Oh, finally. (Shakespearian relief.)

[kiya]

Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.

Finally, finally. It's been such a week.

And my plants arrived.

To sleep, perchance to dream. . .

I did. Of parrots.

Well, one parrot. A green one, of course.

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[larksdream]

You do IB proud, girl. :-)

What kind of plants arrived?

[kiya]

A vanilla orchid, a salvia divinorum, a calea zacateichi, a coffee plant, and an arnica . . . damn, forgot the species name. Arnica somethingorotherosa, probably.

The arnica is because ibn_firnas was very, very enthusiastic about it as a poultice, and I'm all about the poultices and other stuff lately. The salvia, calea, and coffee are replacements for plants I've killed (whups); the first two are psychoactives (hallucinogen and a . . . damn, there's a funky term for things that give really vivid dreams if you nosh on them before bed). And the vanilla orchid because, hey, a vanilla orchid! How cool is that?

[morningwind.livejournal.com]

Arnica!! *claps with approval* It's excellent for poultices and cutting down on bruising. When I had surgery for my deviated septum over the summer, arnica was indeed my friend. ;) (the stuff I had was called arnica montana, but I don't know if there are different species of arnica)

I used to have really interesting, random dreams, but nowadays I can't remember any of them.

[kiya]

*rummages on the website of the company I bought it from*

Arnica chamissonis is what I have; they note that it's easier to grow than A. montana but has essentially the same properties.

[larksdream]

Very cool! I would love to see pictures. (Yes, I like pictures of plants... it's the exciting life I lead, I think. *g*)

[kiya]

You're odd, but we knew that. ;)



Left to right, that's the vanilla orchid (which you can see labelled 'vanilla'), the arnica, the hallucinogenic sage, the Aztec dream plant, and the coffee with its shiny leaves. I'm going to repot them today; I gave them a day to recover from shipping in.

[larksdream]

You're odd

Of course. But it gives my friends so many more opportunities to humor me! :-)

They are very cute plants, and will no doubt be excellent replacements for their fallen comrades. I'm sure the fact that they look like they're shrinking nervously away from you is just a trick of the light. ;-D