cold at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted June 26, 2012 heh I still think they hate dry so I was fast to say tropical I have to make another attempt with these plants sometime, but with their need for high humidity I am too bored to bother. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etherealdrifter Posted June 26, 2012 so you are a 'high humidity snob' then...............i thought you were above the high humidity arguments mun. i thought you were cooler 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woof woof woof Posted June 26, 2012 I've gave them a shot,... but they didnt like it here in the trops where I'm at. I thought it was too hot for them. SO it could have been the humidity. Interesting!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solomon Posted July 8, 2012 Here are a few pics I took just now. The flowering plants leaves have gone a lot paler than their non flowering sisters over the last month, I wonder if they need a feed.. The flash makes it more apparent. Here is a new flower And a couple older ones so slow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted July 15, 2012 Congratulations man! :D I knew you would get flowers soon. <Salvia is legal for me too> In terms of the light colour of the leaves. I'm wondering the same thing. I planted one into the garden, and it's leaves have gone extremely pale. I gave it a feed 2~ weeks ago, and it hasn't changed colour. It gets f-a- light, so maybe it's just light deficient. Another one I planted in the ground at my folks has gone great, and has been fine outside for the winter so far. It didn't even look like it had dropped leaves yet, but there could be a few frosts on the way that'll knock it back a bit. Just have to wait and see. Also, in case you haven't already, might pay to read about Daniel Siebert and what he did with his flowers and seeds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites