I can't seem to spell it right myself. Oesterreicher. Jim S.
At 06:00 PM 1/11/2011 -0500, you wrote: >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 ************************************************* 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
