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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_152501_15627961.1216987278196 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 2008/7/24 David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>: > Hi Randy & All, July 24, 2008 > I notice that umbel size is not mentioned in Gray's 7th ed., 8th ed. or > in Munz & Keck California Flora which would suggest wide variation to the > point of not being diagnostic. In general, excessive fertilizer will promote > vegetative growth to the detriment of flowering & fruiting. > Interesting point. The leaves were also huge, so big that I had to choose a small one to mount on a standard herbarium sheet (about 42 x 27 cm). Perhaps the largess of the leaves allowed for more food production to generate the large flower? Both our herbarium curator and botanist are away at the moment, so I had to use my imagination to mount the umbel...I cut about a 5 mm slice through the receptacle (can that word be used here - where all the umblelets (?!) attach) and got a fan-shaped segment which barely fit onto another herbarium sheet. Would any of you who know more about mounting big plants have done something differently? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_152501_15627961.1216987278196 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr"><br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/24 David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Randy & All, July 24, 2008<br> I notice that umbel size is not mentioned in Gray's 7th ed., 8th ed. or in Munz & Keck California Flora which would suggest wide variation to the point of not being diagnostic. In general, excessive fertilizer will promote vegetative growth to the detriment of flowering & fruiting.<br> </blockquote> <div>Interesting point. The leaves were also huge, so big that I had to choose a small one to mount on a standard herbarium sheet (about 42 x 27 cm). Perhaps the largess of the leaves allowed for more food production to generate the large flower?</div> <div> </div> <div>Both our herbarium curator and botanist are away at the moment, so I had to use my imagination to mount the umbel...I cut about a 5 mm slice through the receptacle (can that word be used here - where all the umblelets (?!) attach) and got a fan-shaped segment which barely fit onto another herbarium sheet.</div> <div> </div> <div>Would any of you who know more about mounting big plants have done something differently?</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div></div></div> ------=_Part_152501_15627961.1216987278196--
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