Talk:Coleus scutellarioides

Specific epithet

I don't understand Latin, but I believe there is a mistake in the translation of the species epithet. Scutella could be translated as "a small shield" (though I've understood it could also mean "a small plate"), so "like a small shield" would surely be "scutelloides"? Scutellaria instead is a genus that looks quite similar to this species. -aria, as I understand, is a common suffix to names of genera and if I'm not wrong, Scutellaria could be translated as something like "wielder of little shields". Therefore, I'd think that "scutellarioides" means "Scutellaria-like" and refers to similarity between this species and the genus Scutellaria. I'm just worried I'm mistaken there, could someone who really understands Latin grammar please check this, and as the epithet is currently referenced I'm feeling forced to leave the sentence unchanged. Should I be bolder? 58.182.196.165 (talk) 02:30, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm sure you're right. More importantly, Hyam & Pankhurst (1995), Plants and their names, say "scutellarioides: from the genus Scutellaria, with the ending -oides, indicating resemblance." So I'll alter the article. Peter coxhead (talk) 23:45, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

To expand a bit more, scutum is the Latin for shield; scutellum or scutella is a diminutive, literally "little shield", but was used to refer to bowls or dishes (Roman shields were round). In botanical Latin it's used for a number of cup- or bowl-shaped structures, including the calyx in genera like Scutella. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:41, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for confirming this, and the added information! 58.182.196.165 (talk) 09:40, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Psychoactivity

How would those Mazatec Indians have obtained this tropical plant of Asia? At the garden center I suppose,,,--Wetman (talk) 00:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

@Wetman: yes, I wondered that too... I've altered the text a bit, although the source does say they used it. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:49, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

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Coleus

I am in need of help in trying to figure out how to prepare this plant and a couple others for winter does anyone have any advice, or anything they could help me with in keeping my plants alive thank you Shadoan38 (talk) 12:13, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

My experience of growing coleus is that they are best grown as annuals, and it's not worth trying to keep them from year to year. If you have a colour form you particularly like, take cuttings from late summer onwards and keep the cuttings in good light, definitely above 10 °C (50 °F) and ideally above 15 °C (59 °F). Again, this is just my experience. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:42, 24 August 2019 (UTC)