Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Ray's Thought for the Day - Englemannia

A monotypic genus. Engelmannia pinnatifida rosette in a little bluestem crowd.

In private, it is lotsa fun to spell the genus name, Engelmannia, Engelmania. And actually, there is an imbalance of the mind that only afflicts botanists, called Engelmania. One symptom of Engelmania, is an obsession with photographing, basal rosettes.

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