Comments on: Elm-leaved Turnera – Turnera ulmifolia

By: mary

mary — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:35:33 +0000

Mark -
Thanks for the comment, and I especially thank you for the leafhopper ID. What a fascinating article (and glorious images!) in wikipedia. Yes, indeed, another rabbit hole. Sigh.
Mary

By: Mark Webber

Mark Webber — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:29:22 +0000

I came across your article about Turnera while I was looking it up through Google. It was certainly informative!
The insect which you suspected was a young grasshopper is a full-grown leafhopper.

Wikipedia, unsurprisingly has a nice introductory article to them. Yet another rabbit hole to fall into, I fear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafhopper

By: mary

mary — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:21:28 +0000

Hello Shelley,

The rabbit hole – yes! And not just because of unfamiliar tropical plant families. Simple things like the Cheshire cat smile hiding behind “hypanthium,” the Mad Hatters tea party of synonyms, and so forth. But that’s the joy of adventure, isn’t it? – not easy, not predictable, and therefore all the more satisfying in the end.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:53:11 +0000

Lovely plant and terrific description of yet another family I’ve never heard of before! Do you ever feel as if you’ve fallen down the rabbit hole?

~Shelley

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:46:55 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about Scott Zona!
No wonder his comment on Flickr was so extraordinarily helpful. I will update my reference to him!

Mary

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:03:01 +0000

Great post. But I this bit really made me smile

another botanical member of Flickr, scott.zona

Scott Zona is actually a leading palm systematist who’s based at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami. Isn’t the internet a wonderful place?