Comments on: Guateflora: Chichicaste Hedge http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/ Antigua Guatemala's number one multimedia resource in English for everything about La Antigua and the Guatemalan people, culture and traditions with a brand new web page every day! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: daniel http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-18977 daniel Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:43:27 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-18977 I helped a family build a house in la empanada , guatemala. the second day using a trowell my arm swelled up and hurt badly. A local showed me the plant. After 15 min. the pain was gone. Of course the rash was a bit unsightly. But well worth it. I helped a family build a house in la empanada , guatemala. the second day using a trowell my arm swelled up and hurt badly. A local showed me the plant. After 15 min. the pain was gone. Of course the rash was a bit unsightly. But well worth it.

]]> By: margie http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-18036 margie Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:30:29 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-18036 I just had a massage and the therapist used it on my arthritic elbow. Hurts at first, but feels great after wards. Reminds me of the beneficial sting of bees. Bee stings are recommended for arthritis and MS. Any idea what this plant is called in Eng? Wish it wasn't illegal to transport plants to US from here. I just had a massage and the therapist used it on my arthritic elbow. Hurts at first, but feels great after wards. Reminds me of the beneficial sting of bees. Bee stings are recommended for arthritis and MS. Any idea what this plant is called in Eng? Wish it wasn’t illegal to transport plants to US from here.

]]> By: Lindsey http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-12632 Lindsey Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:39:35 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-12632 Those hurt! I've walked by those plants not paying attention and you feel like you were bit by something and then you look down and see the painful chichicaste and the red blachy rash left behind on your leg. Those hurt! I’ve walked by those plants not paying attention and you feel like you were bit by something and then you look down and see the painful chichicaste and the red blachy rash left behind on your leg.

]]> By: Jerry T http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11736 Jerry T Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:50:10 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11736 I sent Huntsville, Tx. Did they arrive? Take care, Jerry I sent Huntsville, Tx. Did they arrive? Take care, Jerry

]]> By: Rudy http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11725 Rudy Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:10:37 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11725 <strong>Mike,</strong> lush is the best word to describe all the greenery on the roads of Guatemala. <strong>Manolo,</strong> I actually wanted to include the anecdote of playing a chamusca and falling down over chichicaste, but I thought that was too much. <strong>Jerry B,</strong> well, first time I hear about stinging nettles so I can not comment. But your description is pretty close to what chichicaste does. <strong>Patsy,</strong> see all the things one can learn through this interactions. First stinging nettles and now poison oak. Thanks for sharing. <strong>Annie,</strong> green is nice, but stay away if you don't want to be sorry. <strong>Guy,</strong> okay I got it... next time you make your way down here, we will go to El Pelicano Dorado. ;-) <strong>Beth,</strong> I am sure that people touch chichicaste too if they know how to handle it. I am not sure if I already got your post card, what city did you send it from and what was on the cover of the post card? Mike, lush is the best word to describe all the greenery on the roads of Guatemala.

Manolo, I actually wanted to include the anecdote of playing a chamusca and falling down over chichicaste, but I thought that was too much.

Jerry B, well, first time I hear about stinging nettles so I can not comment. But your description is pretty close to what chichicaste does.

Patsy, see all the things one can learn through this interactions. First stinging nettles and now poison oak. Thanks for sharing.

Annie, green is nice, but stay away if you don’t want to be sorry.

Guy, okay I got it… next time you make your way down here, we will go to El Pelicano Dorado. ;-)

Beth, I am sure that people touch chichicaste too if they know how to handle it. I am not sure if I already got your post card, what city did you send it from and what was on the cover of the post card?

]]> By: Beth Hentges http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11705 Beth Hentges Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:10:39 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11705 In the US, one can touch stinging nettles without getting stung by the little hairs if one purposefully grabs a leaf by pinching it together between one's thumb and pointer finger. In this way, the little hairs get bent and don't penetrate the skin. However, if one brushes up against it, beware. Beth in MN Who is wondering if anyone sells postcards of the city where I live. . . In the US, one can touch stinging nettles without getting stung by the little hairs if one purposefully grabs a leaf by pinching it together between one’s thumb and pointer finger. In this way, the little hairs get bent and don’t penetrate the skin. However, if one brushes up against it, beware.

Beth in MN

Who is wondering if anyone sells postcards of the city where I live. . .

]]> By: Guy http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11696 Guy Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:56:36 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11696 There's one of these right outside the Naranja Pelada, so when you get dropped off there and get out the passengers' side... There’s one of these right outside the Naranja Pelada, so when you get dropped off there and get out the passengers’ side…

]]> By: Annie http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11693 Annie Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:02:24 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11693 This is so beautiful, I love the pretty green. This is so beautiful, I love the pretty green.

]]> By: patsy poor http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11684 patsy poor Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:05:11 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11684 we have poison Ivy and Poison Oak. the poison oak is what i get. it is a low growing shrub that grows along creeks and road way. I don't have to touch it and a case last 3 or 4 days. you feel like you are on fire. it make water blisters and spreads. i have it caught going down the road in a car on hot summer days and also from washing cloths. the horse Chichicaste looks sort of like our poison oak. we have poison Ivy and Poison Oak. the poison oak is what i get. it is a low growing shrub that grows along creeks and road way. I don’t have to touch it and a case last 3 or 4 days. you feel like you are on fire. it make water blisters and spreads. i have it caught going down the road in a car on hot summer days and also from washing cloths.
the horse Chichicaste looks sort of like our poison oak.

]]> By: Jerry B http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11668 Jerry B Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:04:33 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11668 Sounds like what is called "stinging nettles" in the US and England. Not pleasant, but the pain is typically pretty short-lived. Real poison ivy is nasty stuff if you happen to be sensitive to it, and it sticks around for a while. I seem to get into some every spring, and it the rash and blisters stick around for a couple of weeks. Absolutely miserable. Sounds like what is called “stinging nettles” in the US and England. Not pleasant, but the pain is typically pretty short-lived. Real poison ivy is nasty stuff if you happen to be sensitive to it, and it sticks around for a while. I seem to get into some every spring, and it the rash and blisters stick around for a couple of weeks. Absolutely miserable.

]]> By: Manolo http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11665 Manolo Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:32:18 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11665 As usual you have succeed in evoke memories from one of my previous lives... Now I am back at one of the many Good Friday's I went to see the "exit" of Our Lord of San Felipe de Jesús (my father was somewhat and mysteriously devoted to such Catholic "Avatar" of Christ), we missed the exit of the procession so we are walking around the estates between San Felipe de Jesús and La Antigua trying to catch it up. I have my hands on the shoulders of my <em>abuelita</em> (I must have been a wee one 'cause she is not that tall) and suddenly I feel fire on my fingers... we have just passed by some <em>Chichicaste</em> on a fence... next thing I know my <em>abuelita's</em> ear is red and my fingers are still burning. True story, so I agree with you... stay away from Chichicaste. Your short story reminded me of some poem written by a woman whose lover has touched her hands and now roses are growing out of them... of course that poem and your story are opposites at the vertex. As usual you have succeed in evoke memories from one of my previous lives… Now I am back at one of the many Good Friday’s I went to see the “exit” of Our Lord of San Felipe de Jesús (my father was somewhat and mysteriously devoted to such Catholic “Avatar” of Christ), we missed the exit of the procession so we are walking around the estates between San Felipe de Jesús and La Antigua trying to catch it up. I have my hands on the shoulders of my abuelita (I must have been a wee one ’cause she is not that tall) and suddenly I feel fire on my fingers… we have just passed by some Chichicaste on a fence… next thing I know my abuelita’s ear is red and my fingers are still burning. True story, so I agree with you… stay away from Chichicaste.

Your short story reminded me of some poem written by a woman whose lover has touched her hands and now roses are growing out of them… of course that poem and your story are opposites at the vertex.

]]> By: Mike http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11661 Mike Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:19:55 +0000 http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2007/10/20/guateflora-chichicaste-hedge/#comment-11661 So lush. A beautiful green. So lush. A beautiful green.

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