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[MadPlanter]

I only accidentally had success only by trial and error. Got lucky I saved several of my plants time and time again. I think I nearly killed those ibogas probably 2-4 times!

In other weird planting news of mine I have flowers forming on my 2ft tall A. peregrina of two years old. Also harvested viable seed from a few D. leptolobus! The kicker on that is that the plants are like four months old! I can post pics of the pods tomorrow that are still maturing but here's a pic of them in flower less than a month ago.

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[Saros]

Lol, what in the world are you feeding those plants of yours ? =)

Didn't you get flowers on a really young mimosa last year too?

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[MadPlanter]

Certainly did get flowers on my mimosa last year at about 6-8 months old. Only set a single pod yielding one not viable seed though. This year I got several pods and five good looking seeds but I haven't sprouted them yet. I will soon because I'm pretty curious!

[MadPlanter]

A. peregrina about to flower. Notice its reddish stem and leaves. A major distinguishing factor between A. peregrina and A. colubrina.

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[MadPlanter]

A. colubrina for comparison. Green leave stems and main branching stems.

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[MadPlanter]

Desmanthus leptolobus maturing seed pods on plant at literally 4-5 months old at most.

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[Saros]

Hey MadPlanter, are those A. Peregrina /Colubrina leaves actually slightly yellow or is it just the light? I have two and both of them have light yellowish-green leaves.  i thought  it was my soil or light issues. Would be awesome to find out that's just their natural color:-)

[MadPlanter]

The top several inches of the growing tip are still fairly new growth so are naturally less pigmented than the older stuff. The plants had few leaves after winter so most all of that is newer foliage. I guess when looking at them in the sun from my back door literally right now they look slightly lime colored all over though.

[Saros]

Cool, sounds like the same deal with mine. They dropped most of their leaves indoors over the winter (all but the few topmost branches), and after moving them back outside, the rest fell off as the new lime green stuff was just emerging.

They're both growing steadily at the moment. I'd love to see some flowers on them this year:)

[wakeup]

Mimosa hostilis picture

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[Roze]

Ipomoea indica flowering:

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[MadPlanter]

A. peregrina in flower at two years old

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[acacia_kid]

First few are were identified by me and then later confirmed by someone a little more in the know as Acacia Longifolia subsp. Sophorae. I'm sure that Acacia Phlebophylla has some genetic history with this plant.

The second few are some pictures of an apparently rare (outside of Australia anyway) Psychotria hybrid, Psychotria 'Nexus'. It's a cross between Psychotria Viridis and Psychotria Carthaginensis. Notices the 'Espinas' or spines under the leaves, the tell tale sign of tryptamine potency in Psychtrias.

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[Smoothie]

Some Chacruna growing locally.

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[EIRN]

Some Chacruna growing locally.

Beautiful Queens (like we call chacruna here, but in our lenguage)....soil looks like very rich in organic materials....