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RE: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.
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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2006.01.15 at 06:33:45(13702)
People, can you BELIEVE these guys?????????????????? Are they on drugs, or
what????????
Lord P.
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
> [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Peter Boyce
> Verzonden: zondag 15 januari 2006 0:00
> Aan: Discussion of aroids
> Onderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I AGREE but Julius, you simply cannot believe the
> fun of, in the rain, spotting an aroid climber blossoming at
> the top of a large tree, climbing said tree (which naturally
> has several large nests of aggressive stinging ants (you know
> the kind, they clamp on with their huge mandibles to gain
> better purchase to sting)) and just as you reach the base of
> the pertinent branch all the movement you've set up sends the
> spathe falling past; you make a grab for it, in so doing you
> catch your foot in the climbing stems, in the process ripping
> of the (naturally solitary) inflorescence which also falls
> but instead of reaching the ground lodges in the branches of
> an adjacent (fiercely thorny) tree in which hangs a large
> hornet nest, the force of the inflorescence striking the tree
> agitates the hornets which then attack...
>
> Ah! How can I not LOVE climbers
>
>
> May I echo you Wilbert & everyone elses contributions to the IAS page
>
> Pete
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julius Boos"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.
>
>
> >
> >>From : Peter Boyce
> > Reply-To : Discussion of aroids
> > Sent : Friday, January 13, 2006 7:37 AM
> > To : "Discussion of aroids"
> > Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne on IAS website
> >
> > Dear Peter, Wilbert and Friends--
> >
> > Hey Pete---I agree! Imagine this little short-shift,
> unifoliate little
> > dwarf of an aroid, exquisitly beautiful as it might be,
> with only its ONE
> > cordate leaf (no splits or fenestrations here!), having the
> audacity to
> > produce such wonderfully marked, MULTIPLE blooms, AND NOT
> allowing these
> > beautifully marked spathes to fall off soon after opening,
> like some other
> > self-respecting, TRUE climbing marvels of the Aroid-world
> have the decency
> > to do, leaving just a bare, white (but I`m certain quite
> attractive and
> > interesting, mind you!) spadix! Some of these climbers may
> bloom just
> > about once every twenty to forty years or so, but I`m
> certain that to
> > experience the pleasure of seeing such a plain white spathe
> or bare spadix
> > is well worth the wait!! :--)> (all in fun, guys!)
> > Hey, congrats again to all, and good growing!
> >
> > Julius
> >
> >>Hrumph! While I admit that Colletogyne is rather nice I my
> heart still
> >>flutters most when presented with a colossal Epipremnum or
> >>Rhaphidophora...
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid"
> >
> > To: "Aroid-l"
> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:14 AM
> > Subject: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne on IAS website
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > For all you lovers of the REALLY exquisite (and that only
> to be found
> > among
> > tuberous aroids) Albert and I have prepared a page on
> Colletogyne, a small
> > gem. Just been rediscovered.
> >
> > have fun at: http://www.aroid.org/genera/colletogyne/
> >
> > Cheerio,
> > Wilbert
> >
> > p.s. all you lovers of climbing aroids, THIS is the moment
> to switch to
> > the
> > REAL thing and we won't hold it against you....but it IS the LAST
> > chance!!!!!!!!!
> >
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