From the rosette of petiolate leaves at the base and two to eight lanceolate leaves up the stem we know that this is a greenhood orchid of the genus Diplodium. The flower is atypical, though. Perhaps it has evolved to be pollinated by keas.
The bottle is then riddled, so that the lees settles in the neck of the wine bottle... Manual riddling is still done for Prestige Cuvées in Champagne... mechanised riddling equipment (a gyropalette) is used instead. (Wikipedia)
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The inevitable outcome of access to beer and genetic engineering tools, mixed with an overdue gardening column
From the rosette of petiolate leaves at the base and two to eight lanceolate leaves up the stem we know that this is a greenhood orchid of the genus Diplodium. The flower is atypical, though. Perhaps it has evolved to be pollinated by keas.
The harvest-time travails of the sheep-fallers are heartbreaking. Absent proper labour standards all right-thinking individuals must deplore the senseless waste inherent in woolgathering.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely sheep cannon you've grown!
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The diplodium celeri augmentum has an extremely fast growth rate which can sometimes catch the local livestock by surprise.
ReplyDeletewow that was very cool
ReplyDelete...do yur sheep-on-a-stick come in different flavurs?
ReplyDeleteThey all come in bleedin' wool flavour. You can get it chocolate-dipped if you want to be all fancy.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you want extra hops in your flavour?
ReplyDeleteShirley this is an option...
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Is vegetable lamb acceptable for vegetarians?
ReplyDeleteWhat if you want extra hops in your flavour?
ReplyDeleteThen it would be a woolly jumper.
This is dumb. Clearly if you're going to grow fluffy animals, you go for baby bunnies.
ReplyDeleteThey tried growing bunnies vegetatively, this is how we got peeps.
ReplyDeletethis is making me woozy...
ReplyDeleteYou can get it chocolate-dipped if you want to be all fancy.
ReplyDeleteSheep dip. That's not chocolate.
Tzatziki?
ReplyDeleteI bet Thom Kincade never painted a sheep on a stick ("if you'd kept your sheep on a stick, you wouldn't have lost that one, would you!")
ReplyDeleteReading the title of this post was entertainment enough.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are pollinated by Scotsmen wearing Wellingtons.
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