An orchid forum, this is supposed to
be.
From politics to religion to poetry, most of
ushave been
yourverytolerant and patient audience,
but enough is too much!
You know who you are; please take your non-orchid
soapbox
topics somewhere else!!
peter
Hi Iris: Thanks for your input. I had
the collected rain water tested for EC and it was only 10ppm -much better than
our tap water at 200ppm. Our hot water is attached to a water softener, so that
nixes the idea of using hot water! A dehumidifier in Calgary is wish -the air
here is so dry
In a message dated 12/13/04 3:11:14 PM, Julie writes:
Why would copepods drive ultras nuts? (and those copepods that have the ultra-Orthodox in NYC in a tizzy). (Iris)
I don't think this will cause any flames. For the curious:
As most of you probably know already, shellfish are not kosher.
In a message dated 12/11/04 6:03:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
By the way, does anyone have any pictures of the hybrid paph between
concolor and bellatulum? I know that there are pictures on the internet, but
I want a picture from someone who has made the hybrid from two known clean
species
Dennis Westler's eloquent contribution in Vol 6/33,
as well as the various follow-ups were most welcome.
Creationism seems to me to be the refuge of those
who are lazy of thought.
My own penny's worth includes:
Firstly, biology only makes any sense when viewed
against a backdrop of
In a message dated 12/13/04 6:23:17 PM, Clyde McAllister writes:
I thought a copepod was at about the level of a high-end rotifer, several phyla away from the guys
whose tails we dip into the cocktail sauce.
Copepods are crustaceans. If you look at pictures, you can see the family resemblance to
Mary and I would like to visit the islands for the flowers. Being retired
we can go at any time. What is the best time of the year - for what flowers?
Bill, ask Sibelius to drop me a line - if he or Doris won't then I guess I
am stuck with you. Anyone else with wisdom please feel free to jump
Title: A Pom is...
Well Julie, no need to answer you privately. The term Pom came from prisoners who were sent from England to Australia several hundred years ago. They wore prison garb with the initials P.O.M.E stamped on it meaning Prisoner of Mother England. Or so the story goes.
In
Marianne, et al
You would do well to heed your own advice:
I would greatly appreciate it if people who do lip service to
their religions would deepen their knowledge through study and
thinking.
Your benighted summary of Judaism and Islam is just as offensive as
fanatic diatribe:
The Old
As to Kant:
(i) Dependent beauty appeals to the perfection of a type. The section
immediately preceding ยง16 is entitled, A Judgment of Taste is Wholly
Independent of the Concept of Perfection. It is in part a direct response
to Alexander Baumgarten,8 but it is also a powerful and sophisticated
Oh Lord, now they're quoting scriptures. GROAN
Not that I disagree with you Sharon*, but do you know what a can of
worms you've just opened up???
Pass the popcorn, please.
Sandy
*well, except for the fact that God is female and should rightly be
referred to as She and Her, not He and Him
For anyone interested in libraries, information, etc., I think the following
is an important announcement. I had expected that sooner or later all or
most of the pre-1923 (with that date to eventually move forward) books in
libraries would be scanned and made available on the web (free or by
Please all remember that not ALL
Christians espouse the views represented as being 'from the Christian right' in
the article, and very many are as horrified by these as the author. We need to
search for and develop the things that bind us together in this world to counter
the growing forces
Bravo!
- Original Message -
From: e.muehlbauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:02 AM
Subject: [OGD] Evolution
Any orchid lover should be fully appreciative of the process of
evolutionand yes, despite the label theory, evolution is, in
Dear Mr. Toletz,
I believe you misread my ideas. The idea was not to discredit the Jewish
religion or to support the Christian. I am only a history student and an
agnostic. I only ask that people who say they believe should be consistent
with their own religions, and that as Christians, those
Sandy Gillians wrote:
Question: Does that mean that orchids evolve faster than the creatures
that pollinate them, to keep ahead of competitors? And if so, is this
in any way unusual in the plant kingdom?
It's hard to measure the rate of evolution, but one thing that
orchids do well, make a lot of
Dear Viateur,
I am familiar with Huysmans' chapter on orchids. Colette's I havent read
yet.
Huysmans:
This admirable artistry (artificial flowers) had long enthralled him, but
now he dreamt of collecting another kind of flora: tired of artificial
flowers aping real ones, he wanted some natural
At 10:22 PM 12/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Prem wrote:
Also, Tipularia discolor,
native to the eastern United States, has asymmetrical flowers with the lip
askew one direction and the dorsal sepal and petals skewed the other
direction.
I seem to recall reading that T. discolor is pollinated by
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