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[The Mutant]

Oh dear, you're members of those intellectuals that prefer reading fact books over romantic ones! Talk about me ending up in the wrong crowd!


I've never been a fan of encyclopedias and heavy duty Fact books, unless they deal with what I find interesting e.g. horses, cats, dogs, birds, sharks, deep water marine life in general, space, certain types of plants, art, human anatomy, comics, quoting Disney movies etc.

My interests make me seem immature when facing intellectuals, such as yourselves, and too "bookish" when facing "ordinary" people (usually those who enjoy watching grown men chase after the hide of several cows put together in a spherical shape...). In other words; I'm too stupid and/or childish to hang with the intellectual crowd and too clever and/or odd to hang with the "ordinary" crowd. The fact that I can keep a conversation going with anyone for longer than five minutes is a miracle in and of itself.


The fact that my memory is like a sieve does not improve my standing at all. Lets see for how long I can remember that they are called petals and tepals, shall we?

[Discus]

I've been reading quite a lot of orchid books recently, and I can't say I've ever come across them being called "tepals", it always seems to be "sepals". Wikipedia seems to think both petals and sepals are tepals. Tepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Camille - do you have a reference that goes against this usage?

I think watching men chase after something made from the hide of several cows would be hilarious - if it were the entire hide and not just some offcuts. Like zorbing, only with the human hamster on the outside?

I can't say I read romantic novels, but I've since tempered my strictly fact diet with plenty of novels, fantasy and sci-fi in the majority.

[Merlyn]

FYI, those are ruffled petals. The 3 farthest outside of the bloom are the sepals. The 3rd petal is what evolved over centuries to become the lip.

OOPS !!! For some reason I do this occasionally and answer a post without seeing that there is another page that I missed !!! Camille already explained petal vs sepal.

I will add that the YAP syndrome never goes away, it just modifies ! I WAS ALMOST ready to buy another Phal right off of the display at the VOS show last weekend ! It was Phal. mannii with approximately 30+ blooms and I guesstimated the price and was correct when told I could have it for $125 !!! Not today thank you very much, I DO need to eat this week I think !!

[The Mutant]

Originally Posted by Discus

I've been reading quite a lot of orchid books recently, and I can't say I've ever come across them being called "tepals", it always seems to be "sepals". Wikipedia seems to think both petals and sepals are tepals. Tepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Camille - do you have a reference that goes against this usage?

I think watching men chase after something made from the hide of several cows would be hilarious - if it were the entire hide and not just some offcuts. Like zorbing, only with the human hamster on the outside?

I can't say I read romantic novels, but I've since tempered my strictly fact diet with plenty of novels, fantasy and sci-fi in the majority.

If Camille is right then we have to correct the wiki-entry! Otherwise poor souls in quest for some orchid knowledge will be led astray, and we can't have that, can we?

Yes, that would be a way to make football more interesting and certainly a less violent suggestion than mine of using antipersonnel mines...

Oh, I could be using the wrong terms here. What I meant by "romantic" novels has more to do with the Romantic era when these types of novels started to appear (horror and such), and it is anything that's not fact - pure fiction in other words. I definitely don't read romance novels, but fantasy, horror, thriller, sci-fi and detective stories.

Sorry, I've read too much about Literature for it to be healthy for me.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Discus

I've been reading quite a lot of orchid books recently, and I can't say I've ever come across them being called "tepals", it always seems to be "sepals". Wikipedia seems to think both petals and sepals are tepals. Tepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Camille - do you have a reference that goes against this usage?

Whoopsie me! I should check things BEFORE posting! I dug out my dusty box of notes back from college (I was an horticulture major, and did some botany in the first 2 years).
Both petals AND sepals are called tepals when the sepals are petal-like. Still, orchid parts should in theory be called tepals, but the other 2 words remain perfectly valid, as 'tepal' only allows to further characterize them.

Remember what I said in another thread about my memory being worse than poor? This is a perfect example! I knew this stuff off by heart, but obviously 7 years is too long for my brain to cope with. Face it, I'm not a very smart person!

[The Mutant]

You're in good company then.

[Carpe Diem]

Food's no problem; first my cats, second my chids, and third me!
Cats? In the plural? *ears perk up* There are others besides Pelle? Can I see, can I?

[The Mutant]

You haven't seen his sister? Of course you can! I've several pictures of them in their very own thread in the Pet Depot section: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-two-cats.html

[Discus]

Originally Posted by The Mutant

Romantic era when these types of novels started to appear (horror and such), and it is anything that's not fact - pure fiction in other words.

Gothic? My girlfriend uses gothic literature (Jekyll and Hyde specifically) in her philosophy as "case studies" to illustrate concepts of agency and personal autonomy.

[The Mutant]

Love the Gothic novel. Your girlfriend's got great taste I must say and she has chosen a really cool subject to study.

I really loved the Literature studies (the Linguistics as well) when I studied English, both Literary History and Literature in general. Now when I study Swedish I can't wait for us to finish with the Grammar course and start on the Literature.

And this is probably as far as one can get from petals and sepals!