Every winter I grow a few salvia plants indoors, and this year, mainly due to space constraints, I decided to grow one under an LED grow light. It’s a nice light – separate adjustments for both blue and red. I turned both the blue and red to near their minimum settings, and much to my surprise, the plant developed blossoms and flowers. Cuttings from the same original plant grown in natural light have not shown any signs of flowering. Anyhow, I thought some of you might like to see some nice photos of salvia flowers:  gibran2 attached the following image(s):  salvia1.jpg (78kb) downloaded 189 time(s). salvia2.jpg (78kb) downloaded 187 time(s).gibran2 is a fictional character. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Beautiful !
<Ringworm>hehehe, it's all fun and games till someone loses an "I"
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That's awesome! It looks like you may have just stumbled upon a fantastic salvia breeding trick. Kudos good sir, well done! 
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 So beautiful!! I hope to grow and get to know this ally one day... ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।
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What a beauty !!!  I wish i could find a cutting of Salvia Divinorum plant and play with it Maybe one day  Best regards Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
“To rule yourself is the ultimate power."
Seneca
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A perfect post and timing as I'm getting ready to throw LEDs on mine, so this is good to know. My light doesn't have that option, just a bloom and veg switch. That is a nice surprise and looks fantastic, I'm curious though, do they have a good smell come with them? Looking good Peace
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Absolutely magnificent. I wish you well on their development and potency. 'What's going to happen?' 'Something wonderful.'
Skip the manual, now, where's the master switch?
We are interstellar stardust, the re-dox co-factors of existence. Serve the sacred laws of the universe before your time comes to an end. Oh yes, you shall be rewarded.
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Could you post some details on the LED lights you are using? Do you believe in the THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE?
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Try to repeat it! Maybe you can figure out how get this shy plant to flower and seed alot.
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Beautiful for sure. I love the color scheme of the green, the flowers, and the background n' lighting.
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To answer some questions that have been asked: 1) The salvia flowers don’t have any odor that I can detect. 2) The light is the DS XTE 1003) I will try to repeat this – I’m curious to see if flowering is easily repeated. 4) I’m hoping for seeds, but the blossoms drop off quickly – kind of like day lilies. gibran2 is a fictional character. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Thank you for posting...that's awesome! Salvia quid enthusiast
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AFAIK the real trick is not getting the plant to flower, but getting it to bear seeds. Anyway, to give it a chance, you can use an electric toothbrush to ultrasonically agitate the flowers, which can help self-pollination (not the best thing for breeding purposes, but since you only have this single plant flowering...) Do you believe in the THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE?
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Now, that's the most exciting photo I've seen for quite some time! It will be most interesting to see if this effect is replicable. Salvia growers, get to it! “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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