- Botanical Name
- Hylotelephium telephium
Orpine
Details
Orpine is a succulent perennial of the stonecrop family, native to Eurasia, with flowers held in dense heads that can be reddish or yellowish-white. Wikipedia lists its other names as livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags and garden stonecrop, and says it was formerly counted among the species of Sedum. Kynes enters it as Stonecrop, giving the same Latin name and the other names everlasting, love-forever and Midsummer men. She says the plant gained a reputation for lasting forever because it resisted drying out and grew in stony soil, and that in Britain, Germany and Switzerland it was used for love divination on Midsummer's Eve. She gives the element water, the Moon, and powers of divination, healing, love, loyalty, protection and strength. She has you grow it as a protective charm, sprinkle seeds on an altar to help divination, and place flower clusters in a love spell. She sells seeds.
Correspondences
- Elements
- Water
- Celestial Bodies
- Moon
- Zodiac Signs
- No zodiac signs recorded.
- Colours
- No colours recorded.
- Deities
- No deities recorded.
Folk Names
- Everlasting
- Harping Johnny
- Life-Everlasting
- Live-Forever
- Livelong
- Love-Forever
- Midsummer Men
- Orphan John
- Stonecrop
- Witch's Moneybags
Categories
- Divination
- Fidelity
- Healing
- Love
- Protection
- Strength
Substitutes
No substitutes recorded.
Forms
Flower
Seed
Kynes sells seeds and has you sprinkle a handful on an altar or table to help divination.
References
References
Notes
- Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Stonecrop".
- Wikipedia, under "Hylotelephium telephium."
- Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Stonecrop".
- Wikipedia, under "Hylotelephium telephium."
- Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Stonecrop".
Bibliography
- Kynes, Sandra. The Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants: History, Folklore, Correspondences, and Spells. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2024. (EPUB.)
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