Let me introduce myself ...

[Joakim B]

Olá Marcondes
To answer Your question about Fermi He originate from Goa (India) and has thus Portuguese roots. I asked him the same thing some 2 years ago when I joined. I am not so sure about the speaking of Portuguese but he will tell.
Very warm welcome to You. Hope to see the bulbs You grow and People actually have orchids like Cypripedium dormant in the fridge so it is not that uncommon.
South of Brazil has quite a lot of German influence. I saw a Swedish in the name of one of the trees being named after Dalberg probably a disciple of Carl von Linné (Linnaeus with his noble name).
Hope You will enjoy this nice forum. Everyone contributes less then what they receive since there are so many making the forum that it would be impossible not to. Every contribution is making the good forum better and with more places covered we will see more of the plants and maybe some nice nature.
All the best
Joakim

[mike41]

I googled “Schwarzenborn, Germany” and came across your website and “A touch of Frost” by Thomas Huber thread, which brought back many memory of Schwarzenborn, Knüllköpfchen, and the frost. The Frost I do not remember seeing it at Schwarzenborn, but many times north of Bremen where it would coat everything imaginable.

Let me introduce myself to y’all. I live in the USA, the state of Pennsylvania, city of Lititz and in my retirement I’m a photographer specializing in Virtual Tour photography and Interactive, multi-media products…around 1961 I was stationed with the US Air Force in Schwarzenborn and operated a Radio Relay station on the top of Knüllköpfchen… November 61 we deactivated the Radio Relay site from the Knüllköpfchen and moved it down the hill 200- 400 hundred meters… Looking at Thomas’s pictures, it looks like the area of where the Microwave tower now sit….

A group of us that were stationed at Schwarzenborn were talking about the area and the time and was wondering what it looked like today which caused me to google Schwarzenborn.

I then started to monitor your website “Travel/Places to visit” and the pictures. I liked what I seen and joined…. So I’m now a novice on your website and if there is anything I can do, please fill free to contact me or visit my website at www.mikesabol.com

cheers

[dominique]

Welcome to the forum Marcondes. Great to have brasilian forumist. Next year I will perhaps send you some bulbletsb of Narcissus, Tulipa and so on I you need of them. Friendly from France. I send you a pic of Epiphyllum oxypetalum in bloom that night for the first time. Great in look and perfume. Lives it in Brasil ?
Dom

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Mike, good to have you posting. I guess Thomas' thread brought back a lot of memories for you.
When you joined the Forum I remember taking a look at your very interesting website; the way forward , eh?

[Paddy Tobin]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to some more of your excellent photography. I looked through all your Maryland selection as I have a friend in Maryland and was particularly interested. As a retired teacher the "Snow Day - No School" was one to enjoy. The "Frederick" you show: is this the same Frederick of "Up from the meadows green with corn, clear in the cool September morn, the clustered spires of Frederick stand, green walled by the hills of Maryland"?

Hope you enjoy the forum; have no doubt but that you will and, again, looking forward to your photographs - particularly if you apply your panoramic views to nice gardens. That would be beautiful.

Paddy

[Ragged Robin]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the Forum of all forums - Travel and Places to visit was one of the threads that immediately struck a chord with me too and there are so many threads of all sorts to delve into    Funnily enough I came across your website before I joined the Forum really enjoyed it 

[arillady]

Welcome to this wonderful forum Marcondes and Mike. You will learn so very much about plants etc etc. etc.

[Bulbophilos]

Thanks everybody for this warm welcome!

Cohan - It is easy to find cacti in the wild. But I have to admit that I never keeped so much attention on them. Only recently I discovered how beautiful cacti could be. Rebutia looks very nice!

Maggie - Mining create Minas Gerais which means 'General Mines' due to the grate diversity of mineral we can find here.

Onion - Guten Tag Zwiebel! Yes! As Joakin said, Brasil received a lot of german imigrants. There is many cities in south Brasil where people speak only German dialects at home. Portuguese is a 'Lingua franca' there. We have also our own Oktoberfest! As a common Brazilian, I am a ethnic salad: besides the Portuguese, Italian and Lebanese origins, I have German blood too. So I learned a little bit of German language.

Joakim - It is great to find a Portuguese gardener in this very good forum. Portugal dicovered Brazil, I think now we should rediscover Portugal.

Mike - Welcome to this great Forum!

Dominique - Thank you! You are so gentle! I hope I could have something interesting to you too. What a beautiful Epiphyllum! It's popular name in Brazil is traslated as ''Queen of the night''

Pat - Thanks! It is not difficult to know why do you like Aril Irises: They are wonderul! The first time I saw them was in website that show pictures of Israeli flora. Since then I was enchanted by its beauty.

Kind Regards to all!

[Thomas Huber]

I googled “Schwarzenborn, Germany” and came across your website and “A touch of Frost” by Thomas Huber thread, which brought back many memory of Schwarzenborn, Knüllköpfchen, and the frost.

Welcome Mike and Marcondes.
Mike, Schwarzenborn is still worth visiting, so why do you not come back for a holiday?
I know most people in Schwarzenborn because my wife was born there. Did you have
German friends who you like to contact after so many years? Perhaps I can help you.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A warm welcome to the forum Mike !!! 

[mike41]

Thank you all for the warm welcome..

"Who touches a hair of yon gray head
Dies like a dog! March on!" he said.

All day long through Frederick street
Sounded the tread of marching feet;


Yes Paddy this is the Frederick of  Barbara Frietchie, who died at the age of 96 and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick City. My website has a few VT’s of the cemetery….


Before retirement, we lived in Frederick Maryland about 15 years before moving up here to Amish Country…. We wanted to be within 1 ½ hours of our Children and grandchildren….

Thomas, I “really enjoyed” your photos of the Schwarzenborn area… Yes I’ve been back to Europe many times on Company business but never had the time to swing by old haunts.

Bulbophilos, my daughter-in-law is from Brazil and my wife’s Uncle immigrated to Brazil the same day as her grandfather immigrated to America from Italy.

[Lesley Cox]

A warm welcome too, from the Southerners who post to the Forum. Already you have said much of great interest.

Talking of Pennsylvania, I've just had an email from John Lonsdale who occasionally posts here. Some months ago I sent him by post, some information about a Trillium disease which has been a problem here in New Zealand for the past couple of years. His email was to say it had arrived but had been to India and elsewhere in Asia before heading for the States. Emails certainly can't be delivered from time to time for whatever reason but it never occurred to me that my envelope had gone on a world tour. John must have thought I hadn't bothered to send it.

[Paul T]

And welcome from me, another southerner, to all who've joined us recently.  Been AGES since I got into this topic, so I've missed specific welcomes for a lot of you.  Sincere apologies!!

[Cris]

Olá Marcondes, it's a good surprise to see you here in this great forum.
Do you remember me? I still have the plants you sent me, by now the Z.candida is blooming. How is the Lilium? Did it bloomed already?
I hope you enjoy being here

Ho Mike, welcome to this forum

[pel1]

Hi, everyone,
I have just joined the forum, my name is James and I live in Kent. My main interest is in species pelargoniums, but I also grow South African bulbs, some other succulents including cacti, and carnivorous plants. I am interested in exchanging plant material and am also happy to help with cultivation questions where I can.
best wishes, James