Phytomaven
@tmigratorius.bsky.social
Watching climate, democracy, epidemiology, and medicinal plants. Medical Botanist; SWSBM 1995. Born at 313.2 ppm CO2
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of the last weeks of my course focused on psychotropic plants (the beneficial and the addictive). Here's a list but I'm sure there's many more.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One of the last weeks of my course focused on psychotropic plants (the beneficial and the addictive). Here's a list but I'm sure there's many more.
It depends on the plant age (6 or above is best) and also where it grows, but apparently, the periderm (peri = around; derm = skin) does have some polyphenols we want.
Okay then..
Okay then..
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It depends on the plant age (6 or above is best) and also where it grows, but apparently, the periderm (peri = around; derm = skin) does have some polyphenols we want.
Okay then..
Okay then..
Rhodiola rosea roots (7 year-old plant).
I was trying to figure out if the papery skin on the roots and rhizome (remember, those are different parts) had any compounds of value.
So I went to the library...
I was trying to figure out if the papery skin on the roots and rhizome (remember, those are different parts) had any compounds of value.
So I went to the library...
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Rhodiola rosea roots (7 year-old plant).
I was trying to figure out if the papery skin on the roots and rhizome (remember, those are different parts) had any compounds of value.
So I went to the library...
I was trying to figure out if the papery skin on the roots and rhizome (remember, those are different parts) had any compounds of value.
So I went to the library...
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Himalayan cloud sage (Salvia nubicola) is really Zone 5 or 6, but some years it will flower. It's sticky like many of the other Salvias. I wonder if those plants are absorbing nitrogen from the insects? 🤔
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Himalayan cloud sage (Salvia nubicola) is really Zone 5 or 6, but some years it will flower. It's sticky like many of the other Salvias. I wonder if those plants are absorbing nitrogen from the insects? 🤔
I wish someone would come up with a home blood test that would show amount of antioxidants and free radicals in the blood.
Maybe then, people would see why they are important.
Antioxidants are compounds that protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.
Maybe then, people would see why they are important.
Antioxidants are compounds that protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wish someone would come up with a home blood test that would show amount of antioxidants and free radicals in the blood.
Maybe then, people would see why they are important.
Antioxidants are compounds that protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.
Maybe then, people would see why they are important.
Antioxidants are compounds that protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.
Plant Communication: How Plants Converse and Cope Up.
45 pages! Good overview.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaka...
45 pages! Good overview.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaka...
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Plant Communication: How Plants Converse and Cope Up.
45 pages! Good overview.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaka...
45 pages! Good overview.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Aaka...
Smoke–water treatment of seeds, an ancient technique for increasing seed vigor.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sand...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sand...
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Smoke–water treatment of seeds, an ancient technique for increasing seed vigor.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sand...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sand...
Peonies are expensive, but they live for 60 years, so it's a really good investment.
Besides, the deer don't like them. Double win.
Besides, the deer don't like them. Double win.
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Peonies are expensive, but they live for 60 years, so it's a really good investment.
Besides, the deer don't like them. Double win.
Besides, the deer don't like them. Double win.
Before believing in telepathy, it might be good to read up on synaesthesia and dreaming.
Not Open Source but you can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not Open Source but you can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Before believing in telepathy, it might be good to read up on synaesthesia and dreaming.
Not Open Source but you can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not Open Source but you can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Why high-altitudes harbor such a wealth of medicinal plants.
Because we humans also need antioxidants.
Also, yay! Source of where the term "secondary metabolites" comes from. A much often debated term. Albrecht Kossel (1891)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Because we humans also need antioxidants.
Also, yay! Source of where the term "secondary metabolites" comes from. A much often debated term. Albrecht Kossel (1891)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Why high-altitudes harbor such a wealth of medicinal plants.
Because we humans also need antioxidants.
Also, yay! Source of where the term "secondary metabolites" comes from. A much often debated term. Albrecht Kossel (1891)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Because we humans also need antioxidants.
Also, yay! Source of where the term "secondary metabolites" comes from. A much often debated term. Albrecht Kossel (1891)
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Suggest filling a pot with soil (pH 6-7) and sprinkling the Rhodiola seed (which is dust-sized) on top and then burying the pot in a garden and let nature do the rest. The plants are very small and take many months to get large enough to identify. Photos are 2-month old plants
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Suggest filling a pot with soil (pH 6-7) and sprinkling the Rhodiola seed (which is dust-sized) on top and then burying the pot in a garden and let nature do the rest. The plants are very small and take many months to get large enough to identify. Photos are 2-month old plants
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Again...the Plant Intelligence debate is far from over.
This is a good, recent summary of what's going on:
Understanding otherness - the anthropocentrism trap.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
This is a good, recent summary of what's going on:
Understanding otherness - the anthropocentrism trap.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Again...the Plant Intelligence debate is far from over.
This is a good, recent summary of what's going on:
Understanding otherness - the anthropocentrism trap.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
This is a good, recent summary of what's going on:
Understanding otherness - the anthropocentrism trap.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
The tree of life as understood by Ernst Hackel 1874.
Notice where "man" is? This is anthropocentricity.
Where are plants?
Humans tend to interpret things along lines that are familiar to us. There's the trap. Similarities are not relatedness.
Notice where "man" is? This is anthropocentricity.
Where are plants?
Humans tend to interpret things along lines that are familiar to us. There's the trap. Similarities are not relatedness.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The tree of life as understood by Ernst Hackel 1874.
Notice where "man" is? This is anthropocentricity.
Where are plants?
Humans tend to interpret things along lines that are familiar to us. There's the trap. Similarities are not relatedness.
Notice where "man" is? This is anthropocentricity.
Where are plants?
Humans tend to interpret things along lines that are familiar to us. There's the trap. Similarities are not relatedness.
#biomimicry #bioinspired
"It marks a departure from assembly-centric manufacturing methods toward a growth-oriented model, wherein nature’s principles serve as the guiding force behind design
innovation."
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
"It marks a departure from assembly-centric manufacturing methods toward a growth-oriented model, wherein nature’s principles serve as the guiding force behind design
innovation."
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#biomimicry #bioinspired
"It marks a departure from assembly-centric manufacturing methods toward a growth-oriented model, wherein nature’s principles serve as the guiding force behind design
innovation."
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
"It marks a departure from assembly-centric manufacturing methods toward a growth-oriented model, wherein nature’s principles serve as the guiding force behind design
innovation."
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
This is pretty good.
“Do your own research” sounds empowering.
Until you remember how much expertise it actually takes to understand research.
www.linkedin.com/in/blakeeber...
“Do your own research” sounds empowering.
Until you remember how much expertise it actually takes to understand research.
www.linkedin.com/in/blakeeber...
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is pretty good.
“Do your own research” sounds empowering.
Until you remember how much expertise it actually takes to understand research.
www.linkedin.com/in/blakeeber...
“Do your own research” sounds empowering.
Until you remember how much expertise it actually takes to understand research.
www.linkedin.com/in/blakeeber...
There are 20 species of Salvia that are used as dan shen in China. Only one of them is taught in acupuncture schools here in North America.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There are 20 species of Salvia that are used as dan shen in China. Only one of them is taught in acupuncture schools here in North America.
Not bad. Took 4 months to germinate just one seed, but I now have a lot of seeds. Totally a greenhouse plant. Brought it in for the winter. I'm sure the aphids will be thankfull. 😬
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) in the parsley family of all things!
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) in the parsley family of all things!
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not bad. Took 4 months to germinate just one seed, but I now have a lot of seeds. Totally a greenhouse plant. Brought it in for the winter. I'm sure the aphids will be thankfull. 😬
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) in the parsley family of all things!
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) in the parsley family of all things!
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Put this title in Google Scholar to get the paper:
Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau
#Indigenous #harvesting #foraging
Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau
#Indigenous #harvesting #foraging
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Put this title in Google Scholar to get the paper:
Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau
#Indigenous #harvesting #foraging
Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau
#Indigenous #harvesting #foraging
"Camas has been used by Northwest communities for millennia.
The oldest known use of camas dates to our study area, where
one feature dated to approximately 8000 BP, contained hundreds of charred camas bulbs (Cheatham, 1988)."
Scales of plant stewardship in the precontact Pacific Northwest, USA.
The oldest known use of camas dates to our study area, where
one feature dated to approximately 8000 BP, contained hundreds of charred camas bulbs (Cheatham, 1988)."
Scales of plant stewardship in the precontact Pacific Northwest, USA.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Camas has been used by Northwest communities for millennia.
The oldest known use of camas dates to our study area, where
one feature dated to approximately 8000 BP, contained hundreds of charred camas bulbs (Cheatham, 1988)."
Scales of plant stewardship in the precontact Pacific Northwest, USA.
The oldest known use of camas dates to our study area, where
one feature dated to approximately 8000 BP, contained hundreds of charred camas bulbs (Cheatham, 1988)."
Scales of plant stewardship in the precontact Pacific Northwest, USA.