Plant Lore--"Halloween" ...no matter how creepy!

[Blackbird]

 

[Greensage45]

Quite ironic, beings how I'm Pagan.

This thread is so out of context that its quite hilarious!

Humor is quite the direction I had hoped to take! LOL Share some of your tales Blackbird!

Ron

 

[Blackbird]

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

Here is one of my favorite 'scary' plants;
Devil's Claw;
http://images.google.com/images?gbv...evil's claw&ndsp=18&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

I've got a jar of this stuff in my room that I got from an herbalist.

We had one of these show up this year. Let it grow into the claws at which point it appeared to be dying so we harvested the claws from it then pulled it up. One planted gave a couple dozen claws....

 

[Greensage45]

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Sorry I sort of got pooped out in the entertainment dept. I thought I could keep this post going, but I also thought there would be many more contributions to the odd, the weird, and the spooky.

Hydnora africana, an unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles.

Rafflesia arnoldii: this parasitic plant develops the world's largest bloom that can grow over three feet across. The flower is a fleshy color, with spots that make it look like a teenager's acne-ridden skin. It smells bad and has a hole in the center that holds six or seven quarts of water. The plant has no leaves, stems, or roots.

Dracunculus vulgaris: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.

OK, please come in and share your costumes, share the booty you got while out scaring your neighbors!

Come out, come out, where ever you are! Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls!

Ron

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Sorry I sort of got pooped out in the entertainment dept. I thought I could keep this post going, but I also thought there would be many more contributions to the odd, the weird, and the spooky.

Hydnora africana, an unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles.

http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2001348574948645778_rs.jpg

Rafflesia arnoldii: this parasitic plant develops the world's largest bloom that can grow over three feet across. The flower is a fleshy color, with spots that make it look like a teenager's acne-ridden skin. It smells bad and has a hole in the center that holds six or seven quarts of water. The plant has no leaves, stems, or roots.

http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/images/RafflesiaArnFlw1.jpg

Dracunculus vulgaris: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.

http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000186714960914519_rs.jpg

OK, please come in and share your costumes, share the booty you got while out scaring your neighbors!

Come out, come out, where ever you are! Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls!

Ron

Ron, all of those are so very

 

[beefy]

good news. rash is gone and i found the thistle in my dryer.

 

[Greensage45]

bend over, let me see! ...oh my!

LOL

Ron

 

[injunjoe]

Hey Ron those plant pictures you have post are awesome.

Thanks for taking the time to post all the fun stuff.

Joe

 

[Greensage45]