Re: [Sansevierias] Re: We have a new member

Thanks for the tip Hermine - I had no idea about Hummel's wife - although I've never seen "Minnie" used, except in reference to Disney World. 










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-----Original Message-----
From: Hermine Stover <[email protected]>
To: Sansevierias <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 12:56 pm
Subject: Re: [Sansevierias] Re: We have a new member



  
    
                  

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>Yes, Yahoo went crazy and became mysterious and unmanagable which is 
>why I have  been afraid to go look, and I run this group. I thought 
>I would mention something which is many US origin plants with 
>"Minnie" added to them are rightly and wrongly attributed to the 
>hybridizations of a man named Hummel, whose wife was named Minnie or 
>Minnibelle. So you find this name added to plants, in particular 
>plants which are smaller than the normal size. However I do not know 
>that Mr Hummel ever hybridized any Sansevierias. I will attempt to 
>look at your plants very soon.

hermine

>
>Hi Olga,
>
>A few months ago Yahoo changed to a new format.  Since then there 
>have been lots of strange and unpredictable problems.  I don't think 
>you did anything wrong.  Yesterday I could see all of your photos, 
>but none were named.  Today the first 20 have names but not the 
>later ones. Go figure!   Maybe your photos will all show up for you 
>at some point.
>
>I am thinking that I need to update and take some new photos.  I 
>will put them in photos where they should have been all along.