Hi Jim and everybody: I found your answer humorous but was still wondering if unlike blossoms actually could make weird baby flowers? I have seen some very strange things in my little garden;I have no idea what they are but I know what some of them were. Please continue to be yourself because the world is to serious. I was joking and serious about my giant peanut but nobody thought it was funny. I did get some serious responses. Imagine my surprise when I dug down into the dirt and thought some one had dropped a peanut shell into the pot until I found a few more peanut shells of different sizes in other flower pots. I forget who set me straight but discovered that the peanut with the hole in it was just a seed pod as were the others. Still I wonder if I should worry about the little thing which escaped out of that little hole in the shell. Where did it go? what did it do? how was I supposed to know it was a seed pod? Now I am serious, what does a newbie know? and how does a newbie know these things? Ha. Keep us smiling, Chris > [Original Message] > From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 7/9/2004 9:36:09 AM > Subject: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology? > > > Dear Chris, > > When I read your recent posting to Dell, I realized that I may owe you an > apology. You said: > > >as you know I am new to plants but Oxalis drew me in; > > Several weeks ago you posted to PBS and asked a question about what would > happen if a strawberry crossed with your oxalis. I replied with a piece > which might be read as humourous (that was my intention) or sarcastic > (definitely not my intention). > > The postings to the list at that time included threads which touched on > hybrids, the proper nomenclature of hybrids and related topics. When your > posting asking about the strawberry and oxalis appeared, I assumed it was > meant as a joke - and I replied in kind. > > But now I realize that you are a newbie, and maybe you meant the question > seriously. > > If so, my response was a real faux pas, and you have good reason to think > I'm a total jerk. > > If you're question was meant seriously, please accept my apologies for a > response which probably gave the (inaccurate) impression that I was blowing > you off and ridiculing your query. > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@starpower.net > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php