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Traged

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Hello friend,

suggest me some indoor plants worth growing.

I currently have, psychotria viridis, banisteropsis caapi, salvia divinorum (that is not in the best shape :/ ), some citruses, little acacia I am worried about... What would be interesting plants you can grow from seed? (doesn't have to be though) Can, but doesn't have to be psychoactive...
 
Transform said:
Coleus var."Electric Lime"
Voacanga africana
Aloe vera
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Hmmm, what is Coleus good for? I found some things, but I am interested in your knowledge :) is var. "Electric Lime" different in some ways?

Vocanga africana seems like fine idea, will think about that.
I am not sure about Aloe vera - i think my mother has some.

DansMaTete said:
Cacti.
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I have one Lophophora w. and some dragon fruit, would you recommend something specific? (I am planning on growing some more lophophores)
 
Traged said:
Hmmm, what is Coleus good for? I found some things, but I am interested in your knowledge :) is var. "Electric Lime" different in some ways?
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That's the one with the salvia-like properties.

If you have Lophs, get some trichocereus and get grafting. Loph grafted onto trich makes more pups, and is a great way to use PC pachanoi ("pachanot"). Of course, a nice collection of active trichs is also a great hobby to have.
 
Transform said:
That's the one with the salvia-like properties.

If you have Lophs, get some trichocereus and get grafting. Loph grafted onto trich makes more pups, and is a great way to use PC pachanoi ("pachanot"). Of course, a nice collection of active trichs is also a great hobby to have.
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salvia like, can you elaborate or point me in direction where I can read up?
 
Traged said:
salvia like, can you elaborate or point me in direction where I can read up?
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By "salvia-like", of course I mean that it has effects resembling salvinorin A from Salvia divinorum. Besides noticing this through personal experience (confirmed by a co-experimenter), I thought I had read a more thorough account in Rätsch & Berger's Enzyklopädie der psychoaktive Pfanzen, Band 2 but despite having searched thoroughly, I could find no mention of it. Rätsch's first volume of the same work has an entry for Coleus spp., covering Coleus blumei [syn. Solenostemon scutellaroides] but without mentioning the Electric lime variety, so I suspect I may have read this in a recent edition of Lucys Rausch magazine at a friend's place.
First scientific confirmation:
www.nature.com

The influence of cultivation conditions on the formation of psychoactive salvinorin A, salvinorin B, rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid in Coleus scutellarioides - Scientific Reports

Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. is a popular species in the world, known for its characteristic magnificent colourful leaves. The study has revealed that the contents of rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid are significantly higher in the plant tissues cultivated in vivo than when under in vitro...
www.nature.com www.nature.com
More info on in vitro cultivation:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Plant In Vitro Cultures of Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. “Electric Lime” and Possibilities of Modification in the Biosynthesis of Volatile Compounds

Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. is a globally spread species, known for its characteristic spectacularly colorful leaves of decorative value. Thanks to its rich chemical composition, the plant is used in ethnopharmacology, and it is also regarded as ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
Any idea where to find resources about Coleus? what it can be used for, how cultivars differ?
 
I checked out that study. And looked around a bit, don't worry I always look around a bit before asking questions. Little bit less, if there are people who might be able to help (but I would really hate to be the person who asks something that is on the first google page... )

I am thinking more like, Salvias - what type and variety has what uses. I can find some papers about Coleus being use for things, but its not detailed information. The same way I only found that Electric lime variety has effects like S. Divinorum - only @Transform told me here in this thread.

If you cant point me in any direction, or don't know. I will eventually spend more time on it. Then if my endeavor will be fruitful I will come back and report.

<3
 
Traged said:
Hello friend,

suggest me some indoor plants worth growing.

I currently have, psychotria viridis, banisteropsis caapi, salvia divinorum (that is not in the best shape :/ ), some citruses, little acacia I am worried about... What would be interesting plants you can grow from seed? (doesn't have to be though) Can, but doesn't have to be psychoactive...
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How did you get the salvia? I'm trying to find Salvia Divinorumm, its a gorgeous plant and I've been trying to find it for the past 6 months.
 
Wiley Anderson said:
How did you get the salvia? I'm trying to find Salvia Divinorumm, its a gorgeous plant and I've been trying to find it for the past 6 months.
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Well, I have been looking for it for long time. Then I stumbled upon site - where you have to order by mail. It was close enough for me to do in person pickup, and I brought big part of my plant collection from the guy... He is EU based, but does international shipping as well. However I am not sure if Salvia would survive longer journey. You have registered here just for this question didn't you? :D I would look here if I were you... (now I would like some moderator to doublecheck if this link is ok - I think it is)
blig-blug said:
I'd recommend Ipomea violacea. Very beautiful, easy to grow and its seeds have LSA!
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Hmmm, that sounds great, do you have experience with it? I wanted to grow some Ipomoea tricolor this year, I might add this one in...


I will later update list of plants that I acquired.
 
Traged said:
Hmmm, that sounds great, do you have experience with it?
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I've grown it in a hardiness 6 zone. It was very easy, I just planted the seeds outdoors at around 3cm depth in early spring and basically that was it. From then on it kept growing on its own year after year from its own seeds.
 
Jamie01 said:
If you want a houseplant HBWR is easy to start from seed and they tend to take over my living room. They look cool with other vines in windows.
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Nah, indoors space is limited by other plants...

blig-blug said:
I've grown it in a hardiness 6 zone.
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That is exactly what I needed to know... I am like 6b if I remember correctly... I will put it outside in some places...
 
Traged said:
Well, I have been looking for it for long time. Then I stumbled upon site - where you have to order by mail. It was close enough for me to do in person pickup, and I brought big part of my plant collection from the guy... He is EU based, but does international shipping as well. However I am not sure if Salvia would survive longer journey. You have registered here just for this question didn't you? :D I would look here if I were you... (now I would like some moderator to doublecheck if this link is ok - I think it is)

Hmmm, that sounds great, do you have experience with it? I wanted to grow some Ipomoea tricolor this year, I might add this one in...


I will later update list of plants that I acquired.
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Thank you! And yes, I registered and made an account just for that question XD
 
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