Re: [aroid-l] A. spruceanum

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid (prive)" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2004.01.31 at 19:56:56(11055) And Lord P says: I didn't mean a scan as in scanning the object itself but as in a scanned photo (or a direct digital pic)! That should ease your mind. No need to upset the lil' fella itself. Lord P +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens Rand Nicholson > Verzonden: zaterdag 31 januari 2004 14:13 > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > Onderwerp: Re: [aroid-l] A. spruceanum > > > Lord P. And Interested Parties: > > >You can make life easier on all of us by mailing me a scan > of the leaf and > >I'll put us out of our mysery. > > > >Lord P > > Sounds like a plan. > > Please keep in mind that this is just a little fella, coming > up from a tuber that was, upon planting, only the size of > one's pinky tip. Am I permitted to wait until the creature in > question completes its present growth cycle, or is the > pressure such that I must immediately uproot the unnamed > offender and hurl it forthwith into the photonic maw of The > Evil Lexmark? Would a portion of the leaf suffice? Any advice > on how one scans an purported Amorph/Drac leaf without also > scanning a big, juicy smear? > > I do not know how much my very patient Carol (who has had an > unprepared and unfortunate introduction to a full-blown Am. > konjac in all its magnifi-scent glory in our living room one > unscheduled morning) will appreciate me smooshing a disputed > plant under the scanner, even for a lofty scientific > principle. She may point out that she _has_ already > identified the plant by the company it keeps and wonder why > Aroid-L is not shut down on decency issues (thanx for all the > gallery links, guys!). > > Please, M'Lord, let us know soonest when you first describe > Am. creepatoid. > > > Rand > > >

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