Looks like Watsonia tabularis to me. On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 1:42 PM Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > The small world and making connections. > > I looked up walipini. The entry mentioned that the term refers to an > earth-sheltered cold frame. It derives its name from the Aymaran languages. > > My brother did his doctoral research in the Peruvian Andes lo these many > years ago. He learned both Quechua and Aymara languages. So of course I > asked him about this. > > His reply: > "Wali- is an Aymara root that means 'good.' Waliskiw means, things are > good. Not sure about the -pini suffix. The cab driver that my brother > and his wife had back from JFK was a Bolivian, grew up with > Quechua-speaking parents, still knows it. He said he'd never had a > Quechua-speaking customer before in his 35 years of driving. " > > Where were they coming back from? He had been at a conference in Durban. > His wife came along. After the conference they took a long week in Cape > Town, went to Kirstenbosh, up Table Mountain, etc. Most of the pictures > he sent to me (taken with his iPhone) are not of interest to me and you. > Here are three that make the cut. I'm pretty sure about the scadoxus. > And is watsonia correct? > > Judy in NJ where the living history farm is scheduled to start tapping > sugar maples this Saturday. And I've seen two different flocks of robins. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: In South Africa_2019-02_Scadoxus.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 184234 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: On Table Mountain_2019-02_Watsonia.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 177881 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: On Table Mountain_2019-02_Watsonia closeup.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 162938 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
