Re: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?


> >I have heard that Daturas are called "Angels Trumpets" because their
> >trumpets point at the sky while the Brugmansias are called Devils Trumpets
> >because their trumpets point towards the ground.....
> 
> 
> Oops, I had that backwards.  Brugies are Angel Trumpets, pointing down at
> hell while Datura are Devil Trumpets, pointing upwards toward heaven.
> 
> Erik
> 
OK, Erik,  I know it's late but I'm not tired enough to think that 
Angel Trumpets should point down at Hell!  I checked in the Logee's 
catalogue and confirmed my belief that it was Brugmansias that point 
down -- and they call them Angel's Trumpets!  They also call Daturas 
Angel Trumpets.  Now of course Lucifer and company are *fallen* 
angels so maybe that's why the trumpets cascade (fall) down?  Then 
again, angels with trumpets are represented in art  in different 
poses and one pose is to have the trumpet pointed down.  And then 
there's that old question about angels dancing on the head of a pin. 

Seriously, thanks for the info you've posted to the list.  I'm saving 
it in anticipation of getting a brugie,  maybe from a cutting.  Do 
you think it's too late now?  I'm in northwest Georgia. 

Kate Lykins

"Had I but four square feet of ground at my disposal,
 I would plant a peony in the corner and proceed to worship." 
                              --  Alice Harding

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