RE: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.

**"Wilbert Hetterscheid" h*@xs4all.nl**

People, can you BELIEVE these guys?????????????????? Are they on drugs, or
what????????

Lord P.

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com 
> [aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Peter Boyce
> Verzonden: zondag 15 januari 2006 0:00
> Aan: Discussion of aroids
> Onderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.
> 
> Yeah, yeah, I AGREE but Julius, you simply cannot believe the 
> fun of, in the rain, spotting an aroid climber blossoming at 
> the top of a large tree, climbing said tree (which naturally 
> has several large nests of aggressive stinging ants (you know 
> the kind, they clamp on with their huge mandibles to gain 
> better purchase to sting)) and just as you reach the base of 
> the pertinent branch all the movement you've set up sends the 
> spathe falling past; you make a grab for it, in so doing you 
> catch your foot in the climbing stems, in the process ripping 
> of the (naturally solitary) inflorescence which also falls 
> but instead of reaching the ground lodges in the branches of 
> an adjacent (fiercely thorny) tree in which hangs a large 
> hornet nest, the force of the inflorescence striking the tree 
> agitates the hornets which then attack...
> 
> Ah! How can I not LOVE climbers
> 
> 
> May I echo you Wilbert & everyone elses contributions to the IAS page
> 
> Pete
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo@msn.com>
> To: <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne vs. climbers.
> 
> 
> >
> >>From : Peter Boyce <botanist@malesiana.com>
> > Reply-To : Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> > Sent : Friday, January 13, 2006 7:37 AM
> > To : "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> > Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne on IAS website
> >
> > Dear Peter, Wilbert and Friends--
> >
> > Hey Pete---I agree!   Imagine this little short-shift, 
> unifoliate little 
> > dwarf of an aroid, exquisitly beautiful as it might be, 
> with only its ONE 
> > cordate leaf (no splits or fenestrations here!), having the 
> audacity to 
> > produce such wonderfully marked, MULTIPLE blooms, AND NOT 
> allowing these 
> > beautifully marked spathes to fall off soon after opening, 
> like some other 
> > self-respecting, TRUE climbing marvels of the Aroid-world 
> have the decency 
> > to do, leaving just a bare, white (but I`m certain quite 
> attractive and 
> > interesting, mind you!) spadix! Some of these climbers may 
> bloom just 
> > about once every twenty to forty years or so, but I`m 
> certain that to 
> > experience the pleasure of seeing such a plain white spathe 
> or bare spadix 
> > is well worth the wait!!  :--)> (all in fun, guys!)
> > Hey, congrats again to all, and good growing!
> >
> > Julius
> >
> >>Hrumph! While I admit that Colletogyne is rather nice I my 
> heart still 
> >>flutters most when presented with a colossal Epipremnum or 
> >>Rhaphidophora...
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" 
> > <hetter@xs4all.nl>
> > To: "Aroid-l" <Aroid-L@gizmoworks.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:14 AM
> > Subject: [Aroid-l] Colletogyne on IAS website
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > For all you lovers of the REALLY exquisite (and that only 
> to be found 
> > among
> > tuberous aroids) Albert and I have prepared a page on 
> Colletogyne, a small
> > gem. Just been rediscovered.
> >
> > have fun at: http://www.aroid.org/genera/colletogyne/
> >
> > Cheerio,
> > Wilbert
> >
> > p.s. all you lovers of climbing aroids, THIS is the moment 
> to switch to 
> > the
> > REAL thing and we won't hold it against you....but it IS the LAST
> > chance!!!!!!!!!
> >
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