Love All Plants

IX
> Now, just to make myself REALLY unpopular, my advice to those who consider
> them (oxalis) weeds is, learn to love all plants

> I'd like to read about the... (snipped to conserve bandwidth)

XAVIER
That's odd, Ix informs the list members that we should love all plants,
but then proceeds to tell us what plants Ix would like to read about.
Why do the types of plants that we discuss matter to Ix one way or
another if we are admonished to "love all plants"?

Now, just to paraphrase Ix, my advice to those who consider
current threads uninteresting is, learn to love the plants list members
are talking about. *GRIN*

Seriously, however, I DO LOVE ALL PLANTS, but my love is not
unconditional...I love them when they are growing in natural plant
communities in their natural territorial ranges. I love them a bit less,
but still love them, when they are cultivated in areas where they would
not otherwise grow without human assistance. Love turns to dislike when
they are growing without human assistance outside their natural ranges.
And I positively hate them when they are ecologically disruptive
invasive pest plants.

Now, on the subject of list topics, I do note that about a year ago, I
had to leave the list and, at the time, the list was in the midst of
what seemed to be an interminable discussion on aurucarias and monkey
puzzle trees. When I rejoined a few weeks ago, guess what was being
discussed?! It's as if I had never left.

I myself would like to see "mini-articles" on suitable plants describing
how the writer acquired, grew and propagated a particular plant, with a
little bit on the plant's natural range and ecology thrown in for good
measure. Often we get this information when someone makes a query, but
why wait until then? If we have a favorite plant, why not write about it
without the list first having been asked about it? You may wonder why I
don't do this myself. The answer is that it doesn't seem to be done very
much so I assume it's not supposed to be done. Is that correct?

R. Xavier Osorio
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