tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post5301964800000518841..comments2017-10-30T06:25:02.454-07:00Comments on Letters from the Inquisition: Unexpected VoodooMichael McDevitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post-67914472238661259852008-07-16T00:29:00.000-07:002008-07-16T00:29:00.000-07:00Thisbe:It's nice to know that it's not a scam-- or...Thisbe:<BR/>It's nice to know that it's not a scam-- or at least only a bit of one. I suppose I can't get too mad about anything if there's a good meal in it for me.<BR/><BR/>Jenny:<BR/>So many scientific words are absolutely lovely. I'm especially fond of binomial nomenclature. Some people have tried to tell me that latin names are stuffy and clinical, but c'mon-- Liriodendron tulipifera, Albizia julibrissin, Pica pica. So pretty and so apt.Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post-17338016270903041892008-07-15T12:59:00.000-07:002008-07-15T12:59:00.000-07:00Oh, I love aroids. I have been drawing some versio...Oh, I love aroids. I have been drawing some versions of them lately (fabricated ones of no specific species) as part of these lush tableaus I have been working on. Don't you think that the words 'spadix' and 'spathe' are just lovely?Jenny Kendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998646207565542910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post-27131571878149912252008-07-12T15:43:00.000-07:002008-07-12T15:43:00.000-07:00I learned recently from a reliable source that the...I learned recently from a reliable source that the flies ARE, in fact, rewarded with a tasty treat (though I am not sure whether it is corpse-flavored) when they are trapped in the lily. Now I, at least, feel much better about the whole scenario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post-71781064894836026822008-07-04T02:08:00.000-07:002008-07-04T02:08:00.000-07:00Yeah. I have a sad little dumb cane that was negl...Yeah. I have a sad little dumb cane that was neglected over the Christmas holidays. It died back to a little nub, but I refused to give up. The little nub was green, so I kept it relatively dry and gave it sun. It sat for nearly 5 months looking inert and mostly dead. Lo and behold it now sports new leaves. I love a plant that can take a little neglect.Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301748680058533967.post-77020780074736111312008-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:00Fantastic, Michael.Thanks for the research. I app...Fantastic, Michael.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the research. I appreciated folks who spot something in their day-to-day life and elect to research it. Three cheers!<BR/><BR/>I'm also fond of "Dumb cane"; it's plainly attractive and remarkably durable. Two <I>Diffenbachia sp.</I> call my apartment home at present. (But only when they feel like talking.) I'll be damned if I can confirm the particular species; the popular plant has been bred and cross-bred so many times over that visual identification is all but impossible.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.com