Rivea Cormbosa(Ololiuhqui)

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Rivea Corymbosa, also known as Ololiuhqui or snake plant, is a flowering vine related to morning glory and Hawaiian baby woodrose. All are members of the Convolvulaceae family with rivea unquestionably being the rarest of the three. Rivea’s beautiful bell-shaped flowers are white and its leaves are spade-like. This perennial climber is great for adorning fences, railings, trellis and mailboxes. Although valued as a sacred plant for hundreds of years in Southern and Central Mexico, coakihuitl, as it was called by the Aztecs, which means “snake plant”, was first described to westerners by explorer Francisco Hernandez as part of his job of describing the botanical specimens of Mexico for King Phillip II of Spain. In colder climates, rivea corymbosa should be grown as a potted plant and brought indoors for the coldest months.



Growing Information

Rivea Corymbosa seeds have a thick coat. Therefore, scarification is recommended to speed up and increase germination. Nick or file the seed coat away from the germ eye. (The germ eye is the little circular dent at the top of the seed.) Then soak the seeds until they swell up. This typically happens in 12-24 hours. The seeds should then be sown at a depth of ¼ inch in a rich, well-draining soil mixture. The seedlings will prefer less light at first but will eventually come to prefer full sun with maturity. This is probably because they naturally start their growth in the shade of other plants before rising into the warm tropical sun. Sprouting seeds and young seedlings are prone to rot. Therefore, a variation on the germination method is to soak the seeds for less time and then germinate them in a very lightly moist paper towel in a zipper baggie. This avoids the retention of too much water in the initial stage that could lead to rot. After the seeds have germinated, transplant them into soil. Keep plants constantly watered and provide plenty of drainage and root space. Give them something to climb once they reach about ten inches. Large plants should be trimmed back if space is an issue.

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Here's mine at about a month and a half.

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Now she's about 3 months

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Rivea corymbosa (common synonym: Turbina corymbosa), belongs to the group of morning glory plants which are native to Latin American countries, from Mexico in the North to Peru in the South and it is widely naturalised elsewhere. Its seeds grow out into a perennial climbing vine with white flowers, often planted as an ornamental plant.
Ololiuqui belongs to the LSA seeds, which means it has some qualities similar to LSD, as well in chemical structure as in results.

For a long time not many others than the Indians of Mexico had knowledge about the use of ololiuhqui. In this area it was the most widely used hallucinogenic. Today you can find the seeds in almost all the villages of Oaxaca, where they serve the natives by providing help or answers to them. The seeds are used for their psychedelic purposes by the Aztec priests in order to communicate with their gods. Ololiuhqui is also used in traditional Mexican medicine as a cure for flatulence, to remedy venereal troubles, to dull pain, and to remove tumors. It's been said to work miracles, when properly propitiated.

Albert Hofmann in 'LSD, my problem child': "With the studies of ololiuqui, my work in the area of hallucinogenic drugs nicely came full circle. It now formed a circle, one could say a magical circle; the starting point was the studies on the production of lysergic acid amides of the type of the naturally occurring ergot alkaloid ergobasin. These led to the synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide, of LSD. The work with the hallucinogenic substance LSD then led to studies of the hallucinogenic magic mushroom teonanacatl, from which the active principles psilocybin and psilocin were isolated. The concern with the Mexican magic drug teonanacatl led to work on a second Mexican magic drug, ololiuqui. In ololiuqui, lysergic acid amides, including ergobasin, were once again found to be the hallucinogenic substances, and this closed the magical circle."
Effects

Ololiuhqui does not produce such direct hallucinations like LSD or shrooms, the trip is comparable to the hypnotic state produced by morning glory. The Indians report powerful visions, even at lower doses. Possibly this is particularly due to cultural conditioning and the guiding of shamans.

The most essential psychoactive substance is ergine. It has been demonstrated that this produces a dreamlike trance or even a twilight sleep with vision images.
Usage

The traditional and most suitable method of preparation is to soak the finely ground or chewed seeds in half a cup of water for several hours, then consuming both the water and seeds.

The traditional dose consists of 14 to 22 seeds (R. Gordon Wasson, 'Ololiuhqui and the other hallucinogens of Mexico' in 'Homenaje a Roberto J. Weitlaner'. 1971). There have been experiments where these amounts elicited no effects among Western subjects. Eventually they ingested up to 60 - 100 seeds. Higher dosages led to nothing but vomiting and several other undesirable side-effects.

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She's growing so fast I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I put a tall post in the pot, like 5' but she's already reached the top of that and reaching. It wouldn't be so bad if I had a yard with fence, but I've gotta keep her mobile. I'll probably have to weave here through something else. I just don't want to get wrapped through something constricting.

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In T- 1 hour i will consume 150 seeds from my dads Ololiuhqui. It's kind of a high dose, but i am an experienced tripper. I'll tell you how it goes. I've had the seeds for almost a year now as they are from last years plants, do you think they degrade with time in LSA content?

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My plant has grown larger than I expected. When I moved there was one shoot about 7' long. While moving it got kinked about half way up so I took it and tried to clone it with no success. But since then I have 5 shoots that stretched well over 10 feet each. The base of the plant turned woody and spun its self together like rope. I didn't get any flowers on it though, in a month or so I'll prune her back and bring her in for the winter.