Hi Xavier Glad to hear you had a good holiday - I am very envious :o) Nice to see some habitat pics. One day I will get the time and money together and do a...
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Oct 1, 2007 10:14 pm
Hi I have just been given permission to use all the information contained in the Coles Lithops book for my website. I am really greateful to Alberto Marvelli...
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bty398393
Oct 5, 2007 1:27 pm
That's certainly good news, the best information comes direct from the source. Have you thought about what format would be best to present the information? ...
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bty398393
Oct 5, 2007 1:36 pm
Sounds like a good trip even if Lithops hunting was just an occasional bonus. I can see from your photos that you have good eyes! --ian...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 5, 2007 9:06 pm
Hi Ian I am busy working on it. It is quite a job. A website is quite different to a book. Working out what is important, is the hard part. One can go...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 6, 2007 12:30 am
Hi Ian Here is an outline of the various sections of the website: ... Introduction and outline ... General Features Annual Cycle Size of Plants Shape of Plants...
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Ivan Boldyrev
bii714
Oct 7, 2007 3:49 pm
... It seems that your site will turn all lithops-related sites (including mine) into useless junk :) I should try harder! :) -- Ivan Boldyrev...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 7, 2007 4:14 pm
Hi Ivan No website that promotes Lithops is junk - I design, illustrate and program websites for a living (when not looking after all my Lithops and other...
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bty398393
Oct 7, 2007 10:10 pm
While Cole's book is the definitive work on Lithops, it certainly doesn't contain all the information available on the subject. I would suggest that there are...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 8, 2007 12:09 am
Hi Ian I agree that the Cole book is not the only source of info - this is why I am also using other sources, even though the majority of info is from the Cole...
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laky sho
la_sh14
Oct 8, 2007 8:50 am
Hi Friends! Sometimes u just cant predict what ur gonna find in ur mail! Just opened my mail n guess what? insurance ! http://insurance.yoursfree.biz/ Have...
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pentelbury@...
xspentelbury
Oct 8, 2007 9:57 am
Hi Ian Thanks for the compliment. I think one gets?the knack for finding Lithops after being to at least several colonies. Was a nice short n'?sweet trip....
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Oct 9, 2007 11:30 am
Hello I have put up the new Lithops website, but it is not completed. The only section that needs to be done is the species section, which is the bulk of the...
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Oct 10, 2007 8:07 am
Hello I have often been asked by people how many species of Lithops there are. So does anyone know the answer? By species I mean true species, excluding any...
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Christiaan van Schalk...
krisjan_vs
Oct 10, 2007 12:03 pm
37 species, that is if you do not count steineckeana, else 38. including subspecies and varieties, 90 if you go according to localities, must be more than a...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 10, 2007 12:21 pm
Hi Christiaan You got the same number as I got, so I guess if we both get the same number, we can assume it to be right :o) 37 species 1 steineckeana 51 subsp...
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bty398393
Oct 10, 2007 3:58 pm
So far, so good. Very clean layout. Do you need the text proof-reading? I noticed a few typos while scanning through quickly. Could the distribution maps be...
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ectotropis@...
mesemaniac
Oct 11, 2007 1:30 am
Hi Andrew, Just a couple of comments. I've very impressed with the site! It's easy to navigate, easy to read, nice and clean looking. Problems: On the detailed...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 11, 2007 9:48 am
Hi Tim Thanks for all the compliments and feedback - helps make one feel it is not all a lot of work for nothing :o) I will rectify the stuff on the maps -...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 11, 2007 10:21 am
Hi Ian Sent this mail to you - but it never got to the other end, so here it is again. Thanks for the valuable input - heres some solutions: Do you need the...
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achabense
Oct 11, 2007 1:43 pm
Andrew Congratulations for your fford and work, keep going Francine Belgium...
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bty398393
Oct 11, 2007 6:10 pm
I've sent you some corrections to the text. You can use my map as a reference if you like, although it doesn't include any indications of rainfall quantities....
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 12, 2007 6:34 pm
Hi Ian I have updated the rainfall map - there are now three different maps. One shows the average rainfall per year, the other the percentage of the average...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 12, 2007 6:41 pm
Hi Tim C406 corrected - re the switch in the oceans - the map that had the oceans switched - it is on the website with the rainfall maps now. But it was right...
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ectotropis@...
mesemaniac
Oct 12, 2007 8:46 pm
... In the list of Cole localities, if one clicks on the highlighted name of a city, etc. a map of southern Africa appears in a new window, with that locality...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 12, 2007 9:01 pm
Hi Tim See what you mean now - will change them - bugger - lot of them to redo, but need to be correct... You and Ian are keeping me busy, but it is all worth...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 12, 2007 9:49 pm
Hi Ian Thanks for all the proof reading. I have updated most of the errors, and have reworded some of the cultivation page, most of what you said I agree with...
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bty398393
Oct 12, 2007 11:47 pm
A couple of interesting maps! I never quite know how much information is too much. Sometimes it is best to keep things simple (here be monsters) and...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Oct 14, 2007 5:59 pm
Hi For all the testing panel - I have put up the first two species in the species section of my website. The two species are amicorum and aucampiae. Does this...
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bty398393
Oct 14, 2007 6:12 pm
Looks good. I haven't read every word, but just noticed a couple of things. 'Green River' is described as red. And the source for L. amicorum is listed as...
