<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><div><b><font size="3" color="#351c75"><u>Specimen Plant Mini-Auction Fundraiser ends tonight!:</u></font> </b></div><div><span style="line-height: 150%;">Auction closes tonight at 6:30 pm PST, Monday, November 30. See partway down our homepage for the
terms and listings: <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">www.sacredsucculents.com</a></font> </span></div><div>Please read the full terms before bidding. <b><font color="#4c1130">Use <i>benkamm@monitor.net</i> for all email bids</font></b>. </div><div>We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so
if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, we will honor your bid in
the order it was received! Towards the end of the auction can get hectic
and we may not be able to notify you in a timely manner if you’ve been
outbid during this last phase–we recommend checking the website
periodically to see the current high bids. After the auction closes you will be contacted by
email late evening or the following morning for the auction plants you
have won. </div><div><i><font color="#073763"><b>This may be the last auction we hold until spring.</b></font></i></div><div><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div><br></div><div>We have a handful of <font color="#274e13"><b>unique plants on sale</b> </font>until December 21, see the list at the bottom of this email. We also have quite a few new <b><font color="#274e13">Specimen Plants</font></b> available, see the listings below the auction on our homepage. <font color="#274e13"><b>New seed</b></font> listed below.</div><div><br></div><div>We have to create some time to get caught up with writing, catalog revisions and nursery renovations, so right now <strong style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">we expect to put a hold on shipping new orders from late December through early to mid March</strong><font color="#008000">.</font> That means orders postmarked after Winter Solstice, December 21 will not mail until we resume shipping in March (with some exceptions such as wholesale orders.) More details on all this soon.<br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><u><font color="#4c1130"><b>Some New Seed:</b></font></u></span></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Capsicum galapagoense</i> </b>“Galapagos Hot Pepper”</div><div>Solanaceae. Upright perennial species 2–6' tall. The stems and small leaves are covered in little hairs giving the plant a furry silver appearance. White flowers and tiny round pepper fruit the size of a pea or smaller; orange to red when ripe and quite spicy. An endangered Galapagos endemic, Wiggins & Porter report it only from Isabela and Santa Cruz Islands “in shade of forest trees and shrubs, moist areas.” Easy to grow in mild climates, our mother plants were shy to bloom for the first several years but are now copious fruiters. Conservation through cultivation is encouraged. Z10a? </div><div>Seed packet $6</div><div><br></div><div><i><b>Coccinea abyssinica</b> </i>“Anchote” “Shushe” “Ajjo”</div><div>Cucurbitaceae. Forms a large perennial caudex/tuber with annual tendrilled vines 5–15' long. Leaves cordate to 5 lobate. Dioecious yellow flowers and orange-red fleshy fruits. Native to the mountains of Ethiopa from 4300–9200'; <i>Podocarpus-Celtis</i> forests and<i> Euclea </i>scrub. Cultivated since antiquity for the nutritious edible tuber (starch & calcium rich) and young leaves and stem shoots. After 4 months from seed the tuber yield in Ethiopia is reported to be similar to potato. Interestingly the fruits of cultivated landraces are not reported to be eaten but fruits of wild plants are. Used to treat tuberculosis, cancer and to fatten livestock. The caudex/tuber is central to the cultural identity of the Wallaga Oromo people of Ethiopia, it is known as a sacred relative to pregnant women. Easy to grow, we treat it like a standard caudiciform succulent but we encourage experimentation growing it as a root crop. Z8/9? For a paper on <i>C. abyssinica</i> nutrition see- <a href="https://ejhd.org/index.php/ejhd/article/download/1018/766">https://ejhd.org/index.php/ejhd/article/download/1018/766</a></div><div>5 seed $4</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div><b><i>Ibervillea sonorae</i> BK101109.1</b></div><div>Cucurbitaceae. Forms a large, flat, grey caudex to several feet across. Tendrilled vine with deep cut leaves, yellow flowers and egg size red fruit. Growing in the shade of <i>Bursera microphylla</i>, Cape of Baja. A caudiciphile’s delight! Extremely drought hardy. Z10a <span style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>5 seed $4</div><div><br></div></div><div><b><i>Solanum sessiliflorum </i>'Dwarf'</b> “Cocona”</div><div>Solanaceae. Upright shrub with large velvety leaves. Rare dwarf from to about 3' tall. Pale green self fertile flowers. 2–4" yellow, orange or red edible fruit with a yellow flesh and fruity sub-acid flavor. Close relative of “naranjilla”, cultivated throughout the low elevation Andes and tropical regions of South America. An ancient cultivar that likely originated in the Amazon basin, though it is not found in the wild. Sprout like tomatoes. Highly prized for the refreshing juice and used in all manner of desserts. Contains cholesterol reducing compounds. Easy to grow, can fruit in as little as 9 months from seed. Protect from cold. Z10a/b <span style="white-space:pre"> </span> </div><div>Seed packet $4</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>More New <i>Trichocereus</i> Hybrids</u></b></div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Trichocereus huanucoensis</i> X <i>Trichocereus scopulicola /bridgesii</i></b><i> </i> - 10 seed $4</div><div><b><i>Trichocereus pachanoi </i>f<i>. monstrosus</i> X <i>Trichocereus </i>sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’</b> - Seed packet $6</div><div><b><i>Trichocereus</i> sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X <i>Trichocereus peruvianus </i>f<i>. monstrosus</i></b> - Seed packet $6</div><div><br></div><div>In case you missed them last month we also have the following new hybrids freshly harvested:</div><div><div><b>Trichocereus huanucoensis X Trichocereus??</b> - open pollinated. Seed packet $4</div><div><b>Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus pachanoi f. monstrosus</b> - Seed packet $6</div><div><b>Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus santaensis BK09511.7</b> -Seed packet $6</div><div><b>Trichocereus pachanoi Kimnach et al. 2876D X Trichocereus santaensis BK09511.7</b> - Seed packet $6</div><div><b>Trichocereus pachanoi f. monstrosus X Trichocereus bridgesii/scopulicola</b> - 10 seed $4</div><div><b>Trichocereus pachanoi f. monstrosus X Trichocereus peruvianus /’Juul’s Giant’ f. monstrosus</b> - 10 seed $4</div><div><b>Trichocereus aff. pachanoi ‘Strybing’ X Echinopsis inermis</b> - 10 seed $4</div><div><b>Trichocereus pallarensis X Trichocereus pachanoi BK08611.4</b> - Seed packet $5 </div><div><b>Trichocereus peruvianus /’Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus pachanoi f. monstrosus</b> - Seed packet $5</div><div><b>Trichocereus peruvianus /’Juul’s Giant’ f. monstrosus X Trichocereus riomizquensis BK10508.7</b> - 10 seed $4</div><div><b>Trichocereus santaensis BK09511.7 X Trichocereus peruvianus /’Juul’s Giant’ f. monstrosus</b> - 10 seed $4</div><div><br style="font-family: Arial;"></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px;"><div><b><u>Shipping and Handling</u></b></div><div><b><u>Seeds</u></b>– First class mail USA $3.00; Seeds ride free when ordered with plants.<br><b>Air mail international</b> $14, 13 or more packets $18, Priority Mail with tracking $30 (Any number of seed packets)</div></span></div><div><br></div></div><br>Sacred Succulents<br>
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