Hello all! I figured it's time to introduce myself. My name is Dennis Kramb, and I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Anyone here into irises has probably heard of me before. I've been actively involved with several iris groups for a few years now including ASI, SIGNA, SLI, and AIS. I recently took over as Aril Society webmaster, and I also started the SIGNA iris species web database a few months back. This PBS mail group has heavy traffic compared to what I'm used to. Much of it is over my head and/or about plants I could never hope to grow in my Zone 6 garden. But I'm THRILLED at some of the messages, such as this one from Germán, with the outstanding photos of Herbertia. I've been lurking here for a while now, and started posting messages in just the last few days. I recognize a few names here so far, such as Bob Pries and Jim Waddick. (Hi guys!) But most of your are new, and I'm looking forward to making some new friends here. For those of you interested in seeing some of my work, you can check them out at http://www.arilsociety.org/ http://www.badbear.com/signa/ http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/ I'm just an average gardener with an above average interest in certain flowers, such as irises. I don't have any scientific background in botany, nor any special place to grow my plants. But that doesn't diminish my enthusiasm. I'm not fond of container gardening, so anything I grow has to be tough enough to survive on its own outside in Ohio's very cold very snowless winters. Louisiana irises have been a surprising success here. I can't hardly believe that wild collected plants from the deep south (USA) can thrive here, but they do! Some aril (regelia) species do really well here too. Warmest Regards, Dennis in a very chilly Cincinnati, Ohio At 02:37 PM 4/1/2004 -0300, you wrote: >Dear all: > >I have download in my web page, just as a test, some pictures of >Herbertia, hope you like them. > >http://agro.uba.ar/users/roitman/… > >I have used a very friendly software (freeware) called jalbum, its a web >photo album generator. If you are interested, you can go to: > >http://jalbum.net/ > >and download it. > >PD: Alberto Castillo is a little bit better now, he had fever last night >but now he is ok. > >Best wishes > >Germán > > > >_______________________________________ >Ing. Agr. MSc Germán Roitman >mailto:groitman@mail.retina.ar >Cátedra de Jardinería FAUBA >Av. San Martín 4453. 1417. Buenos Aires >Argentina >ICQ: 1837762 >_______________________________________ > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com/). >Version: 6.0.647 / Virus Database: 414 - Release Date: 29/03/2004 >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php