Re: Louisiana swamps

From: "Patrick O'Connor" <swamp@ix.netcom.com>

Dennis, if someone will stand guard I might go back.  I have not stopped by
in a month, and actually I am curious about the condition of that little
piece of swamp.  When I last drove by, the vegetation was getting thick.
There still has not been enough rain to return it to standing water.  By
the way, there are reports that the alligators are wandering about a bit
looking for water.  I guess many migrated to wetter spots.  Some have wound
up as road kill, which is a little startling to see.

Patrick
At 07:46 PM 8/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>
>>I have been watching these irises for two years now as I drive back and
>>forth to work (I comute about 3 days a week), and have been plotting how I
>>could rent or borrow a canoe or pirogue and get in there to take a sample.
>>This year, that whole swamp has dried and I was able, with some
>>trepidation, to walk in and dig a few.  (It was nervous trip, watching for
>>alligators and fearful that I would sink in muck.  In fact, it was like
>>walking on a trampoline, suspended above the muck only by plant roots.  I
>>am Arkansas native and not comfortable with traversing swampland).
>
>This sounds neat!  Could you drive back and dig me up a piece?
>
>HAHA!  Just kidding, of course!  I wouldn't want to be responsible for
>turning you into alligator dinner.
>
>I hope you keep us posted on the selfing experiment.  I bet they come up
pink.
>
>Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
>Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
>Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
>Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises
>
>
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