Re: Mystery Potato No More
- To: K*@aol.com, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Mystery Potato No More
- From: J* S* <j*@epix.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 23:41:03 +0000
- References: <4ff00edb.24c900a6@aol.com>
K1MIZE@aol.com wrote:
> All:
>
> Eureka! I've found my "mystery potato," and it turns out instead to be the
> "Mexican Petunia," (not really a Petunia at all) Ruellia brittoniana.
> There's a photo and description at:
> http://www.streetside.com/plants/floridata/ref/r/ruellia.htm
> I guess if I were a better botanist to begin with, my confusion would have
> been cleared up much sooner. Thanks for all of your educated guesses.
>
> Kurt
Thank you thank you thank you. I now know what the scientific name of my
Mexican Petunia, too! I got mine at the International Flea Market at
Auburndale, FLa in 1995.
Judy Showers
http://www.epix.net/~jshowers