tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post2234298617380565116..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty (?) pictures: Schoenorchis paniculatamr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-47925451497084901312013-01-17T14:03:21.003-08:002013-01-17T14:03:21.003-08:00Schoenorchis can have some pretty flowers -- but y...Schoenorchis can have some pretty flowers -- but you may need a magnifying glass to appreciate them. I don't believe any member of that genus produces large flowers. Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-72428777215442937742013-01-12T07:36:08.974-08:002013-01-12T07:36:08.974-08:00Anonymous:
T. pallida x sillamontana is certainly...Anonymous:<br /><br /><i>T. pallida</i> x <i>sillamontana</i> is certainly plausible; its characteristics definitely overlaps with both. <br /><br />I've never seen flowers, as far as I can recall. We even had some planted outside. The ones outside weren't in the best spot -- fence maybe 10 feet to the north, house about 5 feet to the east and immediately to the south -- so that's notmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-84225019697384854912013-01-11T22:22:42.088-08:002013-01-11T22:22:42.088-08:00Hi! Off-topic alert.
This time of year, having pl...Hi! Off-topic alert.<br /><br />This time of year, having plants is doing wonders for my brain chemistry. I've been puzzling, though. I got some Tradescantia NOID cuttings from you last summer-ish (which I think are actually Tradescantia pallida x T. sillamontana -- I don't remember where I found that and I have no comment on a patent, ahem heh heh). I was wondering how blooming has gone Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-3251421980610904512013-01-11T03:48:35.466-08:002013-01-11T03:48:35.466-08:00If you do end up using a thermonuclear device to g...If you do end up using a thermonuclear device to get rid of the scale be sure to collect seeds afterwards. That radiation could cause some seriously cool mutations!! Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328488668540053999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-30671695143995638722013-01-10T14:54:41.966-08:002013-01-10T14:54:41.966-08:00@ Pat: Ah. I googled a bit, but couldn't find ...@ Pat: Ah. I googled a bit, but couldn't find anything (didn't have a lot of time). I didn't really believe it came from the German word (although it could have been named after a guy called Schön...)Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-68320330389157607052013-01-10T12:41:09.176-08:002013-01-10T12:41:09.176-08:00Ivynettle, that was my first thought on seeing the...Ivynettle, that was my first thought on seeing the picture - if that is from the German there must be some very different species in the genus.<br /><br />I looked it up and schoinos meant rush (like a bulrush) or rope.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-53743434739652099142013-01-10T08:51:20.438-08:002013-01-10T08:51:20.438-08:00The "Pretty (?)" in the title becomes ex...The "Pretty (?)" in the title becomes extremely amusing when you know that <i>schön</i>/<i>schoen</i> means "beautiful" in German. (No idea if that's where the name comes from, though.) And then when I think about what "orchis" means, it sounds even funnier.Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-68572967646947664982013-01-10T07:30:36.070-08:002013-01-10T07:30:36.070-08:00What a bummer, mr_s. I hope nuking them works, I&#...What a bummer, mr_s. I hope nuking them works, I'll be pulling for you (and the plants).Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com