Leafy Ethno Photo/Grow Log

[solomon]

Thought I would start a thread to document my experiences growing leafy ethnobotanicals.

Hopefully some of this will benefit people growing in a colder climate.

Leonotis leonurus in snow

Physalis peruviana before flowering

Psychotria alba

Duboisia hopwoodi seedlings. Just noticed these today, has been a couple months since I sowed these.

Ugni molinae

Will update as soon as I take some more pics.

[etherealdrifter]

your zeal is invigorating centipede

keep us up to date brother

[solomon]

Macropiper excelsum.. yummy!

Brugmansia sanguinea tree

Leonurus cardiaca

[ferret]

good work with the Duboisia dude, mine never freed themselves from their seedcoat.. make sure to keep us updated!

your Brug sanguinea looks quite different to the types I see around Melb, very cool.

[solomon]

good work with the Duboisia dude, mine never freed themselves from their seedcoat.. make sure to keep us updated!

your Brug sanguinea looks quite different to the types I see around Melb, very cool.

 

Cheers, I got impatient/worried that they would never shed their seedcoats so I did some surgery. Now one looks like I've killed it, but the other has put on a bit of new growth.

Interesting, maybe I've got the ID wrong on this one, it's everywhere round these parts. Will have a search for sanguinea in Melb.

[planthelper]

Cheers, I got impatient/worried that they would never shed their seedcoats so I did some surgery. Now one looks like I've killed it, but the other has put on a bit of new growth.

Interesting, maybe I've got the ID wrong on this one, it's everywhere round these parts. Will have a search for sanguinea in Melb.

 

no, it is a sanquinea, what he means is it's another type of sanquinea.

nice pic's, cheers for the upload.

[solomon]

no, it is a sanquinea, what he means is it's another type of sanquinea.

nice pic's, cheers for the upload.

 

cheers for clearing that up

here is a pic of your Cebil seeds germinating PH:

I thought people might have been exaggerating when they said how quick these germinate. That's 3 days from being sowed.

edit: duh these are Vilca, not var. cebil..

Edited September 2, 2011 by centipede

[solomon]

Found a couple of big bushes of these in a local garden, seem good for the climate here.

Good to see that they take so readily from cuttings as I had tried growing from seed but flooded the tiny seedlings

Heimia salicoflia roots

Heimia myrtifolia

Going to grow these out beside the H. salicifolia cuttings and note the any differences..

smaller cuttings of around 10cm rooted quicker.

left in a jar of water with a couple drops of rooting hormone, kept in a humidity tub at 25c for a few days

no trouble hardening off the salicifolia from humidity/heat

I'm sure this is overkill and they would strike in a glass of water on a windowsill.

[mindperformer]

...Catha edulis

...Erythroxylum coca var. coca

...Acacia rigidula

...Tabernanthe iboga

[mindperformer]

...Banisteriopsis caapi

...Banisteriopsis caapi- stem

...Boophane disticha

...Datura innoxia

...Diplopterys cabrerana

...Duboisia hopwoodii

...Ephedra gerardiana

...Erythrina mulungu

...Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense

...Erythroxylum coca var. coca

...Erythroxylum coca var. coca

...Hyoscyamus niger

...Catha edulis- flower

...alleged Lagochilus inebrians from Rühlemanns, i rather guess it is Salvia submutica or S. tianschanica

...Leonotis leonorus- flower

...Lophophora williamsii

...Mandragora officinarum

...Mitragyna speciosa

...Nicotiana bigelovii (THE Shaman- Tobacco)

...Nuphar lutea- fruit

...Papaver setigerum- flower

...Pausinysthalia yohimbe

...Psychotria viridis

...Salvia divinorum

...Securidaca longepedunculata

...Silene capensis- seedlings

...Tabernanthe iboga

...Voacanga africana

[chronic]

Still nice.

The tree of life.

Nice to see you.

Regards chronic

[planthelper]

wau, very impressive collection, specialy for a very cold climat!

mindperformer, as you already obviously hinted, i think your lagochilus inebrians, is not the real mc coy, i got no idea what it is, but here is a pic of a lago i once grew.

your leaves don't look right.

i grew it out of the seeds, the lago herbs comes with.

you know the guy in vienna, not far from the bush doctor shop (mariahilfer strasse), sells lago with good seeds.

i forgot the shops name, but it's the name of a vegetable or so,... i'm sure you know who i mean.

[mindperformer]

hey chronic!

i think you've already seen some posts from me in our european form

nice to see you too

@ planthelper:

i know that the so called "Lagochilus inebrians" from Rühlemanns is another species. I got it from a nursery (Rühlemanns) and they didn't sell it anymore. I wrote them months ago that they don't have Lagochilus but maybe Salvia tianschanica or Salvia submutica. Dr. Minas from Armenia sells Lagochilus cabulicus.

The shop you mean could be Querbeet. I know the guy but never asked him for Lagochilus... Years ago I got the right herb, dried, and made many things from it, also an oral spray

Does anyone know the traditional name for Lagochilus?

I found Zaytsegub opyanyayuschiy

Edited August 21, 2012 by mindperformer

[mindperformer]

My caapi (warm living room) in winter -you can see the snow outside ;-)

some of the winter-hardy plants, ouside in winter:

-from left up to right down:

Lythrum salicaria (liver and blood purifying),

Perovskia abrotanoides (contains 1,5% Tanshinones, Miltirone, Oxymiltirone, Camphor, Humulene, Myrcene, Perovskoate, Perovskoside, Rosmarinic- and Lithospermic acid),

Nepeta mussinii syn. racemosa syn. fassenii (contains analgesic opioid Nepetalactones),

Ginkgo biloba (brain tonic),

Arthrocnemum glaucum (the delicious salty perennial glasswort),

Artemisia princeps- right up corner (Yomogi, the traditional japanese Mochi- spice, also medicinal),

Mentha x piperita var. piperita „Chocolate“ (the delicious chocolate mint, like after eight),

Hypericum hircinum (Lemon St. John's Wort, against bronchitis and antimicrobial),

Eclipta alba syn. prostrata- on the table and on the floor (ayurvedic liver-tonic with antiviral components),

Apium nodiflorum syn. Helosciadum n. (Sedanina or Gorgalestro, a delicious european wild plant, crunchy stalks tasting like carrots and killing Helicobacter pylori),

Lancea tibetica (look at it's thread, a tibetan tonic, also smoked),

Cardamine amara (very tasty, cress-like aroma and contains much vitamin C),

Leonurus sibiricus- small pot (heart tonic and euphoric smoke, Leonurine),

Salix alba (contains salicylic acid),

more of the winter-hardy plants, ouside in winter:

from left to right:

Amelanchier lamarckii (juneberry),

Hemerocallis citrina- hidden pot (allegedly hallucinogenic leaves),

Rubus thibetanus- hidden pot (the tibetan raspberry),

Melissa officinalis var. altissima- the big pot (contains a large amount of Rosmarinic acid and has a wonderful smell),

Rubus arcticus (the arctic black berry),

Peucedanum ostruthium syn. Imperatoria o. (contains the aphrodisiac Osthole which is a GABA-A-modulator together with Oxypeucedanin),

more of the winter-hardy plants, ouside in winter:

Schisandra chinensis- the big pot (medicinal leaves and berries with all tastes),

Mentha ´Nemorosa´ (Mojito mint),

Selenicereus grandiflorus,

Leonorus sibiricus- small pot,

Angelica keiskei-koidzumi- with big beautiful leaves (Ashitaba, adaptogenic, antiviral japanese herb),

Allium schoenoprasum (wild chives from the forest),

Callisia fragrans,

Peltaria alliacea (garlic cress)

more of the winter-hardy plants, ouside in winter:

Fragaria vesca (the wood strawberry from the forest),

Fragaria vesca and Pteridium aquilinum,

Chenopodium ambrosioides syn. Dysphania a. (insecticidal and mexican spice),

Artemisia scoparia (chinese medicinal herb),

Sanicula europaea- right up (antiviral Saniculoside, tertiary relict, haemostatic),

Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris (the real wild grapevine),

Oxyria digyna (mountain sorrel with refreshing sour taste),

Triglochin maritima (crunchy salty taste),

Mandragora officinarum var. autumnalis (the three small),

Artemisia dracunculus

the small window of the coolest room inside:

Stevia rebaudiana,

Ornithogalum caudatum (false sea onion),

Gynura vitellina syn. Crassocephalum vitellinum (Embiribiri, african tasty herb with antioxidant, livertonic and antimicrobial components),

Tepin- and Mandrake- seedlings,

Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate cosmos),

Stapelia gigantea,

Zingiber mioga (the tasty rare japanese Myoga)

Stapelia sp. and Opuntia cylindrica

Edited October 29, 2012 by mindperformer

[mindperformer]

Leonurus sibiricus, the cardiac tonic and sedative:

It has synergistic action together with ganj, is used in traditional chinese medicine, it contains Leonurine like Leonotis, which has anticonvulsant, sedative and euphoric actions, together with iridoid glycosides, diterpenoids and flavonoids.

The cardiac tonic principle may be Stachydrine:

http://www.tradekr.com/cbuy_5836661_leonurus-sibiricus-leaf-extract.htm

"Stachydrine hydrochloride can improve the coronary artery and myocardial blood flow, reduce the nutritional myocardial cell necrosis quantity, reduce the vascular resistance, microcirculation, slow down the heart rate, reduce the effect such as cardiac output (is expected to become good cardiovascular system and the treatment of diseases drugs); Can inhibit breast cancer and uterine muscle gland disease to occur, With phlegm, antitussive, smooth muscle relaxation bronchial function; Also has the heart to slow down the frog contraction of the frequency, of the dog, the rabbit can reduce bleeding rate and bleeding time, excited the effect such as the uterus."

[mindperformer]

Today I harvested some Yomogi- herb (Artemisia princeps, grown from seed) for the traditional japanese Kusa Mochi, because I love mochis, but only got the commercial mochis here

The yomogi is made into tea and this is microwaved with glutinous rice flour, sugar and a few drops of rice vinegar

the Kusa Mochi:

Edited November 14, 2012 by mindperformer