… and we're in business! 🤸

Two years ago I sowed some seeds from Ivy Broomrape (Orobanche hederae) on a public space with a lot of Common Ivy. Usually they only take one year from sowing to blooming, but I didn't see any last year so I thought none of the seeds had found a host. Then today as I was passing by I noticed not one, but five withered and dry inflorescences, so it seems my guerilla gardening was successful after all. 🙌

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Orobanche hederae (🇬🇧 Ivy Broomrape | 🇩🇰 Vedbend-Gyvelkvæler)

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@cohanf LOL, I've done the same with #Tulipa sprengeri (because Tulipa tarda seems to be able to propagate itself that way) — with nothing to show for it so far.

I didn't know the #Castilleja until now. Such beautiful plants. Do you know the species of the one you've been sowing?

I notice that Castilleja is in the #Broomrape family. I've had success with Ivy-Broomrape, #Orobanche hederae, that is now growing on the Ivy that is covering a long wall. But Castilleja seems to have chlorophyll and everything, so it's not a parasite like its cousin, the Ivy-Broomrape, is it?