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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1)
Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my
yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. |
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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1)
Mark Herbert wrote:
Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. And killing rivals.... |
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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1)
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Mark Herbert wrote: Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. begin 644 brug1.jpg [Image] end Datura? :-) I've not started collecting those yet. I visited a greenhouse in Houston once that had them in several colors! Beautiful, and hardy. Maybe we can do some trading. I have a nice crop of San Pedro "buds" that are available for cuttings. Also some Peruvian torch seeds if you are game to try growing cactus from seed. I have some lovely little baby SP's that I sprouted from them. :-) -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Wolf K wrote: Mark Herbert wrote: Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. And killing rivals.... There are more efficient plants for that... Wild Nightshades come to mind? -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Omelet wrote: In article , Mark Herbert wrote: Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. begin 644 brug1.jpg [Image] end Datura? :-) IIRC, if they are pointing downwards, they are brugmansia, if they point upwards, they are datura. I've found huuuuuuuggggeee brugmansia trees in quite a few places here on Oahu. No dying back so they just keep growing and growing and growing and.... Tracey |
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In article , Tracey wrote:
Datura? :-) IIRC, if they are pointing downwards, they are brugmansia, if they point upwards, they are datura. I've found huuuuuuuggggeee brugmansia trees in quite a few places here on Oahu. No dying back so they just keep growing and growing and growing and.... Tracey Sounds lovely, thanks for the plant lesson! :-) I'm always up for an education... Do they have similar alkaloids? -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1)
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:40:43 GMT, Tracey wrote:
Omelet wrote: In article , Mark Herbert wrote: Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. begin 644 brug1.jpg [Image] end Datura? :-) IIRC, if they are pointing downwards, they are brugmansia, if they point upwards, they are datura. I've found huuuuuuuggggeee brugmansia trees in quite a few places here on Oahu. No dying back so they just keep growing and growing and growing and.... Tracey Chop them down, dig them up, pour on roundup, they come back. I had two that were breaking up my driveway, got rid on one, the other came back and is damaging my car port. |
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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1) - Datura.jpg (1/1)
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Omelet wrote: In article , Tracey wrote: Datura? :-) IIRC, if they are pointing downwards, they are brugmansia, if they point upwards, they are datura. I've found huuuuuuuggggeee brugmansia trees in quite a few places here on Oahu. No dying back so they just keep growing and growing and growing and.... Tracey Sounds lovely, thanks for the plant lesson! :-) I'm always up for an education... Do they have similar alkaloids? Yep. Here's one of my Daturas. This one is several years old. By the end of the summer it has spread to about 10 feet in diameter. Late in the summer I pluck at least 20 spent flowers from this plant alone (sometimes 50-60) each evening in order to prevent seed pod formation and promote blooming. I have been trying to get night pictures of hawkmoths feeding on my Daturas, which has proven to be a maddening exercise in futility. |
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Shaman Plant - brug1.jpg (1/1) - Datura.jpg (1/1)
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Mark Herbert wrote: In article , Omelet wrote: In article , Tracey wrote: Datura? :-) IIRC, if they are pointing downwards, they are brugmansia, if they point upwards, they are datura. I've found huuuuuuuggggeee brugmansia trees in quite a few places here on Oahu. No dying back so they just keep growing and growing and growing and.... Tracey Sounds lovely, thanks for the plant lesson! :-) I'm always up for an education... Do they have similar alkaloids? Yep. Here's one of my Daturas. This one is several years old. By the end of the summer it has spread to about 10 feet in diameter. Late in the summer I pluck at least 20 spent flowers from this plant alone (sometimes 50-60) each evening in order to prevent seed pod formation and promote blooming. I have been trying to get night pictures of hawkmoths feeding on my Daturas, which has proven to be a maddening exercise in futility. begin 644 Datura.jpg [Image] end Very nice!!! We used to have those growing wild when I lived in California in the upper Mojave. I've seen colored Datura plants in Austin for sale. I don't own any yet but it's in the eventual plans. They are so pretty! Those hummingbird moths are skittish. I've seen them feeding on my honey suckle at dusk, and they really get happy when I plant moonvines and those huge white flowers start to bloom at night. -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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