Escobaria

I was able to locate the references you gave me. The British C a S J
was especially good, too bad the library didn't have a color copier.

Now I have to set down with a glass of beer and a dictionary to find
out what they are saying.

A question, in the descriptions of the various species I find the
growing altitude listed. E. alversoni is the only one listed with an
elevation range where I found my plants. Is this important? I
thought any temperature question would be covered by the list of other
plants I included.

It would appear I am due for some desert trips this spring to get more
information about these plants. Then the challenge will be to find
someone else who cares.

In my web digging I ran across an abbreviation " nov. comb.ined."
What does the "ined" part mean, I couldn't find a definition for that
part.

I hope I don't need to get an SEM to examine the seeds. Light
photography is so limited.

Thanks for any assistance.




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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

ined. is an abbreviation of the Latin "ineditus" meaning unpublished.

Of course, nov. comb. is an abbreviation of the Latin "nova combinatio"
meaning new combination of name and epithet.



Charles wrote in message
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Escobaria

I was able to locate the references you gave me. The British C a S J
was especially good, too bad the library didn't have a color copier.

Now I have to set down with a glass of beer and a dictionary to find
out what they are saying.

A question, in the descriptions of the various species I find the
growing altitude listed. E. alversoni is the only one listed with an
elevation range where I found my plants. Is this important? I
thought any temperature question would be covered by the list of other
plants I included.

It would appear I am due for some desert trips this spring to get more
information about these plants. Then the challenge will be to find
someone else who cares.

In my web digging I ran across an abbreviation " nov. comb.ined."
What does the "ined" part mean, I couldn't find a definition for that
part.

I hope I don't need to get an SEM to examine the seeds. Light
photography is so limited.

Thanks for any assistance.




_

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others