Popular Post MeanGreen Posted May 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Greetings to all members of this wonderful community. I have been lurking for a while, but now is time to contribute. I'm really expanding my ethnobotanical garden this year, so what better place to share and get valuable input than the Corroboree. I started most of my plants from seeds with the exception of some cacti and a few cuttings of plants I was either not able to get to germinate or couldn't get my hands on the seeds. So enough talking, let's see the plants! Disclaimer: I live in Europe, in a country where all the plants I'm about to show you are legal to cultivate. My Rubiaceae - Coffea Arabica ("Coffee") I bought this cutting a couple months ago, it has put out some new leaves and seems to be doing good - Mitragyna Speciosa ("Kratom") Since I can't find cuttings anywhere here in europe, I started my kratom grow from seeds. These are the Rifat strain, from 2 to 3 months old. The germination rate was pretty good, about 75%, certainly a lot more than I expected from reading about mitragyna germination online. The leftmost yellow pots are tiny Red Thai sprouts. - Mitragyna Parvifolia ("Kaim") Nothing to show yet but I started some seeds, will update if and when they sprout. - Psychotria Viridis ("Chacruna") I received these plants about 2 weeks ago and they've already both put out a new set of leaves, and pushing a second one. I'll be taking some leaf cuttings soon. - Psychotria Alba ("Amyruca") Given to me for free by the person I bought the Chacruna plants from, there are 4 or 5 separate plantlets. - Tabernanthe Iboga ("Iboga") I've had these plants for about 3 months, I kept the back 3 in a humid environment, and the front 3 in dry air to acclimatize. The back row have grown one new set of leaves in those 3 months, the others have shed all their leaves and are starting to grow new ones. My Fabaceae - Acacia Acuminata (narrow phyllodes variety) These sprouted about 3 weeks ago - Acacia Confusa ("Formosan Koa") These seedlings are a little over a month old - Anadenanthera Peregrina ("Yopo") About 10 days old seedling and others on day 1 of sprouting - Chamaecrista Fasciculata ("Partridge Pea") Sprouted about a week ago - Desmanthus Illinoiensis ("Bundleflower") Sprouted a couple weeks ago - Mimosa Hostilis ("Jurema") The seedlings in both pots are about a month old - Mimosa Pudica ("Sensitive Plant") About 2 months old seedling My Lamiaceae - Coleus Blumei - Leonotis Leonurus ("Wild Dagga") Nothing to show yet, started the seeds a few days ago - Leonotis Nepetifolia ("Klip Dagga") The plants are about 2 months old - Leonurus Sibiricus ("Marijuanilla") I had a plant (the dry stick) that flowered and set seeds, the sprouts come from that. - Salvia Divinorum ("Diviner's sage") Received the cuttings May 24th My Asteraceae - Artemisia Absinthium ("Wormwood") Got the cutting a couple months ago, it has tripled in size. - Calea Zacatechichi ("Mexican Dream Herb") My 3 Calea plants from which I took a bunch of cuttings today as you can see in the pic - Spilanthes Oleracea ("Toothache Plant") Some of my Spilanthes plants, the biggest purplish one is starting to flower - Stevia Rebaudiana ("Sweet Leaf") Sprouted yesterday, took less than a week - Tagetes Lucida ("Mexican Tarragon") This seedling is about a month and a half, I have a bunch of other ones but this is the best looking so far. My Vines - Argyreia Nervosa ("Hawaiian Baby Woodrose") The bigger one is about 2-3 months old - Banisteriopsis Caapi ("Ayahuasca") I burned the leaves by spraying some epsom salts solution I had in my sprayer for other plants and forgot about. Anyone knows what's up with the very narrow leaved one? It definitely is caapi, I made sure the sprout came from a caapi seed when it sprouted. I have more seeds on the way to me right now. - Ipomoea Tricolor ("Heavenly Blue") The growth rate of these plants is incredible, this is about a month old seedling grown on a windowsill the whole time. I really need to find a place for it to climb. - Ipomoea Violacea ("Morning Glory") This is one of my morning glory seedlings, the other one sprouted in an other ethnobotanical plant's pot and is starting to climb it, pretty cool looking. - Passiflora Incarnata ("Medicinal Passionflower") My 3 cuttings and little unexpected seedling which sprouted over a month after being sown My Active Succulents - Bacopa Monnieri ("Brahmi") - Cissus Quadrangularis ("Pirandai") Got the cuttings from my mother's big plant, will post pictures of it soon - Delosperma Cooperi ("Iceplant") Got this one from my mother who was neglecting it - Sceletium Tortuosum ("Kanna") My bigger plant which was a small cutting a couple months ago, and some seedlings. I'm going to take cuttings of the bigger plant, I'll document the process. My Active Cacti I'll just post a family picture of my lophophora and ariocarpus collection, here are the species I have, just play where's Waldo - Ariocarpus Fissuratus sp. ("Living Rock") - Ariocarpus Fissuratus (var. Hintonii) - Ariocarpus Fissuratus (var. Intermedius) - Lophophora Williamsii ("Peyote") - Variegated Lophophora Williamsii - Lophophora Williamsii var. caespitosa ("Multi-headed Peyote") - Lophophora Williamsii var. Grymii (Dwarf variety) - Matucana Madisoniorum (not active but was once rumored to be) If you really want to play where's Waldo, try to spot the variegated seedling in the last picture, it looks like it might turn out to look just like my bigger variegated loph. hint: it's in the lower right corner, above the 4 that are in a line. Also peep the weird 3-headed seedling. As for my trichocerei: - Trichocereus Bridgesii ("Achuma") The first one is about a meter tall and is the bluest cactus I've ever seen, it just started to root and put out some new growth. The second one is about 30cm tall and same thing, just started rooting and growing again. The third is my couple of monstrose. Finally a bunch of seedlings. There are also some bigger ~8 months old seedlings in the 1st lophophora family picture above. - Trichocereus Pachanoi ("San Pedro") The first one is about 85-90cm, very blue in person. Looks like it might be a cross but it was sold as pachanoi. The second one looks like a Claude clone, it is very thick, about 85-90cm too. The last one is my cool broccoli looking crested pachanoi. The rest are some smaller cuttings and seedlings. And of course check out the dozen pachanoi cuttings in the first loph picture above. - Trichocereus Peruvianus ("Peruvian Torch") On the right & middle of the first picture - Trichocereus Terscheckii In a 7x7cm pot - Opuntia Cylindrica Rumoured to be active, I don't really believe it but erowid says it can contain 0.9% mescaline. My mother collected this one in Portugal. I've seen some crested ones online, they really look funky with the leaves. My Other Ethnobotanicals & Active Plants - Camellia Sinensis ("Tea") - Catha Edulis ("Khat") ~ month old seedlings - Combretum Quadrangulare ("Sakae Naa") Seedling at about a month and a half - Eschscholzia Californica ("Californian Poppy") - Heimia Salicifolia (Sinicuichi) Recently took cuttings from it and it bushed it out nicely - Ilex Paraguaiensis ("Yerba Maté") All the lighter green leaves are new growth from the past 2 or 3 months - Lactuca Virosa ("Wild Lettuce") This stuff grows everywhere but I had to pot one up for completion sake - Nicotinia Rustica ("Mapacho") - Nicotinia Tabacum ("Virginia Gold") - Papaver Somniferum (Persian White, Giant Tasmanian, Hen & Chicks) - Phalaris Arundinacea ("Reed Canary Grass") - Silene Capensis ("African Dream Root") That's it (for the moment), I'll try to update at least once a week or when I have something interesting to show. Edited May 25, 2017 by MeanGreen 23/05: Added missing plants & picture + formatting 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DualWieldRake Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 My new favorite thread on the corroboree How long have you been working on this magnificent collection? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks man, appart from some of my cacti I started buying seeds & cuttings of everything you see 3 or 4 months ago tops. Most plants have been started inside under a 300w full spectrum LED before putting them outside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Look who came in the mail today, it's Sally and her twin! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drildo Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) I've been creaming over your photos for some days now MeanGreen. I've been tempted to tell you to pull your head in with the photos automatically thinking you were aussie. I see you are from lands far away - go for fucking gold mate! Beautiful plants man. You are living the dream. Amazing sally d bro I wish we could get these here without it being a weird half illegal bullshit ordeal. Good luck to you mate. Happy gardening Edited May 25, 2017 by Skellum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Thank you so much for the kind words dude! I definitely feel blessed to be able to go all in on my passion, I'm unemployed at the moment so I have all the free time I want, and hopefully I can make a little business out of selling cuttings & seeds. I'm a little worried for the winter but I think I should have enough indoor space to keep at least one mother of each perennials in my 2x1m tent. Plus I can overwinter some plants inside the house if needed. And yeah, sorry for the avalanche of pics & posts, I just had to kickstart the grow log, I'll make myself more discreet in the future. The plants I grow are legal for ornamental purposes here, which is the only reason I grow them for. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drildo Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) Well if that's the laws where you are my friend, I doubt you need to employ any more discretion. Here in our land of the oppressed the laws are draconian. The internet is a worldly place and this isn't solely an Australian website so I reckon keep pumping out the ethno porn my friend. You're simply doing what everyone else wishes they could openly do. Hope your plants fare well over winter MeanGreen. Best of luck mate. There is a certain tasmanian poppy that is no good for consumption, only good for ornamental purposes (they can make you seriously sick if consumed) I think this variety of tasmanian poppy is called the "Norman" poppy, a play on words meaning 'no morphine' - this is the poppy mass produced by the pharma companies as it produces high levels of a certain alkaloid that is used for oxycontin production. I think this alkaloid is 'Thebaine' . In its unrefined/unprocessed form thebaine is toxic and undesirable... Not all tasmanian poppies are the normans, one or two other varieties are desirable morphine producing poppies... Be careful my friend. Happy gardening. Edited May 25, 2017 by Skellum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Thanks, that's some good info right there about the Tasmanian poppies, thanks. Ithink I heard about this norman breed and people were saying it has red latex instead of white latex, is that correct? Not that I would ever harvest latex from my poppies, but if it is then it's good to know you can easily tell them appart. Because wikipedia says a high dose of thebaine can cause convulsions similar to strychnine (rat poison) poisoning, that's no good for people who grow poppies for consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drildo Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Yeah mate spot on. I think all smokable latex will dry to a sort of pink/redish/brown appearance... but when u freshly score, the desirable latex should be white, and dry to pinky/brown.... Where as the undesirable (thebaine rich) latex will likely bleed immediately pinkish/red in colour and dry to an even deeper red/pink. This is just info that I've picked up reading threads. I wish we could grow these bad boys Good luck with your ornamental poppy's mate. They produce beautiful flowers & hold a rich worldly history. A fantastic addition to your ethno garden. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drildo Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Welcome to the forums too MeanGreen - hope we all see more of you around the traps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Thank you Skellum, much appreciated. This community seems a lot more welcoming and mature than the more popular blue one (wink wink), very happy to be able to share my botanical adventures with you guys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Some flowers are starting to pop up in the garden, pretty hyped about that I love when plants reward your work with some beautiful flowers. My biggest Spilanthes starting to push out a bunch of flowers: First poppy pod of the year starting to form, although the plant is still quite small My Mexican Tarragon and Nicotinia Rustica plants are also starting to bud, I'll show you the flowers as soon as they open. Also I bought this little Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus graft which was labeled as monstrose for cheap on the bay Along with the ariocarpus came some very nice Pereskiopsis, 3 very thick ones labeled as Pereskiopsis sp. "Gigant" and a cristate one. They'renot looking their best right now because of transport but I'll snap some pics tomorrow when they have perked back up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Wow I can't wait to see Tagetes lucida! I've been tryna sprout them for years with zero success... , can you pm any good viable seed sources about ? I just tried a new source in uk so maybe I'll be able to catch up on that species ... Awesome gardening mate! Loving the thread and learning cool stuffs.. ever seen a strain called Elite? , there's a few desireables out there that's for sure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 36 minutes ago, ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ said: Wow I can't wait to see Tagetes lucida! I've been tryna sprout them for years with zero success... , can you pm any good viable seed sources about ? I just tried a new source in uk so maybe I'll be able to catch up on that species ... Awesome gardening mate! Loving the thread and learning cool stuffs.. ever seen a strain called Elite? , there's a few desireables out there that's for sure Of course brother, I PM'd you the link. Hopefully you don't have to order again and the ones you already ordered do sprout. I had pretty much 100% germination on mines, just make sure to plant them with the little tufty side pointing up or they'll have to turn around, that's were the cotyledons come out of. I also noticed it's good to cover them a little bit, don't let the tuft stick out of the soil or they'll have trouble standing up straight afterwards. They're pretty quick to sprout too, about 3~5 days. Never heard of a strain called Elite, not sure what species you're talking about, is that a weed strain? Who's the breeder? Thanks again for all the compliments dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Yesterday morning I woke up to a goddamn couple of hippie snails having wild phenetylaminated sex next to the pots of those poor cacti they munched on. The dirty beatniks were even fornicating in front of their children, suffice to say I flung the whole family for a one-way flight to the moon Anyways I tried to make the best of it and grafted a loph seedling on the munched pachanoi, hopefully this'll take. On the bright side, I also woke up to this nice flower I hadn't even noticed was forming. Two other lophs also have buds that should open by tomorrow. Oh and here are the peresks I was talking about in my previous post, the two pots with 3 little pachanois each are new buys too. Edited June 3, 2017 by MeanGreen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Some new seedlings poked their heads the past couple days: - Psychotria elata ("Hooker's Lips") The picture was taken a few days ago, I see 3 more starting to pop up in the same pot now. Germination took a little over a week, straight to soil. I have a bunch of these seeds up for trades if anyone is interested. - Heimia Salicifolia ("Sinicuichi") Glad to see these seeds are easy to germinate. For some reason I couldn't get any sinicuichi cuttings to root on my last 2 attempts. I took 4 new cuttings today to try again. If anyone has some tips for successfully rooting cuttings of this plant it would be much appreciated. - Rivea Corymbosa ("Ololiuqui") A friend of mine gave me some few years old seeds a few months ago but I couldn't get any to germinate. Ordered some fresh seeds and they sprouted in less than a week. Bonus pic, 3 of my lophophora flowering at pretty much the same time Edited June 5, 2017 by MeanGreen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) im pretty sure ive rooted hemia by sticking a cut piece into the soil of the pot it was growing in ... as far as i recall it was easy elite was a poppy strain Edited June 12, 2017 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) How big were the cuttings you did? Did you put it in some sort of greenhouse for humidity? Maybe I'm giving them too much humidity. The first time I tried it pretty much like you said but in their own pots and in a mini greenhouse. they just wilted after a few hours and never came back up, the leaves were starting to get black at the tips after about a week. I tried in plain water and same thing, plus rotten stems. Edited June 5, 2017 by MeanGreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 they were woody cuttings about 6 inch max , in a conservatory ... no humidity added 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thanks, my plant isn't woody yet and the cuttings I took always were fresh new growth, maybe that's the problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) yeah i couldn't strike fresh growth on it to save my life , not even aeroponically... 'won't be too long before it gets woody though - the guy I just bought an established plant from still has them left for sale they're £15 a shot though , not inc postage... if you wanted to speed up to cutting stock 'will PM you a link because i think they have 8 left Edited June 6, 2017 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagiXsagi Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Awesome thread, welcome to the forums! I have found catha to be prone to too much water and too little water, so lost my last batch at about the age yours are 3-4 proper set of leaves but I did get one to branching size, almost maturity and managed to keep another that came as a cutting during the winter and its now growing It would be very cool to see updates from time to time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGreen Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Thanks a lot for the greetings, glad to be here! I definitely will do some updates on the khat, I also lost a couple seedlings along the way, they seemed to have dried up no matter if the soil was moist or dry. I still got five or 6 seedlings going strong that I recently repotted in bigger pots. One is alone and the rest is in a clump that I couldn't separate without damaging the roots so I let them be. Hopefully I can get at least a couple mature plants I can take cuttings from in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagiXsagi Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 here's my 10-months old c.e. which recently did 2-3 branches - I should propably fert it again... I started it quite the wrong period, mid summer, but it made it, basically because I found a bright inside spot for it to sit during winter where it stayed active and even grew a bit without etiolating with occasional waterings.. much more agonising was my effort to keep the biggy rooted cutting I received in mid autumn , which stayed idle and gradually lost leaves, for some 8 months, before it recently showed signs of growth. again the wrong period to receive such warm loving plants as cuttings, not unlike psychotrias, unless one has an inside setup. I have to note I did place the cutting near fluoro lights I was using to early start chilli , ephedra a.o. , but I gradually took in outside protected spot. and watered occasionally so it it didn't dry up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Cess'es Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Amazing thread , amazing collection MeanGreen . Welcome to the forum , can not wait to see updates as your collection of sacred plants and cacti flourish . Thank you for sharing your pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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