Some of my previous blogs have gone into the process of collecting flower essences and the lovely coincidences or confirmations that occur during that time. I thought I might make mention of the Sundew, botanical name being Drosera Peltata. I was informed by spirit that this flower would be the one for balancing the Kidney Meridian. Not being familiar with the plant, I asked my friend John King who ( apart from making excellant Rainforest Liqueurs) has a comprehensive knowledge of native plants and flowers.
He not only knew the plant, but made mention that it sometimes grows on the hillside of his acreage, and that when it is in flower he would give me a call.
Some little time later I received a call from John insisting that I come quickly as the hillside was awash with Sundew flowers. They are incredibly tiny and I spent about two hours collecting them under the watchful eye of John who I think was more excited than me. The other aspect that assisted in the energy process was that we placed three rocks under the collection bowl. John told me that his property used to be an area where Aborigines had collected and eaten Bunya nuts, and that these rocks would have been used to assist in the process of extracting the nuts from the cones. The rocks fit the hand and would have been used also for grinding the nuts into a flour. The Sundew is a carniverous plant and grows in damp sandy soil, its plant height being about 25cm. This variety of Sundew is different to the Sundew which grows inWallum country. That particular variety is bright pink also carniverous and has a rosette shape to the plant.
