Whether you find this topic abhorrent or not it was more of a platform for myself to learn more about everyone else... This wasn't an attempt to dumb down the list with my 7th grade conversation. Believe me, your response for sure helped me to achieve my original goal of learning a bit about everyone :) ________________________________ From: Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 1:39:51 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] What's Your Favorite Plant You Own? I should comment that my last posting on this topic might have been misunderstood--i.e., disgusting, etc. and ,might well have posed a problem in that there was no tone of voice, no facial expression, no note of xplanation about hyperbole as a form of irony. The more temperate note offered by Dr. Waddick perhaps is to be preferred at this venue. But...there's a part of me that feels that this "favorite" stuff was sort of a 7th grade suggestion. Sorry...guys ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] What's Your Favorite Plant You Own? > Dear Friends, > This is an impossible question. > > 1. Each day my "favorite" can change because it comes into bloom, emerges from >dormancy or makes a statement. > > 2. Even a group of plants - Begonias, or Iris or Cactus can change from season >to season. > > 3. Also important is that the web introduces us to new, never before seen and >MUST HAVE plants we can't possibly obtain or grow, but love at first sight. (PBS >is guilty here) > > 4. Finally , every plant breeder or seed grower is always hoping that the next >seedling, the next generation, will be a combination of all the new characters >they are hoping for. The 'plant of the future' will be a new favorite. > > Favorite plant? Impossible. Any and all are candidates. Best Jim W. > -- Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/