Are you up for a gardening quiz game? Let's see how well you know this flower. This is one of the most famous flower in the world because of its homeopathic uses. It made a buzz when some studies claim that it could help cure cancer. I have it in my garden because I find them so damn beautiful and the pollinators love them.

I have never eaten any part of this plant - I'm trying to propagate it by thinning it and replanting the new shoots in pots every year. I started with just three stems in one plant but now I have more than 10. I just cut the stem that flowered when the flower withers and it seem to encourage the plant to send out shoots. I cut the shoot with the stem it is attached to and the roots and plant them into a smaller pot. Keep them in the green house in winter and they are okay. These are just the ones that still has sprouts. The rest are sleeping and all leafless as if the pots are empty. In due time, they start to send shoots again so don't throw them away, they are just observing dormancy in winter, too.

When I got sick due, to the mussel incident, I took this homeopathic medicine that says the active ingredient is ethanol extract from fresh organic blooming Echinacea sort on the pic below to boost my immune system, treat my sore throat, cold and fever. It worked, slowly but it worked.

Most of the gardening post I shared, I grow the plants because some of them could actually be used as meds, I lost my trust to the Western Meds and I actually grew up in herbal meds, too so when I moved here, I wonder which plant can cure what. When we were young, my grandfather's house is full of herbal plants, we caught a cold - there's oregano. Someone got a kidney problem, there's coconut water, acacia leaves and corn hair (back then they weren't GMOs) to boil. My grandparents only treated us herbal except when I had the worst asthma attacks we went to the doctor and was given meds that either gave me rashes, makes you nauseous or damage your kidney. Am perfectly healthy IMHO but we never know - so it's better to be prepared and if the meds could just come out of my garden, the better.

Why a quiz game? Well, am bored cause I never used the deduction method in my class. I am not one who'd spoon feed my students more so ... another person.

Yes, I am aware that am not in school but hey, I do believe there are others who also know the answer to these questions so let's hear you out ;) ! Prefer interaction really so let me ask you questions and let's see how well you know this plant? When someone got the right answer I'd reveal the answers and you're in for a surprise. What ever that is, take the quiz first.

Ready?

Here we go! In order to get the answers to some of the questions after question #1 you really need to nail the first question :)

• 1. What is the scientific name of this particular Echinacea (yes, there are a lot so take a good look at the flower)?

• 2. What other name or common names is this Echinacea sort also known for?

• 3. In which type of soil can an Echinacea plant grow best?

• 4. When is the right month to sow its seed?

  • 5. When does it bloom?

    
    

  • 6. How many florets or petals does one Echinacea flower actually have?

  

  

  

  • 7.How many disc florets does one flower have?

    
    

  • 8. Which Echinacea sort is the one that has the most health benefits?

    
    

  CLUE: It's is commonly used in flu, cold and infection treatments. Some use it to treat boils, wounds and other skin irritations. Like the other Echinaceas used in homeopathy it is believed to boost the immune system.

  TRUE OR FALSE: If your answer is false, kindly tell us what the right answer is?

  
  

  • 9. True or false: Some people could have allergic reactions to Echinacea, those with skin asthma, asthma and some even experience gastrointestinal side effects.

  • 10. True or false: In order for the seeds of this kind of Echinacea to germinate, you can just throw it anywhere in your garden.

    
    
    So how many have you got right?

    I took all of these pictures with my Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 edition and have only shared them in Steemit. Yes, I'm going to bombard you with more flower post because it's nearly Spring and I am not just writing for the sake of being able to publish a post. I'd like to share one of my passions - that is growing greens and blooms. I could just throw you all the flowers but with the very short attention span we now have I prefer this approach - am after retention.

    EDIT:Since no one got the right answer for questions #7 and 8, and this post is almost a day old let me keep my promise of letting you know the answer to those questions... here they are. I've also included the numbers of sepals anyway.

    
    

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    • Flowers That Are Still In Bloom in Late Autumn, 2016
    • Firethorns in Autumn
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