The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center - Shroomery

Salvia divinorum Clones
Vegetatively propagated clones - collected in the Sierra
Mazateca:
Wasson/Hofmann (Collected by Wasson and Hofmann)
Cerro Quemado (Collected by L.J. Valdés III)
Palatable (Collected by Bret Blosser)
Bret Blosser #2 (Collected by Bret Blosser)
Catalina (KH96 - Collected by Kathleen Harrison July 1996)
Delicious (DS9901 - Collected by Daniel Siebert February 11, 1999)
Julieta (DS9902 - Collected by Daniel Siebert February 14, 1999)
Distinctive clones:
Luna (syn. DS9401L)
This is an unusual clone that I discovered growing in a patch of the "Wasson/Hofmann" clone. It is either a sport of the
"Wasson/Hofmann" clone that sprung up from the base of the surrounding plants, or it may have originated from a seed
that fell from the neighboring plants. Given that it is extremely rare for Salvia divinorum to produce viable seeds and that
any seedlings produced tend to be very weak, it is most likely that this is actually a sport, possibly some type of polyploid.
The leaf morphology is distinctive. The margin is more deeply serrated and the leaf is more roundish than ovate. Go here to
see a picture of Luna.
Appaloosa
This is a variegated clone that was discovered by "Sage Student" in 1999. It originated as a sport on an otherwise normal
specimen in his collection. The clonal identity of the plant that produced it is unknown because it was purchased from a
source that did not identify it (most likely it was the Wasson/Hofmann clone). The cause of the variegation has not been
positively identified. It is probably a chimera (an individual containing genetically different tissues) that resulted from a
somatic mutation. It does not appear to be caused by a pathological condition. The leaves are marked with patchy white or
pale-green areas and the stems have white striping. The amount of variegation is quite variable: some leaves are heavily
variegated, while others appear completely normal. Growth of the pigment-free cells is stunted, causing leaf and stem
deformations. "Sage Student" describes how this clone was nearly destroyed soon after it was discovered:
The original plant was nearly destroyed, because when I first noticed it I thought it was diseased. Fearing it would infect my healthy
Salvia plants, I hurled it into the woods to die far away from my healthy Salvias. But I then had second thoughts about what I had done,
and realized it might not be sick after all but could be a rare mutant worth saving. I had to crawl on hands and knees through poison ivy
to retrieve it!
Paradox
This is one of the seed-raised clones mentioned above. Of all of the seed-raised clones I have seen, this is the only one that
is visibly unique. The leaves have a slightly mottled appearance.
Lost clones:
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