Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave "It is a common misconception that Agaves are a cactus. Agaves are closely related to the lily and amaryllis families, and are not related to cacti." ;-) Botanically yours Hoppy -----Original Message----- FSubject: Re: [Leica] Cacti? <A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses or cactus> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus best regards simon jessurun amsterdam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:26 AM Subject: [Leica] Cacti? > Doug: > > That's what I thought... but Nathan called it cacti, and who am I to > question a native European in his own common market? > > Perhaps they're really named Snail-cacti in the old country. ;-) > > Jim > > > > Douglas Herr wrote: > >> Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: >> >> >>>... I'm fascinated by the snails on the >>>cacti, have never seen that before. >>> >> >> >> The plant is an agave, not a cactus. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information