[Sacred Succulents] September offerings

[Sacred Succulents]

9/7/09

Hello friends,

As Summer slowly gives way to Autumn the Ariocarpus have been 
pushing forth their first blooms and we’ve been enjoying the bounty 
of our gardens, munching on the native huckleberries and harvesting 
and cleaning seed of Sceletium, Rabiea, Turbinicarpus and 
Epthelantha. 

Below is our first offering of some new Trichocereus hybrid 
seedlings. These are fat and healthy year-and-a-half old babies fed 
exclusively on a diet of compost tea. Also listed is the remainder 
of our first offerings of seedlings from our Andean seed 
collections in Peru and Boliva last year. Once these are sold out, 
many will not be offered again, so take advantage of this unique 
opportunity to acquire and grow these beneficial plants.

Work on the new catalog is a little behind, we now hope to have it 
completed by mid October. The catalog has never exactly been 
annually, a new one every 16-20 months seems to be the trend. Its 
production has mostly been dictated by when we actually have the 
time to work on it.

A few events in October we will be sharing a booth with BPC at:
HARVEST & HERB FESTIVAL, a benefit for the Sonoma County Herb 
Exchange
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, 2pm-10pm Laguna Farm, 1720 Cooper 
Road, Sebastopol 
Live music and classes on: Essential Oil Distillation, Herbs for 
Healthy Digestion, Herbal Beer Making, Harvesting and Using 
Seaweeds, 
Food Fermentation, and more. Admission Donation $10, Children 12 
and under free 

BIONEERS this October 16-18. This is the 20th year anniversary of 
this fantastic gathering. See- http://www.bioneers.org/conference 

RARE PLANT & SEED LIST - the new and largest issue yet is 
available. If you are not subscribed or have let your subscription 
lapse, we encourage you to sign up now. 4 issues for $5 or 8 issues 
for $8. This is where we list our offerings of rarities and 
specimens. A few highlights from the new issue include - New 
Ariocarpus hybrids, lots of Trichocereus specimens and new 
releases, Bursera and Boswellia plants, additional first offerings 
from our recent seed collections in Peru and a first chance at 
seedlings from our Andean collections last year.

GIFT CERTIFICATES - are always available!

NEW ITEMS
Andean Collection Photos and Notes 2009
CD containing 350 photos of plants, landscapes and archaeological 
sites including the Cusco region, the 3000 year old ruins of Chavin 
de Huantar, the Cordillera Negra & Blanca, intact highland 
Polylepis/ Buddleja forests, K. Knize’s nursery, and much more. 
Includes a list of our complete seed collections containing 
ethnobotanical notes and cultivation suggestions.                   
     $10 postage paid in the USA, foreign orders add $2 shipping 

CACTACEAE
Trichocereus Hybrids
These are year and a half old seedlings, robust and healthy. 
Because of their size 3 plants count as one for shipping charges.
Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ 2–3"+ 
plant $7.50 each or 3 for $20
Trichocereus sp. ‘Kimura’s Spiny Giant’ X Trichocereus sp. SS02 2"+ 
plant $7.50 each or 3 for $20
Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’  2"+ plant 
$7.50
Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. ‘Kimura’s Spiny Giant’  
2"+ plant $7.50 each or 3 for $20
Trichocereus tulhuayacensis KK337 (B13) X Trichocereus bridgesiii
Reddish flowered T. tulhuayacensis crossed with T. bridgesii.  2"+ 
plant $10 each or 3 for $25


Plants from our 2008 Ethnobotanical Collections in Peru & Bolivia
These are the very first offerings of year old seedlings from last 
years seed collections in the Peruvian & Bolivian Andes. Quantities 
are limited to the number’s listed.

Alnus acuminata BK08525.1  “Aliso” “Andean Alder”
Betulaceae. Fast growing tree 20 to 40'. Collected near Aguas 
Caliente, near 7,500'. Highly versatile tree, used for construction 
and fertilizer. The leaves and flowers are made into tea that is 
considered a good overall tonic, useful for arthritis and 
externally for wound healing. Very hardy, but plants from this 
highland jungle collection may be a bit more tender, yet should 
still withstand some frost.     4  ~  12"+ plants $7.50 each 

Anadenanthera colubrina v. cebil La Paz “Vilca” “Curupau”
Fabaceae. Tree 10–30'+ tall. Feathery pinnate leaves. Some trees 
have raised ridges on the bark and others are smooth. Large flat 
seedpods to 10” long, round shiny seed. Seed purchased from a 
street vendor in the Witches Market, La Paz, Bolivia. The dominant 
tree in much of the nearby Yungas dryland forests, and this is 
where the seed was originally collected. Once one of the most 
important psychoactive plants throughout the Andes, playing a 
central role in the spread of the Tiwanaku culture. In addition, 
the seeds are used as an external head wash for headache, and 
reportedly as an abortificent. The astringent bark is used for the 
lungs, diarrea, and wound healing. An infusion of the leaves is 
said to “bring about a period of fervor in cows”...which we’ll 
leave to your imagination. Fast growing, drought tolerant, but can 
only take mild frost.     6  ~   Plants $16 each

Baccharis latifolia BK08516.4 “Chilca”
Asteraceae. Evergreen shrub to 6'. Lanceolate leaves with serrated 
margins. Clusters of small cream flowers. Collected near the Incan 
ruins of Killarumiyoq, 12,000'. Grows throughout the Cusco region 
and has many medicinal uses. A green or yellow dye is made from the 
leaves. Used to make llipta ash for coca chewing. Easy and hardy to 
at least 20° F.    3  ~  10"+ plants $7.50 each

Bomarea sp. BK08608.1 
Lilliaceae. Large vine with an interesting spiral pattern to the 
leaves. The huge seed cluster from the mother plant should mean 
large tubular flower clusters, we’ll have to grow these for a 
couple years to find out the color. Seed collected in the dense 
forest below the town of Coroico, north Yungas, Bolivia. South 
America has an amazing diversity of these medicinal climbing 
lillies. Edible tuber. Protect from frost.  5  ~   Plants $7.50 
each

Buddleja coriacea BK08528.1 “Colle”
Buddlejaceae. Of all the Buddleja, this species is undoubtedly the 
matriarch, the resplendent queen. Rounded bush or tree 8 to 30'. 
Stems densely packed with small leathery leaves, shiny on top, 
white underneath. Rounded clusters of orange to red flowers adorn 
the ends of the branches. From a distance it looks like an olive 
tree. Seed from the modern town of Tiwanaku, near the ancient 
ruins, Bolivia, over 13,000'. One of the few trees that is hardy up 
to 15,000'+, and a key speies of the now mostly extinct highland 
Andean forest. Widely planted by the Inca and increasingly planted 
in the Andes for its beauty and many uses, though unknown in other 
parts of the world. Seems perfectly adaptable to low elevation 
cultivation. Flowers and stems are made into a tea for flu and 
coughs, pneumonia, photosensitivity, stomach ailments, utero tonic, 
and for post partum health. An important dye plant. Drought 
tolerant and hardy below 0° F.     	    8  ~  8"+ plants $16 each

Calceolaria myriophylla BK08517.4 “Polo polo”
Scrophularaceae. Small densely packed leaves on stems to 18". 
Bright yellow pouch flowers. Growing around the Chinchero ruins and 
on rock outcrops at the carved caves of Huaca de la Luna, 12,400', 
Peru. Used for ulcers, as a diuretic, and kidney tonic. The flowers 
are chewed for stomachache. The whole plant is reportedly boiled 
and drunk as a contraceptive. A very showy and hardy medicinal, to 
at least 20° F.      6  ~  Plants $6.50 each

Calceolaria sp. BK08519.8 
Shrub to 5'+. Large lemon yellow pouch flowers. Collected growing 
on soaking wet terraces in the Kitamayo Gorge below the tombs of 
Pisac, about 11,000', Peru. We have fallen in love with the 
inflated beauty of the “pouch flower”. There is an awesome 
diversity of species in the Andes and this one is exceptional for 
its size and garden worthiness. 	  3  ~  6–8"+ plants $6.50 each

Cantua buxifolia BK08519.11 “Cantu”
Polemonaceae. Upright shrub 8 to 15' tall. Extremely showy, bright 
violet tubular flowers. Growing in the arid scrub below Pisac 
ruins, about 10,000'. Widely planted as an ornamental. The flower 
was associated with the Incan sun diety Inti. Widely represented in 
ancient artwork. Used today in offerings and funerary rites. The 
national flower of both Peru and Bolivia. The flowers are made into 
tea for rheumatism, to stimulate menstruation, and as an 
abortificent.The whole plant is used externally for tumors. A 
beautiful and elegant plant that should be more widely grown. We 
have often seen the giant Andean hummingbird feeding on the flowers 
and resting in the branches. Easy and hardy to below 25° F.  2  ~  
6–8"+ plants $12 each

Dunalia? NL
Solanaceae. Shrub with showy tubular blue flowers, similar to 
Iochroma. Collected by Neil Logan at Bosque Rumi Wilco, Vilcabamba, 
Ecuador, 5500'. Has good horticultural potential and is unseen in 
cultivation. Surface sow seed. Grow like Brugmansia.     3  ~  
6–8"+ plants $7.50 each

Malva sp. BK08603.1 
Malvaceae. Tree mallow to 12'+. Large purple flowers to 2"+. Valle 
de Luna, La Paz, Bolivia. A very showy plant!     3  ~  6–8"+ 
plants $6.50 each

Salvia oppositiflora BK08518.8  “Nuj’chu”
Labiatae. 1–2' aromatic plant. Red to red-orange or pink flowers. 
Growing in dry rocky areas all over the Pisac ruins. Symbolic Incan 
plant, thousands of flowers were collected and strewn along the 
Incan roads during ceremonial processions. The flowers are added to 
tea to treat cough and kidney issues. A truly lovely sage absent 
from cultivation in the US. Drought and cold hardy to at least 25° 
F.      3  ~  12"+ plants $10 each

Salvia sp.? BK08517.14 
Attractive rounded shrub to 2'. Small simple leaves and sky-blue 
flowers. A highly aromatic sage. Dry scrub around the ruins of 
Moray, 12,000', Peru. Great potential as a landscape plant, its 
rounded shape, colors and drought tolerance will make it the 
perfect companion to lavender. Hardy to below 25° F.     3  ~  12"+ 
plants $10 each

Saracha sp. BK08524.5 
Solanaceae. Tree to 20' with oval leaves and festooned in hundreds 
of 1" bell flowers, pale to dark purple with cream colored 
veination. 1/2" round black fruit. Looks strangely like an 
arborescent belladonna! Planted at rural homesteads in the village 
of Huacahuasi, 12,500'. The only information we could gather is 
that it is grown as an ornamental. A staggeringly gorgeous plant! 
We are excited to offer it into cultivation for the very first time 
so it can take a place in the garden next to its other exotic 
arborescent solanaceous kin of note such as Brugmansia, Iochroma, 
Cestrum, etc. Should prove to be hardier than any of these, to 20° 
F and below? So far it has been very easy and quick to grow.    4  
~  12"+ plants $28 each

Schinus sp. BK08517.16 
Anacardaceae. Stout shrub to 6'. Spined branches and aromatic small 
round bright pink fruits. Dry scrub around the ruins of Moray. 
Unusual and attractive shrub that would make an excellent addition 
to xeriscapes. Should take some frost and drought when established. 
  2  ~  6"+ plants $6.50 each

Solanum ochrophyllum BK08519.12  “Hanca hanca” 
Solanaceae. Bush to small tree, 6–16'+ tall. Large lanceolate dark 
green leaves with white undersides. 3/4" white and yellow flowers 
followed by 1" orange fruit. Leaves used for wound healing. A 
unique and rarely seen ornamental medicinal Solanum! Ollantaytambo, 
Peru. Should be hardy to 25° F.
  5  ~   6–8" plants $7.50 each

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