After the usual medical disclaimer (IOW - I have no knowledge about this), I did see this site where it is listed as an edible in the landscpae. Now, it doesn't say which iris.....
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1255.html
Texas Statewide Roundup April 28, 2007-TRADES
Thanks, Cj. I was in a little bit of a panic. I was planning on tortilla soup, but without irises.:) Hmmm. Wonder what flavor they would add. I think I won't try that just now. It'll be interesting to see if the other bud on that stalk blooms after its chicken stock/salt bath.
But then I saw this....
A story with a moral, and disclaimers. Harvey became a student of plant taxonomy early in his teenage years because of mistaken plant identification. He and a 14-year old buddy had been avidly reading Euell Gibbons books on foraging for edible wild plants and were eager to try cattail rhizomes. They bicycled to a small sedge meadow bordering a nearby lake and pulled up several stalks to get at the rhizomes, then wielded their official Boy Scout knives to prepare the strips of reputedly crunchy goodness right at the lake edge. They didnÕt encounter the outer "peel" they should have but waved that observation away as literary exaggeration by edible wild plant experts. After washing the rhizome pieces in the lake, they popped bunches of them into their mouths and swallowed them greedily. For the next hour they vomited their guts out in bewilderment, and for the rest of the day and part of another they savored the flavor burning pepper and old boat motor oil. Later, Harvey discovered they had sampled wild iris (Iris virginica), which is mildly toxic and definitely not very scrumptious, instead of cattailsÑthey both have green sword-shaped leaves and grow in swampy or marshy places. Despite strenuous encouragement from his parents to go into medicine or accounting and spare his life, he decided to learn how to identify plants with a higher degree of accuracy by studying taxonomy in a more rigorous fashion. Eventually he enjoyed many (properly identified) edible wild plant products without stomach distress or the lingering taste of peppery motor oil.
Further details on Edible Wild Plants in Southeastern Ohio
Other ethnobotanical resource sites (including edible wild plants) on the Web
Authors: Rebecca Mullaney and Harvey Ballard
Environmental and Plant Biology | OU Front Door
Copyright © 2002 Ohio University
Was it just the flower? Did it just fall in and you got it right back out?
Hmmm. Well, now. Which one is right I wonder. It fell in and I picked out after maybe 30 seconds. It was the faded flower and a bud not opened yet on a short stalk.
They also list Dolichos lablab, and it is eaten in many foreign countries....according to research I did a couple of years ago...
Maybe you could call the poison control center in Galveston?
I just called poison control. He said that it can cause stomach and skin problems, but since it was only there for less that a minute he didn't think it would be a problem. Hmmmm. I think I'll ask on the lily forum. thanks Cj.
LOL Marylee, when did this happen? Have you eaten any of the soap yet?
Marylee as long as that soup been boiling , it should have killed anything toxic.
I remember Euell Gibbons, wasnt he the one who ran around the woods eating everything and died of stomach Cancer?
ROFLOL!!
This was last night. I didn't want to take any chances. I am making tortilla soup and I really like it, but if I make it and it makes everybody sick, they won't eat it anymore. So I threw out the liquid, washed the chicken and started over. After that awful stomach virus in Feb, I am not taking any chances.:)
Back to business. I have Red Dragon cuttings to add to my Haves list. Also Brazilian Plume. I'll post links if I can find em.
Red Dragon Knotweed, Fleece Flower, Tovara
Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'
Red Dragon
Well $%^^&*! We have been having keyboard and mouse problems. So maybe it's not just me this time.
OK, I'll do this my way.:)Red Dragon is Tovara Persicaria microcephala.
Brazilian Plume is Acanthaceae Justicia carnea. But in PF you can find it as brazilian plume.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/643/index.html (Brazilian plume)
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1134/index.html (Red dragon) Yes, please.
This message was edited Apr 12, 2007 9:16 AM
May I have some Brazilian Plume, MaryLee?
I'd like one of each please!
:) Kim
May i have some of the brazilian plume as well?
Also stupidly (or not) i went ahead and ordered confederate rose hibiscus from Georgia Vines. I thought that I was ordering 2 seeds (who reads instructions????) what i got was two PACKETS of seeds, 25 each. OK well i only have so many friends with yards. I'm going to donate some to our Middle School botany class. But i should have enough left over for trades.
Thanks Cj for the links.
I have Brazilian Plume for Cj, Kim and Aunt Anne
and Red dragon for Kim
Hi everyone I believe I will be joining you good people at this gathering, here is my list so far. Let the trading begin.
7 seedling of Corkscrew vines ( Vigna Caracalla )
1 small rooted Butterfly Clerodendrum, ( Clerodendrum Ugandense )
4 rooted cuttings of Rose Cactus ( Pereskia Grandifolia )
3 Jacaranda Mimosifolia trees 2 to 3 feet
2 or 3 rooted Brugmansia cuttings
4 ( Unknown Variety ) single red Tropical Hibiscus rooted cuttings
2 rooted cutting of Cranberry Hibiscus ( Hibiscus acetosella )
I can dig up some:
Black and Blue ( Salvia Guaranitica ) ( OUT )
Four O'Clock tubers Fushia ( Mirabilis Jalapa )
Nandias ( Unknown Variety ) can get 5 to 6 foot tall
Mexican Petunia tall pink ( Ruellia brittoniana )
Woodland violets
Creeping Myrtle ( Vinca Minor )
Yellow Columbine ( Aquilegia Chrysantha )
Orange Trumpet Vine
Rose of Sharon, Althea ( Hibiscus Syriacus )
Lantana ( unknown variety ) will be pink and yellow or orange and yellow
Lemon Balm
Pink Flowering Oleander small seedling
Unknown Crinum bulbs Lite Pink ( OUT )
Trades:
Blue_eyes - Corkscrew Vine, Rose Cactus, 4 O'clocks (Kim)
Dave- 4 O'clock tubers
patrob-2 corkscrew vines (Patricia)
AuntAnne-Black & Blue Salvia (Anne)
Silvefluter- 2 Corkscrew vine, crinums bulbs (Mary Lee)
Ilovejesus99 - 2 seedling of Corkscrew vines, 1 small rooted Butterfly Clerodendrum,
1 rooted cuttings of Rose Cactus , 1(Unknown Variety) single red Tropical Hibiscus rooted cuttings,
Black and Blue Salvia, Unknown Crinum bulbs Lite Pink (Sandy)
Marylyn_TX - Black and Blue Salvia
Trishann - Corkscrew Vine, Butterfly Clerodendrum, Jacaranda Mimosifolia trees, Cranberry Hibiscus, Black and Blue Salvia, Woodland Violets, Creeping Myrtle, Yellow Columbine, Lemon Balm
Receiving:
Blue_eyes - (2) White Tx Star Hibiscus, (1) Hibiscus callyphyllus seedlings, and ( 1 or 2) double peach hibiscus - unrooted cuttings
Dave - (2) Showy Stonecrop Sedum
Patrob - (1) Torch Aloe (Aloe arborescens), (1) Dune Aloe (Aloe thraskii)
AuntAnne - pink and yellow ice plant
Silverfluter - (1) of each of your 2 orchid cactus
ilovejesus99 - Crocosmia, Parrot Lily, Miniature Climbing Rose, Purple Heart
Ceejaytown - Hemerocallis 'Kwanso', Philippine violet, Plumeria rubra 'Slaughter Pink' cuttings,
Spiraea x bumalda 'Lime Mound'‘, Pavonia lasiopetala ( CJ )
Marylyn_TX - Clerdendron bugeii
Trishann - Plumeria Seedling, Datura seedling, yellow daylilies, orange daylilies, scarlet daylilies, Richard Wallace Canna, Orange Beauty Canna, Cuttings for prosperity rose, Cuttings for Red Oleander
This message was edited Apr 16, 2007 11:25 PM
red dragon please.
ClaytonDT may I please have:
2 seedling of Corkscrew vines ( Vigna Caracalla )
1 small rooted Butterfly Clerodendrum, ( Clerodendrum Ugandense )
1 rooted cuttings of Rose Cactus ( Pereskia Grandifolia )
1(Unknown Variety) single red Tropical Hibiscus rooted cuttings
Black and Blue ( Salvia Guaranitica )
Unknown Crinum bulbs Lite Pink
This message was edited Apr 12, 2007 8:08 PM
Clayton....so glad you will be joining us! It is a lot of fun! I'd be interested in a corkscrew vine seedling, a rose cactus, and some 4 o'clock tubers. Please take a look at my list.
:) Kim
Hi Kim, I would like your (2) White Tx Star Hibiscus, (1) Hibiscus callyphyllus seedlings , and ( 1 or 2) double peach hibiscus - unrooted cuttings
I will mark you down for those. Thanks so much!
:) Kim
Clayton, I look forward to meeting you at the RU! I'd love to have two of your vigna caracalla vines. Please check my list to see what I can bring for you. http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3131182
Thanks,
Patricia
This message was edited Apr 12, 2007 8:54 PM
Clayton, could I please have some corkscrew vines seedlings, don't know how many. I have to find out how big they get. And if you have any left, some crinums. Do you have pictures of them?
And please look at my list too.:)
Sandy I have you down for red dragon cuttings.
ClaytonDT I don't know if you noticed what I ask for at 7:14.
I have 8 things on my trade list if anybody wants anything.
Thanks,
Sandy ^8^
Clayton
May I have some of the salvia? My list is confederate rose seeds, morning glory seedlings (maybe some scarlet), moonvine (lavender), pink ice, and yellow ice, and butterfly blue pea vine. And if someone will tell me how to gather them, seeds from coreopsis bloom. Anne
dave
Apr 13, 2007
ClaytonDT, could I have a Miribilis jalapa tuber?
dave
Patricia, can I get one of each of your two types of Aloes
Clayton
ilovejesus99, what do you have left to trade? I know we can work something out.
Clayton
AuntAnne, is the butterfly pea vine the single or double?
Clayton
Dave, can I get 2 of your Showy Stonecrop Sedum.
Clayton
This message was edited Apr 13, 2007 2:14 PM
dave
Apr 13, 2007
I've got you down Clayton!
Clayton, I have you down for aloes.
Thanks,
Patricia
I've been going through and trying to organize and check over the things I am bringing to the roundup, and made some not so nice discoveries. Spider mites and aphids. I am soaking my seedlings and plants thoroughly tonight to rid most of the spider mites and I will treat them tomorrow to hit everything else. I will do my best to get rid of these bugs before the roundup, but I will recommend keeping them separated at first to ensure they are gone. And I won't be offended if someone doesn't want to risk it. The problem is that this year I overwintered brugmansias in the greenhouse, and that is where the spider mites came from I think. I didn't have a problem before that. The aphids I think just came about in the last few weeks, they aren't bad and I will hit them hard tomorrow. Sigh....I guess I bit off more than I could chew this year with all the seedlings. I didn't realize how busy school would keep me. Another thing I found.....the cherry brandy gaura did not like being divided. The main plant is just now springing back to life, and one of the divisions completely rotted. The other has a little new growth. I hesitate to take another division from this plant. Also, the divisions I tried to root of the dianthus 'spooky' are not rooting. I can take fresh divisions, but hopefully someone else has a better method for rooting these. It's been pretty hectic here but I will hopefully have everything conquered and not find any more discoveries.
:) Kim
kim,
I have a good size lantana if you would like it I will dig it up after I cut it back some. It is yellow and pink. I think it is called confeti. LMK
I don't remember anyone asking for anything I have. If you did please remind me.
Blessings,
Sandy ^8^