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Everything posted by Stillman
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not likely what varieties have you personally tried the dwarf types are inactive.
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Just curiously does anyone know of any serious side effects from ingesting S splendens?
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I did some testing today smoked a small amount of leaf and flowers from a purple flowered S splendens then chewed a flower up as well. Feel very relaxed and spaced out now maybe a touch of blurred vision and difficulty typing, I think if I was to blend a few varieties and species of Salvia together and smoke or chew it up you could have a very interesting time. Definitely doing a bit more research.
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did some research on one of my S splendens bought as Salvia vanhoutei Interestingly enough it was one of the first S splendens kept before it was dwarfed and may hold a few more interesting elements or possibly higher levels, in saying this it will have to be researched to access if any of this is true. An extract I found on a gardening forum Here is the scoop on Salvia vanhouttei. I got the burgundy (brownish-red) flowered plant from Longwood Gardens who in turn purchased it from a nursery in South Africa on a buying trip. I then disseminated the plant to as many nurseries, collectors, and botanical grdens that were interested over several years. The plant in the images posted looks like this form. Betsy Clebsch had Dr. Ian Hedge, emeritus of the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh and the world's foremost expert on Salvias check out the provenance of Salvia vanhouttei and determined that it was probably the result of early breeding experiments on Salvia splendens by Dutch or Belgian nurserymen. The sport was named after van Houtte, a Belgian who did much collecting in Brazil. The original burgundy form often throws orange flowered seedlings that look a lot like the ancestral splendens. These were distributed by several persons, including Frances Parker of Beaufort, SC. In my hands, many of these were weak growers. One of the individuals who bought the burgundy vanhouttei was Barb Smith of Pendleton, SC (near Clemson University). She came up with the form Paul (dark purple), named after her son. Some of the Paul clone generated the other forms, including a lavender, a plum, a light orange (peach), and other orange to red forms. Pine Knot Nursery of southern Virginia (Clarksville) near Henderson, NC also had a plant of Paul that threw similar colored forms, which I have. Properly, all of these plants should be listed as Salvia splendens, although there probably are genes from other sages thet contribute the different leaf shapes, growth habits, and flower colors. Any generation after F2 is going to develop forms that vary from one parent to the other. Naming these is a problem, since many of the discoverers of the chance seedlings have not given them varietal names. just a bit of info for anyone who is interested. Mick
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I have had alot of carnivorous plants because they require wet feet they tend to provide a good environment for mozzies more than actually control populations. But they are very very cool. Try to get rid of any stagnant water if mozzies are bad honestly the best bet are some sort of citronella candle or coil also they dislike wind movement so a hand helf abttery fan will blow them away too.
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Cool man I have a few different salvias not just splendens and am going to collect some more so give me a few weeks and I tried two experiments with S splendens today I chewed some flowers from a blue S splendens and definitely got some effect and later in the day tried a few leaves from a red variety which made me feel odd as well. I also have a Salvia guaranitica and another Salvia that I can't remember but is supposed to heighten memory and recall. Once I do some testing I want to try and make a blend and see what happens.
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or could be or S guaranitica I haven't done enough research to be able to classify them but I think it will definitely be a bit of a hobby this summer.
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We found a few nice specimens at a nursery was curious if anyone could help me narrow down species type? Thanks in Advance. Mick 1 2 3
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Did a google and the top pic is I by my untrained eye Salvia splendens "blue ribbon"
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That is great news now for doing the research. Cool I was wondering if you guys could id these guys for me too. I think its a S elegans but I don't know.
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I only just got it, so unsure of the seed setting ability. I also found some SALVIA guaranitica from the markets today which apparently contains some interesting stuff. I may have to give the Salvias a better look.
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I tasted a flower chewing it up and then spat it out, it was very bitter. I'm thinking I might have to do some research with this one, I think it might have some magic.
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so would you say this is a micropyhilla hybrid?
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Thank you very much, that was fast.
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Sorry about the dodgy photos.
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After reading some more Tagete lucida most beneficial use may be with nausea and as a calmative during peyote/ san pedro ceremonies?
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From what I have read the drying process can destroy alot of the potency so the key I think is subtle quick drying, I think a strong tea of this in conjuncture with smoking this and maybe a blend of Tagetes minutus? spelling ( stinking roger plant).
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This is also true Philocacti I love coco canna best and simplest hydroponic system. Whether it can be adapted to cacti is yet to be seen.
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I currently don't have a big collection and alot of what I keep is cacti that I have found that I think is pleasing to the eye, but I do have a couple interesting E pachanoi hybrids that I look forward to growing out. Gymnocalycium denudatum Some sort of Echinopsis hybrid Labeled as lobivia Unknown Unknown Unknown and my two recently received Echinopsis pachanoi
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yep your right the two top pics are complete canna coco media Its an experiment They are roughly 6 cm deep in media which in the hot house takes around 4 days to dry out completely. I think in summer I might see some beneficial growth and in winter I will keep it completely dry. I'm not saying I'm going to see great results but I am a massive canna cocco fan and I was curious as to how it will work. I also have 1 E pachanoi in cocco and one in traditional mix both running quarter strength nutes over summer to see how it fly's. I read somewhere that it has been done in controlled environments, because it is an opened door mini hothouse inside a greenhouse the heat should be there to pull it off and it will not get any extra unwanted water/ moisture. If I can get great growth than it will be justified I think.
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Mammillaria Bombycina. cool it is an amazing looking cacti, Went and bought a few more today, they are truely Alien looking plants.
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The Gymnos are cool it produces a heap of pups they do really well in my climate if you keep them out of full sun.
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I grow a bit of everything a lot of mexican herbs and culinary plants. Chillis, tomatillos, epazote. My brother in law and I are starting a fair collection or more interesting stuff you guys might be interested in.