Re: Does Hemisphere really make a difference?

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:02:00 +1200 (NZST)
From: Heather Frederick <flytrap@ihug.co.nz>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Does Hemisphere really make a difference?

Hi Wim

>Allow me to give some northern hemisphere comment.
>Once I was given a New Zealand lily (Bella Donna, if I remember it well).
>Looked just like a little piece of garlick.
>Now it looks like a very big onion. But after 25 years(!) it is still
>heavily confused. It's putting up leaves when summer starts down-under.

Amaryllis belladonna, also know as Naked Lady, is actually South African.
It's called Naked Lady because the flowers appear in summer when there are
no leaves. The leaves appear in winter. So it sounds like yours has adapted
perfectly. :-)

Toodles
Heather in New Zealand

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