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Comments
The computer crashed before I could complete my ponderings about cinnabari-awareness celebrations.
Online sources such as Amazon do advertise Dracaena cinnabari seeds among their product lines.
So such a joyous consciousness-raising, tree-awareness celebration does seem possible. But does its vulnerability not demand doing all the pre-event preparations, all the entire event, all the post-event preparations as resource-aware and waste-free as possible?
But, even so, perhaps I expect to be the pleased, proud parent of my own homegrown Socotra dragon's blood tree even as I already know where to grow and locate it!
Socotra dragon's blood trees associate with bounteous, environmental health in their wood, medicinal, culinary products.
Might it not be quite fun to manage a Socotra dragon's blood tree evening with participants at dragon's-blood tables and on dragon's-blood chairs atop dragon's-blood rope woven into area rugs? There might be dragon's-blood berries crushed into drinks or mixed with leaves into salads. There might be dragon's-blood breath refresher, lipstick and toothpaste carryouts!
VioletRose, Me, too: plants and trees present such fascinating variety that they always hold my interest.
Very interesting, I love learning about plants and trees.