Re: totems for climbers

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2002.05.15 at 18:57:45(8797) In a message dated 05/14/2002 11:34:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wont_read101@hotmail.com writes: Forgive a newcomer's ignorance, but to me, a totem is either a carving, usually wooden, representing someone's ancestry; or a "spirit guide." Would this new use of the word be more of a flexible trellis, suitable for soft material? +More Your first meaning, a carving of someone's ancestry, is the basis for our meaning: a "totem," in horticulture, is a pole -- which reminded some people of a totem pole -- intended to substitute for a tree trunk for a plant that climbs by adventitious roots. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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