Jim: Yes, I work on naming them this fall...suggestions welcomed. We'll probably name 2 of the final three at least. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again! Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of J.E. Shields Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:27 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Jim Shields Tony, The Crinum plants arrived yesterday. I think I'll pot them up for the winter and keep in greenhouse, then plant them outdoors early next summer. They'll need 7 gal pots! Are you going to give them names? Thanks, Jim At 05:44 PM 8/23/2012 -0400, you wrote: >Jim: > >I've tried to email you off list, but your spam filter obviously >doesn't like anything with the word "delights" in it. > > >Tony Avent >Plant Delights Nursery @ >Juniper Level Botanic Garden >9241 Sauls Road >Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >email tony@plantdelights.com >website http://www.plantdelights.com/ >phone 919 772-4794 >fax 919 772-4752 >"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >three times" - Avent > >-----Original Message----- >From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org >[mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] >On Behalf Of J.E. Shields >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:49 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society >Subject: Re: [pbs] Spore elements > >I think I see the tracks of this usage. In German, Spur means track >(e.g., bear tracks in the woods) and trace (very small amounts). Spoor >is Afrikaans for track, from old Dutch "spor." > >The article cited by Peter seems to have been translated from a German >original, and contains numerous mis-spellings and incorrect usages. It >is not a suitable reference for English usages or spellings. > >Jim Shields > > >At 07:35 PM 8/23/2012 +0100, you wrote: > >Rolands use of the term "spore elements" seems to be confirmed here, > >no language confusion! > >http://www.arts-info.eu/en/fertilizing.html > >where did the use of the word "spoor" come from? > >Peter (UK) > > > > > > > >On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > > > > > On 23 Aug 2012, at 1:08, Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > > > > > > > spore elements > > > > > > A confusion between "spoor" and "spore" and thence between "trace" > > > = "track", "spoor" (of an animal) and "trace" = "a minute amount". > > > Etymologically the latter meaningn of "trace" is probably a > > > development from the former. > > > > > > Is this cause for laughter and derision? No, of course not. Could > > > many of us with English as our first language manage as well in > > > another language? > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W