Blue Lotus/Sacred Lotus basics

After having a good old puff away at my vapor genie for the last week (awesome little gadget btw) i ran out of weed. Suddenly I remembered I had a bag of blue lotus from about a year ago.

Blue lotus is cool, I remember making 'blue dragon' out of blue lotus and vodka which got us absolutely spacey drunk.

Anyway, this bag of lotus had been open for over a year so it must have lost so much potency, but it got me really mellow stoned.

With my new vaporizor i want to get into vaping herbs other than MJ, and blue lotus seems perfect.

After doing a little research i'm still a little confused though. There are 2 types, the Blue Lotus, the sacred lotus of the Nile and Pink Lotus, the sacred lotus of India. They both contain the same chemistry but is there much of a difference between either?

also, does anyone know what parts of the lotus are most effective? the bag i had had blue petals and yellow parts of the flower and a bit of stalk. Is it all for mellowness?

And does anyone know any good vendors? due to the nature of the plant i know it is quite expensive, but for good quality lotus where should i be looking (bare in mind i live in the UK). I was thinking of giving spiritgarden a try.

also could you guys recomend any other relaxing herbs i may enjoy?

thanks as always

 

1. There isn't much of a difference between the different types of lotus, it just depends where the vendor got it from that determines quality.
2. The bulb of the blue lotus plant is said to be the most potent part, then the stamens (the yellow part), then the petals.
3. Sorry, I'm against mention vendors in this forum.
4. Also try kava and kratom if you like the relaxing ones.

Hope this helps,
Colin