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Comments
WriterArtist, Thank you for stopping by.
Me too, I like the looks of this lovely, sadly extinct plant.
Technology serves us so well when it can bring back the past that we may not know about because we walked down one road and there was a fossil on the other. As Unitedstatesian poet Robert Frost wrote, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both."
Hi DerdriuMarriner - Seems as if this lovely plant is extinct. It looks so beautiful with the blossoms and foliage. You have done good research on this old flowering plant.
Mira, The book is interestingly, practicably informative and looks so enticingly pretty in cabinets and on desktops, shelves, and tables!
I ordered it on Kindle and I may order it as a book to give as a gift. Haven't had time to read anything yet.
Mira, Book or Kindle? Both are nice but oh those photographs!
Okay, I ordered it!
I'm tempted to get the book on Kindle but would miss all the beautiful photography. :) I'm also thinking it could make a great gift. I'll probably order it on Kindle after all :)
frankbeswick, You're welcome. I particularly appreciate interactions with fellow plant lovers.
Thanks for this.
frankbeswick, The researchers are proposing a new family called Montsechiaceae because of differences between Montsechia vidalii and its closest modern relatives in the Ceratophyllaceae family.