First Phal.

[Wrebbitrocks]

Originally Posted by Mikeg

Lol. And WrebbitRocks......Watermelons come from trees?????

oops LMAO i meant citrus trees and watermelon plants. that mustve sounded stupid. also add to that cotton

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Mikeg

It's a very beautiful one rosie may I ask for the name for my wish list? Lol.

It's called Maui Charm, but I'm not sure if that is a registered name or just a trade name from the nursary that it originated from. It was one of the sort sold mass market to garden centers from a nursary in Europe and they often have trade names rather than registered names

[Mikeg]

How I hate mass market........ Lol they screw everything up. Well I really like it and I am jealous Lol. And wrebbit...... To be honest it sounded pretty stupid.....

[Wrebbitrocks]

Originally Posted by Mikeg

How I hate mass market........ Lol they screw everything up. Well I really like it and I am jealous Lol. And wrebbit...... To be honest it sounded pretty stupid.....

i know, haha. next im gonna say that orchids grow in ice

[Call_Me_Bob]

stick um in the freeze! it really helps with the "cooldown" period and forget about adding ice, but them in a bucket of ice!!

[Wrebbitrocks]

Originally Posted by help

stick um in the freeze! it really helps with the "cooldown" period and forget about adding ice, but them in a bucket of ice!!

[johnblagg]

Hey I have saw pumpkin trees fuul of ripe fruit .... lol just once but a pumpkin vine had grown up a tree and actually made small pumpkins all over in it ....Jut dont stand under those watermelon trees without a hardhat.....

and sorry to go off the phal topic but will stiuck to commenting on Quarentien...
We are watching oak trees in this area die off in massive numbers due to imported bugs and a few years ago the same thing with pine forsest in the area ....and then we have a termite that came in from Japan 50 years ago that is also a major problem....

phytosanitary laws are very important

[Wrebbitrocks]

i dont get it though. what REALLY going to stop a bug from going into another state. is there some invisible barrier in the air with minutemen bugs ready to shoot down illegal immagrant bugs into another state? i dont think so. how is a box that most likely contains no bugs going to compare to mother nature. its more probable that a pest would just go into another state with a strong breeze or hidden in the nooks of your car than coming over in a package that the seller clearly inspected before sending it to you

[johnblagg]

Originally Posted by Wrebbitrocks

i dont get it though. what REALLY going to stop a bug from going into another state. is there some invisible barrier in the air with minutemen bugs ready to shoot down illegal immagrant bugs into another state? i dont think so. how is a box that most likely contains no bugs going to compare to mother nature. its more probable that a pest would just go into another state with a strong breeze or hidden in the nooks of your car than coming over in a package that the seller clearly inspected before sending it to you

lol no but some bugs travel on the plant and dont move far with out help by taking them in a car you can take them 100s of miles fast ...and for some bugs I guess there are barriers of some sort such as a lage area with no host that they cant cross without help like a human and a car to croos Hummm maybe a desert or mountain they for some reason they could not get acroos because of extream cold....

Some would have to be transported in soil even. and might never get out of a small area untill they were moved by a human .....in fact here the oakl borers travel slowly untill people start carrying fire wood from one area to another and then I guess maye no natural predator in the new area and its explosive resulting in massive harm to forests where they have never been before .

And just because they shipped it to you does not mean it was closley inspected I have read on this very board the stories of mealy and scale infested mail orders from some vendors. They were not very worried about bugs in those few cases so what else came with it....some regulations are a good thing and just have to be in place.

[Mikeg]

Haha WrebbitRocks tat is soooo cool!!! Lol But, she is telling me to spend the money on my car and gas and insurance and stuff like that Lol. But, I play the Clarinet and am Section Leader this year!!!!!!!! Lol. I play Bass Clarinet in Wind Ensemble though. My Mom still loves them and all and s getting used to them she just wants me to know what is a priority and what isn't and just getting me ready college life and stuff.