Gut, aber keine Zigarre. Es heisst, "Welwitsch war Oesterricher."
Let's blame it all on January. Jim S. At 03:33 PM 1/11/2011 -0700, you wrote: > > How do you suppose they pronounce the genus name in its native > > Namibia? (hints: former German colony) > > >Ganz auf deutsch. Welwitsch war oesterreichischen. >I never try to grow anything I can't pronounce, since I talk to my plants. I >follow Bowles, though, with things like Crocus cvijicii, who said the >specific epithet should be played on the violin. (I've only mastered the >kazoo.) Or Farrer, when he suggested that one could pronounced tchihatchewii >by blowing one's nose. > >Bob Nold > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
