Re: [Aroid-l] A question primarily for our esteemed experts and

From: mossytrail at hcc.net on 2010.09.21 at 05:10:28(21477) Nalini is also a wonderful human being. I have stayed in touch with her family ever since 1996. If I had not already done my undergrad at Evergreen State, I would probably have applied to do my postgraduate with her; but I felt it was better to change instsitutions for each degree. If you are interested in canopy biology (because you fancy epiphytic aroids, perhaps), she is also on Facebook. +More > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:16:31 -0500 > From: ExoticRainforest > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] A question primarily for our esteemed experts > and botanists! > To: Discussion of aroids > Message-ID: <4C8A921F.3090102@ExoticRainforest.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thanks for the excellent info Ted! Leland Miyano recommended I read > some of the works of Dr. Nalini M. Nadkarni who is known as the "Queen > of the Canopy" and have been learning quite a bit of the same from her > papers. It does appear epiphytic plants find a way to absorb nutrients > in the canopy without necessarily drawing them directly from the host > tree which explains some of my original queries. She also has some > excellent complete lectures that can be seen on the net. > > Thanks again, and I do hope these types of discussions will continue on > this forum. If anyone is interested you can find several of Dr. > Nadkarni's papers by typing her full name into Google and following it > with "PDF". I am learning a great deal more than I expected! The rain > forest is a very complex place and the more we understand how Mother > Nature makes it operate the more we learn about how to care for our > plants! > > All of what you have just posted is now a part of my files! > > > Steve > www.ExoticRainforest.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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