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Re: New subscriber

At 10:48 PM 2/14/97 -0500, LYNNPEDER@aol.com wrote:
>Hi:
>
>My name is Diana Pederson from Michigan.  I specialize in euphorbias,
>geraniums, sansevierias, haworthias, and an odd assortment of african
>violets, primroses, various foiliage plants, etc.  The plants are overtaking
>my house!!!!
>
>I have a sandbox in the basement with 6 2-bulb shoplights hung over it where
>I overwinter a wide variety of cactus, euphorbias, pelargoniums, and
>sansevierias.  Most spend the summer outside tucked into my perennial beds.
> I have a babychanging table in my bedroom with a shoplight hung over it with
>an indoor fountain to provide moisture and african violets, primroses, prayer
>plants and strawberry begonias.  When I can afford it, I'll claim another
>shelf under the top for plants by installing a couple of 20 watt light
>fixtures.  All this is in addition to having every window and spare corner in
>the house filled with plants.
>
>My special achievement this winter was getting a Sansevieria Kirki puchi to
>flower in the corner of my dining room.  It is 5 years old and has spent
>several summers outside.
>
>You know you are a plant addict when you also find time to read most plant
>magazines (Sansevieria journal, Herb Quarterly, Herb Companion, Organic
>Gardening, American Gardener (AHS), Horticulture, Flower & Garden, Garden
>Gate, Garden How-to (National Gardening Club) Carolina Gardener, Peperomia
>Newsletter, Burpee Home Gardener, in addition to annual magazines purchased
>over the counter).  I also have a private gardening library featuring well
>over 100 books.
>
>As you can observe, I do extensive gardening outside too with a Bible plant
>garden at church being a special project this year.  I'm also exploring
>topiary and water gardening.
>
>I look forward to chatting in this forum.
>
>You are to be commended for merely mentioning the Queen of all
houseplants, the Sansevieria, let alone for getting one to flower under
houseplant conditons. We have I THING, maybe 250 of these, couning
variegated cutlivars, and after 20+ years they are still our number one
favorite here at the nursery.
have you visited our website? I am a former light gardener on a scale you
cannot imagine, a boston cellar about 15 by 80 feet of shelves in banks of
lights! go check us out and download our stuff at:
ENDANGERED SPECIES NURSERY
3 acres of California-grown Bamboo, Palms, Cycads, 
Sansevierias, Exotics and rare stuff.  Visit us at
http://www.endangeredspecies.com  
e-mail  nursery@endangeredspecies.com
(714)544-9505
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