Re: Iris Names -- X-Rated & rhizome chompers
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Iris Names -- X-Rated & rhizome chompers
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:24:13 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 97-01-27 12:53:23 EST, you write:
>the most attractive flower was little STEPPING OUT, which for some reason
>she found quite a scandalous name! I mean, she went home in a huff!
>Indecent, she said, indecent!
One of my childhood friends got all wound up over the name NIGHT AFFAIR. You
just never know what's going to set people off.
>Speaking of STEPPING OUT, can anyone tell me why it alone of all my TB and
>MTB rhizomes is routinely attacked and devoured by something that either
>has scooping teeth or eats in such a systematic way the holes look like
>someone attacked the plant with a melon-baller?
>Celia Storey
This sounds like the kind of damage that was identified earlier on this list
as cricket munching. Although the overnight anhilation would have to be
awfully big crickets! I don't know why STEPPING OUT might be more tasty to
crickets or other varmints, but that does help explain (maybe) why it is so
prone to rot here.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
