Re: OT-BIO: Hi from Bob Dickow

Bob Dickow wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   I'm new to the iris list. I have always liked irises, and now
> have a garden with almost 20 different siberians, a few germans,
> and some odds and ends (versicolor, some spuria (orientalis?), et al).
>   I'm growing in the north Idaho Palouse region, and it is a
> great place to grow...some of my sibs get to over 4 feet tall here!
> (Raspberries @ 9 feet etc; you get the picture). Too much
> Miracle Gro maybe?? ;-)
>   For 20 years I grew orchids and had a greenhouse full of them.
> Had to sell them though when I moved to Idaho. The irises are
> the closest things to orchids in beauty, I'd say, but they don't
> need a greenhouse, so that's the way to go..
>   I just today ordered some spuria hybrids from Van Bourgundien. Have I
> been bitten?
> 
> ***********************************************//*
> *       Bob Dickow  (dickow@uidaho.edu)     \\// *
> * Associate Professor of Horn/Theory/Composition *
> *  Lionel Hampton School of Music/Univ of Idaho  *
> *     URL:   http://www.uidaho.edu/~dickow/      *
> **************************************************

Hi Bob and welcome. What a surprise when I noted Hamp's School of Music.
Is this something that he endowed? or is it honorary? Checked out your
home page and wanted to see the answers to the quiz but i was denied
entry. Bummer! As a Jeopardy fan I was going to try to come up with the
questions.
Everyone of us on the IRIS-L have been bitten by the iris virus at one
time or another so welcome to the club. About your order to Van B, I am
very curious to know what sort of cultural information they supply.
We have all heard many horror stories about ordering from similar
catalog multi-mailers and I think all of us would be interested in
hearing how your order turns out.

Regards
Dave Silverberg
Molalla, Oregon Zone 8
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