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Cardon
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What are these from?
A little challenge.
What plant are these beautiful seeds from?
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Bob and Susan
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Candy Corn?
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Paula
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I have no idea what they REALLY are, but back in the day we called them 'eyes of awareness'...
very good things to have in a mojo.
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HotSchott
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Seeds from a carrotwood tree.
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Just Wondering
What possible Value is there to knowing the Answer ?
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David K
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How about if you want to grow that kind of tree from seed, and don't trust the seed vendor?  
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woody with a view
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sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone have a method to germinate the blue palm seeds i got from the wet arroyo crossing H1 at catavina? anyone
ever have success?
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
What possible Value is there to knowing the Answer ? |
Well, I can attest that knowing they are good for a mojo helped get Paula an arguably decent marriage, an early retirement, and a place in Montana and
Baja.
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bajajudy
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Paula
How aware did you become?
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elizabeth
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They used to call them Sandinista seeds in Nicaragua, and carve little Sandinos and Ches on them. They are deadly, however, they are reputed to be
used as a contraceptive and aphrodisiac...a very useful combination.
Here's what they really are:
Abrus precatorius, called colorine in Mexico
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Sonora Wind
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Woody
Put the palm seeds in a 3lb coffee can about 1/3 to 1/2 full. Add 1/2 to 3/4 inch gravel till your about 3/4 full. Put the lid on and shake for
about 5 minutes. Fill the can with water and let set for 24 hours. Make up a decomposed granite/ mulch/ perlite potting mix 1/3 1/3 1/3. Place
seeds in the mix about 1 1/2" to 2" deep. Water once deep soak. Then lightly when soil had dried. Should cook up in about two weeks.
I've never done blues, but back in my nursery days Robustas and Fliferas worked great that way. By the way no chilling required.
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Bob and Susan
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we have 4 carrotwood trees and the seeds are not red here...
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Frank
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I need Mojo baby....
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Paula
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| Quote: | | How aware did you become? |
Aaahhhhh....... unfortunately not aware enough to come up with a good answer to this question....
but yet more aware than I had been....
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HotSchott
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Woody,
The blue fan palms (Brahea Armata) can be germinated in any container with a mixture of sand and soil about 2-inches deep. The seeds need to be kept
warm (like 80-degrees or more) and they should be kept covered or in the dark and moist, but not soaked. I have germinated hundreds, but they are
very finicky and take from 6 months to a year to pop. Those suckers are hard and love the heat. They probably pop faster in the desert, but in SD it
takes summer temps. The Brahea is one of the slowest growing palms I have ever seen.
Steve
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Taco de Baja
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They look like coral tree seeds Erythrina sp. I remember collecting them as a kid 'cause I thought they were cool, I filled up several jars
with seeds. The ones I collected were all one color though from red to orange red. the trees have spines all over the trunk and branches, which made
collecting a challange. Accordinng to the attached link though there are 122-116 different species throughout the world......
Coral Tree Link
[Edited on 3-22-2006 by Taco de Baja]
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Bob H
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That is most definately seeds from a carrotwood tree. I had one in my front yard and took it out because of those seeds germinating every year by the
thousands in my lawn. Here is a web site that shows the seed pods on the tree.
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/cuan1.htm
Bob H
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Craig - Those are beautiful seeds. Would you be willing to send me about a pint of 'em to use in my art? Of course I would pay the
cost to send. I'd love to grow the tree, but live in a coastal area and they're too invasive a species to invite into my garden.
[Edited on 3-22-2006 by Natalie Ann]
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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I'm sticking with abrus precatorius. Carrotwood seeds are black with fleshy red stuff. Check this wehttp://www.luckymojo.com/redbeans.htmlbsite:
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Cardon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Craig - Those are beautiful seeds. Would you be willing to send me about a pint of 'em to use in my art? Of course I would pay the
cost to send. I'd love to grow the tree, but live in a coastal area and they're too invasive a species to invite into my garden.
[Edited on 3-22-2006 by Natalie Ann] |
Sorry Natalie I only have two seeds and I don't know where I put them. Frizkie and I found them while walking around Auga Caliente area, not by the
hot springs but on private ground. I let her keep the seeds as she wanted to make a necklace. I don't think they are Coral Tree seeds but rather they
are as Elizabeth says are abrus pecatorius or rhynchosia precatorius and from what I have read on the net they are one of the deadliest seeds on
earth. One seed can kill an adult.
As we looked for the seeds we found them in different areas of the property but could never figure out what plant they came from.Frizkie looked
them up in her Plants of Baja California book by Roberts and it said they were called Negritos or Oja de Pajarito . Roberts said they
came from a vine.When I got home to look it up again in my copy of his book I couldn't find them in the book. I have a first edition and was wondering
if they only appeared in a later addition.
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