Re: NE roll call- check/weather/orchid

 From latin, meaning flock or belonging to a flock.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jan 22, 2006, at 1:51 PM, james singer wrote:

> So, Cathy, did the dictionary give the root of the word? Sounds/ 
> looks like something Bill the Cat would've said.
>
> On Jan 22, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
>> Finally went to my dictionary - it said it is a botanical name for
>> cultivars derived from the same hybrid. Not sure I get it, but....
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2006, at 7:18 PM, James R. Fisher wrote:
>>
>>> kmrsy wrote:
>>>> OK, the Lumina series of Lychnis is a hybrid of two Lychnis
>>>> species, so that
>>>> would be a grex?
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Z5
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Yes, and I must confess that I don't know how or if a grex name
>>> differs from a hybrid name.
>>> -jrf
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Fisher"
>>>> <garrideb@well.com>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:08 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] NE roll call- check/weather/orchid
>>>>> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Grex?  Wow, that's new to me.  So it is a cultivar within a
>>>>>> cultivar, so
>>>> to
>>>>>> speak?
>>>>>> sort of like Lychnis Lumina 'Bronze Leaf Red" is the red entry
>>>>>> in the
>>>> Lumina
>>>>>> series?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> ++++++++
>>>>> Not exactly; a grex name *is* a hybrid name, and Fuchs' Mandarin
>>>>> is a
>>>> cultivar.
>>>>> Just like your Lychnis Lumina 'Bronze Leaf Red', provided Lumina
>>>>> is a
>>>> hybrid
>>>>> within Lychnis, and Bronze Leaf Red is one of Lumina's cultivars.
>>>>> -jrf
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jim Fisher
>>> Vienna, Virginia USA
>>> 38.9 N 77.2 W
>>> USDA Zone 7
>>> Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]
>>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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