Titoki

Alectryon excelsus
November 24, 2020

Angelique Meyer

 

Plant TITOKI

 

Visual

Feathery looking leaf clusters, mid green. Long thin leaves remind of bush lawyer or rewarewa. Berry like an alien eye looking around. Berry case like a gum nut. Tiny purplish flowers. New leaf growth lighter, pinkish colour. 

 

Touch

Leaves have raised ribs on back. Berry cases slightly fuzzy. New leaf growth very soft. Fruit splits open, cases look like acorn cups. Red fruit is slightly soft to touch, raspberry texture with a hard black seed at centre. 

 

Smell

Berry – almost no smell, grassy?
Leaf crushed – slight grassy smell. 

 

Taste

Fruit – strong tannic sensation, slightly bitter, subtle fruitiness

 

1st Level Emotion

Sadness, bitterness, disappointment, resistance, steadfastness. 

Vodka on its own –
Vodka syrup berries – pale pink. Smell – alcohol. Taste – sweetness, vodka.
Jam – pink, Taste – tannic, sweet.
Fermented – pale pink, Smells fermented. Tastes – perfumed, sweet, honeyed, nectar, musky.

2nd Level Emotion

Resistance, protest, strength.

 

Avalyn

???? salad, freshly showered, open and ready yet somewhat hidden, luminous, popped corn wearing lipstick ???? 
<liqueur> rosé
<jam> garnets 
???????? papery, gritty, waxy, bony and arthritic, velvety (seed case)
???? aftershave, lettuce 
<vodka> sweet
<liqueur> sharp 
<fermented wine> nail polish remover 
 
???? astringent, dry
<jam> candy
 
Emotions: bright, but cautious... an introvert and hidden treasure. Surprising.
 
Ana
 
TITOKI
Young, almost childish, makes me think of toys or miniatures. Bold, daring  but not aggressive. Crowded and shiny.
Soft velvet pods, fleshy and earthy berries and coarse, rough leaves, big contrast.
Very subtle smell, a bit acidic, vegetable like. The fruit doesn´t smell like anything. Tricky plant, it looks like something and then it´s something else.
Bright, assertive, playful, grounded. Deep without being serious.
Liquor tastes like the leaves, more than the fruits.
Jam, almost candy, beautiful color, almost like a jewel.
Wine, refreshing and festive, happy party.
Seductive, very feminine.
 
Victoria
 

Titoki
Overall – vibrant, vital, wide ranging spectrum of qualities

Visual Touch Smell Taste
A bright and
vibrant long
leaf, soft
velvety pods
reveal a cheeky
eye, flirtatious,
and sweet
natured.
Energising
colour – both
leaf and seed.
Flowers shy,
tiny and least
noticeable.
Crisp, brittle
twig.

Lear - resilient,
strong and youthful,
vital, communicator/
connector with other
plants, crisp.
Velvety, curvaceous,
sensual pod.
Flowers – firmness
belies shy presence.

Pod – depth,
savoury
Leaf – dusty, sweet,
soft vinegar
Fruit – sour,
ascerbic, absorbing,
hint of sweetness

After liquer
colour - rose delicacy,
dawn, candyfloss,
heartful
smell – dry, high note
taste – side of
tongue, emerging.
After jam
Colour – jellies,
sweeties/candies,
wine.
smell – couldn’t
detect much
taste – apple,
rosehip.
With vodka
taste – umami,
savoury, salty, hearty

Emotion
1 st impression
Cheerful, light, flirtatious, curious, self-confident, knows how to protect self, resilient.
2 nd impression
Clarity, unexpected delicacy within its resilience, open, receptive, invites curiosity,
multi-dimensional. Heart qualities.
A plant with a lot of opposites – from tiny discrete/dark flowers – almost didn’t see
them, to ‘out there’ vibrant leaf and striking seed, delicacy (sponge of seed, flower),
brittleness (twigs), flirtatious yet shy (flowers, and when seed half exposed).

 

 

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