What's Your Favorite Plant You Own?
Josh Young (Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:58:23 PDT)

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 :)

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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 +

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