Comments on: Little Machete – Another Living Fence http://ntsavanna.com/little-machete-another-living-fence/ Learning a savanna in Panama, plant by plant Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mary http://ntsavanna.com/little-machete-another-living-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 mary Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:00:57 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=854#comment-1803 The flower especially was deceiving to me, Shelley. It looks like no pea I ever saw. But Wayne's World helped me understand - yes, it's a terrific resource. I have one quibble, though, with what he says, but I didn't want to put that quibble in the post proper. He says the "banner" or "standard" part of the pea plant is the part of the petal that we see in this <em>Erythrina</em>. But it looks to me like it should be the "keel," where the reproductive parts of a pea plant are usually found. Until I've done more research, though, I'll have to take his word for it. Mary The flower especially was deceiving to me, Shelley. It looks like no pea I ever saw. But Wayne’s World helped me understand – yes, it’s a terrific resource.

I have one quibble, though, with what he says, but I didn’t want to put that quibble in the post proper. He says the “banner” or “standard” part of the pea plant is the part of the petal that we see in this Erythrina. But it looks to me like it should be the “keel,” where the reproductive parts of a pea plant are usually found. Until I’ve done more research, though, I’ll have to take his word for it.

Mary

]]> By: Shelley http://ntsavanna.com/little-machete-another-living-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Shelley Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:39:45 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=854#comment-1802 This plant looks so different from the Fabaceae in my neck of the woods, I never would have thought it was in the pea family. However, your precise, careful discussion of the plant's characters shows quite decisively that it is. Brava! Thanks, too, for introducing me to Wayne's World. What a terrific resource. ~Shelley This plant looks so different from the Fabaceae in my neck of the woods, I never would have thought it was in the pea family. However, your precise, careful discussion of the plant’s characters shows quite decisively that it is. Brava!

Thanks, too, for introducing me to Wayne’s World. What a terrific resource.

~Shelley

]]> By: A Neotropical Savanna » A Day in the Life of a Sandpaper Plant http://ntsavanna.com/little-machete-another-living-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 A Neotropical Savanna » A Day in the Life of a Sandpaper Plant Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:36:01 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=854#comment-1797 [...] the show. Remember his study of the “sleeping” leaves of the little machete plant, Erythrina? I wonder what he would have made of the opening and closing jaws of these [...] [...] the show. Remember his study of the “sleeping” leaves of the little machete plant, Erythrina? I wonder what he would have made of the opening and closing jaws of these [...]

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