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  Aridarum zygosetum S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce
From: "Peter C. Boyce" <phymatarum at gmail.com> on 2015.05.03 at 06:45:02(23270)

Easy to grow - Aridarum zygosetum

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From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2015.05.04 at 14:00:23(23277)
That is a lovely plant, Peter!

On 3 May 2015 at 01:45, Peter C. Boyce wrote:

> Easy to grow - Aridarum zygosetum
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From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2015.05.04 at 21:36:57(23280)
At 07:00 AM 5/4/2015, D. Christopher Rogers wrote:
>That is a lovely plant, Peter!

And the quality of the photographs! I am tempted to smash my own
camera. Seriously.

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From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at gmail.com> on 2015.05.05 at 06:55:15(23285)
It is also an enigmatic one. Despite its current placement in Aridarum, it
is in fact sister to Schottariella in a quite separate part of the Tribe.
In fact, Aridarum is a trash-basket genus!

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From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at gmail.com> on 2015.05.05 at 07:01:23(23286)
That's very sweet of you Hermine, but I hasten to add that I am by no means a "photographer"

I carry two cameras. An old-as-the hills 10MP
Olympus E-450 with a 1:3.5 macro for general shots, and a 24MP Nikon
D-7100 with a 105mm Micro Nikkor for close-ups. After a tip from a ginger-fanatic friend who IS a photographer I favour apertaure
priority and try to get the fstop as high as possible. I also try not to go any
higher than ISO 400 equivalent. I detest carrying loads of gear
(tripod,etc) into the woods (I even don't like using a tripod on the nursery), so I
also use as fast shutter speed as possible given the light and use flash quite a lot, although on
a reduced setting to avoid colour distortion. I tried a ring-flash for a while but
found it unbalanced the camera, that the cable got tangled in things like
rattans, and that it was also very fragile - for example it didn't take kindly
to being bashed against a rock when I was climbing to photograph on
waterfalls...

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From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2015.05.05 at 19:20:01(23292)
I have dealt with several of those in my beloved Crustacea. catch all
genera have their uses. They give us groups to revise!

On 5 May 2015 at 01:55, Peter Boyce wrote:

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