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flaw in Brain
Isn't this the date palm calling the ginkgo dioecious?
Iris Cohen schreef I love that line. Thanks. + + + Up to a point. It seems to me that dioicy is pretty decent, perhaps even a little puritanical? Wouldn't a better line be "Isn't this the Amorphophallus titanum calling the Aristolochia grandiflora malodorous?" PvR |
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flaw in metaphor
"Isn't this the Amorphophallus titanum calling the Aristolochia grandiflora
malodorous?" Keep it simple: Taraxicum officinale calls Oxalis a weed. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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"Isn't this the Amorphophallus titanum calling the Aristolochia
grandiflora malodorous?" Iris Cohen schreef Keep it simple: Taraxacum officinale calls Oxalis a weed. + + + That certainly is closer to the level preferred by the two persons involved! (i.e. low, close to the ground if not subterranean) PvR |
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That certainly is closer to the level preferred by the two persons involved!
(i.e. low, close to the ground How about this? Monotropa uniflora calls Corallorhiza heterotrophic. Did you know? In Australia and the Far East there are certain fungi which are parasitic on certain trees. There are orchids which live off the fungi without touching the trees, thus preserving their innocent reputation. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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That certainly is closer to the level preferred by the two persons
involved! (i.e. low, close to the ground Iris Cohen schreef How about this? Monotropa uniflora calls Corallorhiza heterotrophic. + + + No, they attain nothing like that level of sophistication, and they are not pallid creatures of the night either. How about: Bellis perennis calling Poa annua common. PvR |
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flaw in metaphor
or Cocos nucifera calling Couroupita guianensis a menace
[Apparently more people are killed annually by coconuts dropping out of palms than are killed by sharks] |
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or Cocos nucifera calling Couroupita guianensis a menace
I'm not that familiar with the cannonball tree. What family is it in? The flowers are pretty, but I'd hate to have one of those fruits fall on me. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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flaw in metaphor
It's in the Lecythidaceae, which isn't the best-known of families, though
Barringtonia and Bertholletia are fairly well-known genera. -- Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com "Iris Cohen" wrote in message ... or Cocos nucifera calling Couroupita guianensis a menace I'm not that familiar with the cannonball tree. What family is it in? The flowers are pretty, but I'd hate to have one of those fruits fall on me. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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