tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3546320131095572848..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty pictures: Mammillaria decipiens (?) flowersmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-45910568705888660982009-11-23T17:57:03.702-08:002009-11-23T17:57:03.702-08:00It was a very deep color, I was pleased. I would h...It was a very deep color, I was pleased. I would have been happier if they had lasted more than a few hours. I missed the first several blooms because it seems to bloom mostly when I'm at work and closes before I'm home.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953459540634785074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66649076353946865522009-11-23T16:44:55.872-08:002009-11-23T16:44:55.872-08:00Lance:
Trying to think if I've ever seen a H....Lance:<br /><br />Trying to think if I've ever seen a <i>H. rosa-sinensis</i> bloom that color. I don't remember any. Seems like a cross-breeding opportunity for somebody. (But maybe they're incompatible.)<br /><br />Diane:<br /><br />Des Moines also has a Botanical Garden. Not huge, but there is one, and it's pretty. Saw it by accident a couple years ago.<br /><br />So it has mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-51262709923599305152009-11-23T14:57:02.738-08:002009-11-23T14:57:02.738-08:00Stop. Take a deep breath, hold it... hold it... ex...Stop. Take a deep breath, hold it... hold it... exhale slowly. Better?<br /><br />If something isn't flowing for you, go do something completely different. Your subconscious will work on it. <br /><br />And, hey, *Arucaria* is pretty interesting.<br /><br />KorinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56787413728357153812009-11-23T13:02:42.908-08:002009-11-23T13:02:42.908-08:00I'll be traveling but the in-laws have wireles...I'll be traveling but the in-laws have wireless now and I will need breaks from the nonstop chatter so Tweety the Laptop is coming with me. My own family is so much more introverted than my husband's and even after 15 years, I still experience culture shock.<br /><br />That Bill Bryson book is really good and does have a fair bit about Iowa in it. As someone who spent much of the last Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-75222457937019959822009-11-23T12:34:59.477-08:002009-11-23T12:34:59.477-08:00I've actually had a recent plant event that I ...I've actually had a recent plant event that I thought I'd share. My Burgundy Hibiscus (some sort of Hibiscus acetosella, maybe) bloomed, so I got photos of it.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancetx/sets/72157622854853910/Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953459540634785074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61257378582421519592009-11-23T10:36:22.454-08:002009-11-23T10:36:22.454-08:00Susan Tomlinson:
Unfortunately, time spent writin...Susan Tomlinson:<br /><br />Unfortunately, time spent writing is not related at all to quality of post. It's just more difficult to find the right angle/perspective/whatever on some posts than others. I often think I can bluff my way through if I just write something, but it doesn't work: I just wind up doing a lot of deleting and starting over. <br /><br />Sometimes I lose good jokes in mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-65521798267979857292009-11-23T09:28:33.375-08:002009-11-23T09:28:33.375-08:00Weeks! to write? I look forward to them. Not that ...Weeks! to write? I look forward to them. Not that I'm trying to put extra pressure on you. <br /><br />I'll be traveling over Thanksgiving, too, but plan to take my computer. So I'll check in to see how things are coming along with you and this amazing posts.<br /><br />Don't worry about phoning it in. Loyal readers everywhere will stay tuned.Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48132807641221302102009-11-23T07:10:21.116-08:002009-11-23T07:10:21.116-08:00Anonymous:
Yeah, the husband and I aren't goi...Anonymous:<br /><br />Yeah, the husband and I aren't going to grandma's either. Both of mine, and one of his, are dead, and his one surviving grandma is a long ways away and not in particularly good health. So it'd just be awkward, whichever grandma we picked. <br /><br />I don't especially like to travel anyway. Or, well, it's not the <i>traveling</i> so much as the staying mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40409116213313000102009-11-23T06:54:13.612-08:002009-11-23T06:54:13.612-08:00Ginny Burton:
Well thank you. Especially thank yo...Ginny Burton:<br /><br />Well thank you. Especially thank you for that quote. <a href="http://www.bobolinkbooks.com/Iowa/Home.html" rel="nofollow">This page</a> gives the quote as, "…you are brilliant and subtle if you come from Iowa and really strange and you live as you live and you are always well taken care of if you come from Iowa." I like Bob's version better, though perhaps mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-51280187872766306502009-11-23T05:16:02.027-08:002009-11-23T05:16:02.027-08:00It always seems improbable to see the lovely flowe...It always seems improbable to see the lovely flowers emerge from the bumpy, lumpy, spiky plants. How I loathe the marketers who stick horrid dried strawflowers on the poor cacti, flowers that have so little of the glow of the real things.<br /><br />Post away, holiday or no, not all of us are on the road or luxuriating in a meal at Grannies house. (My turkey will be cooked outdoors for the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10491166790342374292009-11-23T03:59:58.972-08:002009-11-23T03:59:58.972-08:00It's obvious that I didn't read the Murray...It's obvious that I didn't read the Murraya entry very carefully, since you answered my question in your post. So sorry! I'm just getting senile, I guess. Tomorrow is my 64th birthday (or, Only One Year Until Medicare, as I like to call it) so I think I should get a pass.Ginny Burtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73397054723075924762009-11-23T03:52:33.370-08:002009-11-23T03:52:33.370-08:00Don't despair! You've picked up a new fan...Don't despair! You've picked up a new fan this week, the holiday notwithstanding. <br /><br />I found you via Google Image whilst searching for the name of one of my plants since I wanted to offer its cuttings on GardenWeb. I knew it was often called jasmine, but wasn't really a jasmine. And I knew it had a P in its name. Not much to go on, right? But after paging through Ginny Burtonnoreply@blogger.com