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Welcome to part 1 of this collection of Salvia divinorum photos. Here you can find images of well developed Salvia plants, cuttings and growing plants.

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Perfect Plants
Very nice Salvia divinorum plants.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #1 - Image 1 Super-Salvia #1 - Image 1
A really nice plant at its development place. The plant was placed as a spare exemplar at this window facing to the south in a bathroom and there she grew like hell. The high humidity and the south with a lot of sun were two major factors. The direct sun wasn't a problem, because the air inside the bathroom was not only humidy but also even in the summer quite cool. These 3 good factors combined with a good fertilizer resulted in that wonderful plant.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #1 - Image 2 Super-Salvia #1 - Image 2
The same Salvia from a side view at her window place. You can see the stems becoming thicker and the leaves also becoming quite big during her development. These are the best signs that the plant is doing well.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #1 - Image 3 Super-Salvia #1 - Image 3
Same plant to a later time at another place compared in size with sunglasses.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #1 - Image 4 Super-Salvia #1 - Image 4
Same plant compared to another Salvia divinorum which is not doing so well. Here you also can understand how senseless information like "I smoked 3 leaves" are, because the sizes of Salvia divinorum leaves can vary much.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #1 - Image 5 Super-Salvia #1 - Image 5
The same plant fully developed. During the dark winter she dropped most of her leaves. But if I would had placed her at the same bathroom window, then she would started to bring new shots in the spring.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #2 - Image 1 Super-Salvia #2 - Image 1
Here another plant that I've got from headshop.de. She has been also well developed after standing during the summer on my balcony facing to west-north and getting the late afternoon and evening sun.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia #2 - Image 2 Super-Salvia #2 - Image 2
Here the same plant like on the image before, but this time together with myself, being happy about her growing style.
Salvia divinorum - Fluoro Fluoro Salvia
This plant grew under fluorescent light that she likes much.
When you use a lot of fluoro bulbs then you have a lot of light for good growing but not so much thermic rays like with other lamp types. Thats why fluorescent lamps are a good choice for growing salvia.
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia Markus - Image 1 Super-Salvia by Markus - Image 1
Here a real monster from a grower named Markus. He also sells his plants across europe. Have a look at his Salvia-Plants Page
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia Markus - Image 2 Super-Salvia by Markus - Image 2
Here the same plant later. She continued to grow.
Now it looks like a small tree :)
Salvia divinorum - Super-Salvia Markus - Image 3 Super-Salvia by Markus - Image 3
Monster leaf.
Salvia divinorum - Fat Leaf Fat Leaf
Salvia divinorum leaf and 1 Eurocent.


Outdoor Plants
Salvia divinorum plants that has been grown outside in middle germany.
Also the Super-Salvia #2, that is not shown here, was an outdoor plant.
Salvia divinorum - Outdoor Salvia 1 Outdoor Salvia 1
This Salvia was standing at the nothern side of a small garage so she captured only the evening sun. She developed well there because outside is even at such a northern side of a garage enough ambient ligth.
But one problem were fucking slugs (the nacket ones) that like to eat parts of the leaves. This aggresive species ate also a lot of other plants and was a real plague that year because they came from somewere else, tasted bad and thats why they had not much enemies.
Salvia divinorum - Outdoor Salvia 2 Outdoor Salvia 2
Two plants standing on a north-west balcony during summer.
Salvia divinorum - Outdoor Salvia 3 Outdoor Salvia 3
Plant standing on a north-west balcony during summer.
Salvia divinorum - Out of nowhere Out of nowhere
Out of nowhere came the plant with the fat stem. Pot was standing outside during spring and summer.
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 1 Balcony 1
Some plants on a north-west balcony.
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 2 Balcony 2
A plant on a north-west balcony.
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 3 Balcony 3
Some plants on a north-west balcony.
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 4 Balcony 4
Who is looking there?
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 5 Balcony 5
Cooking sage above - Salvia divinorum below
Salvia divinorum - Balcony 6 Balcony 6
Some plants on a north-west balcony.
Salvia divinorum - Spring 1 Spring 1
Fresh sprouts during spring on balcony.
Salvia divinorum - Spring 2 Spring 2
New sprouts on old branches.
Salvia divinorum - Spring 3 Spring 3
New sprouts on old branches.
Salvia divinorum - Outdoor in the garden Outdoor in the garden
Nice outdoorplants in a german garden
Thanx to Seb for the image


Vegetative Growing
Here some pictures of Salvia divinorum cuttings and sprouting plants.
Salvia divinorum - New Life 1 New Life 1
Here you can see a lot of new small but fresh sprouts between old plants and dead stems. They can be seen most often after winter between march and may when the plants get more natural light and start to grow much more.
If the conditions are right and the roots well, then even not so well looking plants can develop fast that way during spring.
Sometimes there grow little clusters at the base of some old plants with many possibilities for new sprout.
Salvia divinorum - New Life 2 New Life 2
On this not so sharp image you can see a nice phenomena that is occuring sometimes. In the upper left corner you can see a new sprout coming out of earth, although the mother plant above earth had died some time ago. It seems that some stem parts can survive below the surface. And if there is a node then this part can start to grow again some days or weeks later.
Salvia divinorum - Unterwelt Underworld
While digging in one of my Salviapots i found 1 cm under the surface these two tender pale sprouts as the rest of a plant that has died above the surface long time ago. Under bad conditions a plant may survive with this strategy. Thats why implant your cutting with a node near the surface.
Salvia divinorum - Stem 1 Stem Cuttings 1
Here some old stem parts which were not very healthy but nevertheless got roots on this wet "Seramis" and startet to bring new sprout. Better than throwing them away.
Salvia divinorum - Stem 2 Stem Cuttings 2
Some more recycling of old stems. Some may start to rot, but some should survive and will develop into new plant.
Salvia divinorum - The Natural Way The natural way
On this picture you can see how Salvia do propagate in the wild nature. The long stems will become heavier and heavier and start to tilt to the ground. In the wild nature these stems would touch the ground and get there roots while they are still connected to the motherplant. At U-shaped growing stems you can often see root formation near the lowest point because here the plants usually touch the ground.
The plant can then start to grow new shots on each nope along the whole length of the stem like on a line. So this is a good propagating strategy.
Salvia divinorum - The Natural Way 2 The natural way 2
Another example how Salvia divinorum could propagate in the wild nature by stems bending over and starting new sprouts.
Salvia divinorum - Top2Bottom Cutted heads
Head becoming feet. I cutted the good looking heads of these thin plants and placed them into simple holes in the ground of the same pot. Some water - ready. This worked so well because the whole plant was under a tent. Else I think the cuttings can't survive. Under the tent they could take up water from the air. So they had enough time to get roots without stress. A nice way to fill loose pots.
Salvia divinorum - Duplication Session 1 Duplication Part 1
At the left side in a glass of water there are some fresh head cutting, which were made from the plants in the right pot. A lot of these plants became were thin and had only leaves at their tips. So my plan was to cut the heads and bring them to root, while the plantrest should sprout again.
The plan worked well, so that I had around twice as much plants as originally were in this pot.
Salvia divinorum - Duplication Session 2 Duplication Part 2
Here the rest in the old pot, which should sprout again.
Salvia divinorum - Duplication Session 3 Duplication Part 3
Here the head cuttings, which were standing in a waterglass to get roots. Usually you should place them in several glasses because it can be tricky to separate the roots later.
Salvia divinorum - Duplication Session 4 Duplication Part 4
Here the surface of the old pot in a macro shot. You can see a lot of new baby Salvia divinorum plants around the base of most stems. When the conditions are right they should develop into full sized plants.
Salvia divinorum - Kindergarden 1 Kindergarden 1
A kindergarten at the base of an old stem.
Salvia divinorum - Kindergarden 2 Kindergarden 2
Another kindergarten at the base of an old stem.
Salvia divinorum - New roots 1 New roots 1
Here a long new roots with several sidebranches in a glass of water. Usually you should put the plants in earth before the roots become so long because they are not very stable and break easily.
Salvia divinorum - New roots 2 New roots 2
Some older roots, that get roots in their glases.
Salvia divinorum - Root sources Root sources
At this stempies you can see some predefined roots. You find them most often at the lowest parts of bending stems because there is the highest chance for contact with the ground.
Salvia divinorum - Jiffy Cutting 1 Jiffy Cuttings Methode - Image 1
Here a new but strange methode to make cuttings of Salvia divinorum.
I let an Jiffy pot soak with water, then I cutted this soaked pot including the net in two halfes. (was not so easy). I packed the halfes around a Salvia stem and fixated it with a bandage (therefore you need 4 arms). Then I made everything wet again.
I place this construction on the border of a glass of water, because the wet jiffy was quite heavy. One end of the bandage was hanging in the water to keep everything wet, but I have to water the jiffy sometimes.
Because of the wet bandage the plant got roots at this part of the stem. They grew throught the jiffy and throught the bandage.
Salvia divinorum - Jiffy Cutting 2 Jiffy Cuttings Methode - Image 2
The same rooted stem again. This method has the advantage that the later cutting is still growing in the earth while getting roots above the surface. Thats why you don't need to cover the plant. It can use it's original root system to get water.
Salvia divinorum - Jiffy Cutting 3 Jiffy Cuttings Methode - Image 3
The Jiffy pot with the bandage, through which the roots came out.
Salvia divinorum - Jiffy Cutting 4 Jiffy Cuttings Methode - Image 4
Because the plant has now many roots you can cut the stem below the jiffy. So you have an easy to handle, already rooted cutting which you easily can plant into fresh earth.
Disadvantages: much work for one cutting and the bandage may show signs of mold and bacteria, but that wasn't a problem in my case. Advantages: save method of making cuttings without the need to cover plants and thus preventing them from stress through change of air humidity.
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 1 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 1 - by Crow
Fat sidebranches at a mother plant
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 2 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 2 - by Crow
Mother plant and cuttings in glasses
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 3 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 3 - by Crow
Cutting
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 4 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 4 - by Crow
Potted cutting
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 5 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 5 - by Crow
The cutting grows ...
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 6 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 6 - by Crow
... became bigger ...
Salvia divinorum - Cutting developing into a plant 7 Cutting developing into a plant - Image 7 - by Crow
... and is finally a full sized perfect plant.
Salvia divinorum - Growing Tips Growing tips
This plant had some problems in the past and that why some burned tips. Nevertheless you can see a lot of young sprouts near the base of the leaves. These can develop into new branches.
Salvia divinorum - Nice Tip Nice Tip
This plant is obviously healthy. Thats why she had this nice growing tip.
You can also see the "ears" very well that are formed by the border short under the base of the leaves.
Salvia divinorum - 3 branches 3 Branches
Here you can see how there is growing a branch under a branch and a 3rd branch under these two.
Salvia divinorum - 5 branches 5 Branches
A wild bunch of 5 small branches growing at the side of a stem.
Salvia divinorum - New roots on old stems 1 New roots on old stems 1
I had some old stems and put them in a bowl with water that was standing on our balcony. After some days they got powerful roots and new branches. So I could recycle these old parts.
Salvia divinorum - New roots on old stems 2 New roots on old stems 2
Here you can see healthy white roots. Its best to implant this one horizontal and let the side braches grow upwars.
Salvia divinorum - Horizontal Cutting Horizontal Cutting
Here you can see a horizontal stempieces. It's roots grew into the soil. As a result the old stempart is bend in U-form and there are 5 new branches growing out of it.
Salvia divinorum - Cutting with Rhizopon Cutting with Rhizopon
Cutting got nice dense roots after using Rhizopon. Perfect state to put in soil.
Image by Ferdinand M.

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