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The Lady Behind the Masks A Select Flora of South Africa
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It is not often that one runs across something that is so remarkable
that it sticks out above all the other interruptions and rubble of life.
Yet this singular impact of serendipity provides an enrichment to
one's exploration of worlds both within and without. My first such discovery was of Monica Roxburgh. From what I had discovered on the internet I was so impressed by the extent of creativity that this singular person generated that I developed on my site the page titled: The Lady Behind the Masks. Her works are impressive. While browsing the forum at The Orchid Source I was astonished to discover a most remarkable way of growing orchids under lights. Growing them on old clay pipes! The success of this young Scandinavian and the innovative approach he attempted is so astonishing that I developed a page that consolidated much of his comments that were spread out over several pages in the forum. A very novel and interesting approach that can only further stimulate additional thought and enlarge other possibilities in such culture. Bihrmann is a young Dane who is working in South Africa as a prerequisite for future employment with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Copenhagen. While his basic interests are with caudiophytes in his exploration of the nearby mountains he has discovered a world of mosses and lower plants that I have not seen before nor have probably been imaged for internet viewing before. He has sent me at least a hundred images. It was no mean task transferring them from my email into my machine. While I have only just brushed the surface of what images I shall be loading onto the site, A SELECTED FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA, it is proving to be a long drawn out process. Additions will be noted under the link.
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