Hi, just have to say you might want to check the protected species list in
your state. Jack-in-the-pulpits used to be on such lists and are
notoriously difficult to transplant. How about a field trip back to Dad's?
Evelyn
-----Original Message-----
From: mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx <mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 9:24 PM
Subject: [OM] New macro subject
>Hi, Zuiks.
>
>So...
>There I was, pulling weeds in the front yard flowerbed of my father's house
in
>East Alton, Illinois....
>
>weed... <pull>
>weed... <pull>
>weed... <pull>
>weed... <pull>
>weed... <pull>
>jack-in-the-pulpit... <puWAIT A MINUTE!!!!
>
>I kid you not, I found THREE of 'em in the flower bed! They're indigenous
to
>this area of western Illinois, as we found out on the list a few weeks ago,
and
>I remember as a child prowling in the woods that make up my dad's back yard
and
>finding the doggone things in the undergrowth. These three plants,
however, are
>growing in full sunlight in front of a wall. Weird, huh?
>
>I started thinking about how I could get one or two of these plants home to
>Florida to use as a macro subject. After all, I've got a perfectly good
Zuiko
>50mm macro lens, a 25mm tube, etc. etc. etc. So , I was wondering if I
could
>prey on someone here on the list who has more of a green thumb than I to
tell me
>how to transplant one or two of these things. I don't think they'll last
the
>summer in front of a south-facing brick wall, anyway. I also seem to
remember
>that they grow from a bulb or corm of some sort. Thoughts?
>
>regards,
>
>Mahlon
>
>
>
>
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