HERB - Vanilla & Poinsettia
Warren & Meredith Harmon
corwynsca at juno.com
Tue Feb 6 21:56:59 PST 2001
>I, being Mexican (mix of Aztec and Zacateco indian), really loved
>seeing you put in the Nahuatl word for Vanilla... :)
Jealousjealousjealous... my uncle used to teach me Azteca and Mayan many
many moons ago, but I forgot it all. And it's not like I can pick up a
dictionary. Siiiiigh.....
>I am planning on growing my own vainilla (sp. spelling) once we get our
house
>built (middle of the house is going to be a Greenhouse/Atrium-I designed
it
>myself)
Out of curiosity, are you going to have a poinsettia tree? I remember
seeing them on a trip years ago, and laughed so hard after realizing that
what we think of as a flower actually turns into a *tree* south of the
U.S.! Ditto the hens-and-chicks as tall as my hip. I'm not laughing so
much now, though.... I saw mother-in-law tongue that was as tall as I was
(5' 6"), but now I'm married, and I've seen bigger... ;-)
Is poinsettia mentioned in any late-period diaries? I could swear I
remember reading a Columbus diary excerpt, but now I can't place it at
all...
-Caro
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