By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Affected person readers, I would like to present HICPAC’s twitching corpse a number of extra kicks, and so this submit might be a naked antidote. Discuss amongst yourselves! –lambert
Contact info for crops: Readers, be happy to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to ship me a test in case you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn how to ship me pictures of crops. Greens are high quality! Fungi and coral are deemed to be honorary crops! If you would like your deal with to seem as a credit score, please place it firstly of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize by utilizing your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. From timotheus:
Timotheus writes: “I used to be intrigued by the identify that popped up on my plant ID app (“Search”). Right here is Wikipedia:
Physostegia virginiana, the obedient plant, obedience or false dragonhead, is a species of flowering plant within the mint household, Lamiaceae. It’s native to North America, the place it’s distributed from japanese Canada to northern Mexico. Physostegia are identified generally as obedient crops as a result of a flower pushed to 1 facet will typically keep in that place.
Anyway, it’s a good late-summer shock.”
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