ELOQUENT PANAYOTI KELAIDIS

[ranunculus]

The item below has been featured very recently on Alpine-L and I thought it would be equally interesting to members of this forum?  Many of us have been fortunate enough to hear one of Panayoti's magnificent lectures in person, but for those of you in more distant lands then this article will be a revelation:-

Date:    Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:41:13 -0600
From:    Panayoti Kelaidis
Subject: And now for something a bit different...

Some of us may have met one another, but for many of us our mutual  
presence is two dimensional and rather abstract. I realized that I'd  
enjoy hearing some of your voices: you may have the capacity on your  
computer to hear mine: I recently did a segment on Colorado Public  
Radio which is available for a week or so at least on their website.  
The subject is a book I recently edited, but I think I touch on  
several subjects that are relevant to Alpine-L in the course of my  
ten or twelve minutes of parochial fame. If you have capacity for I-
Tunes or suchlike audio programs, you should have no problem  
downloading the segment. I confess, I'm rather pleased with it:

If you click on this URL: http://www.kcfr.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=94

Scroll down to "New book tells story of Denver Botanic Gardens",  
click and the segment will download onto your computer....

Good luck!

Panayoti Kelaidis
Denver, Colorado USA
(enjoying the tentative return of sunny weather...)

[Diane Clement]

Thanks for cross-posting this, Cliff.  I had seen it on Alpine-L and it's very interesting (especially for those of us lucky enough to have been to DBG).  I struggled with the link, (not because it was broken, I tried it both ways) but because the links on the site are in date order, or something, and the relevant one had disappeared.  
However, the following link will take you directly to the podcast.

http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for pointing this out Cliff !
... and thank you for helping out to get there Diane 

[tonyg]

Made an interesting distraction for a few minutes - thanks for pointing this our way!

[johnw]

However, the following link will take you directly to the podcast.
http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx

Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple?

johnw

[Diane Clement]

Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple?   johnw 

Yes.  Download Format factory (it's free).  It will convert most formats of audio and video files to most others, including MP4.  Highly recommended.
http://www.formatoz.com/

[Gerry Webster]

Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple?
johnw

John - alternatively use 'Switch', also free: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/

[Maggi Young]

Those who have listened to the Denver Radio podcast, will have heard that Panayoti has just returned from a trip to Kazakhstan and Mongolia and he has posted some photos in the Forum.... here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3953.new;topicseen#new

[johnw]

Thanks Diane and Gerry.  Form Factory worked just fine.

johnw

[Diane Clement]

John - alternatively use 'Switch', also free: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/  

Switch is very good, I use it regularly at work, but Format Factory does more formats, including video formats.  It will convert to MP4 and it will also convert to Flash formats, including  flv and swf

[Maggi Young]

Just got this in from Panayoti........

" realize the last thing you need in your busy schedule is more Cyberdistraction…but I have finally carved out a bit of a niche for myself in metaspace, and I have a few posts that I think should interest you.

 http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/index.php/2009/10/16/forest-on-fire/#more-2389

 and http://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/

 
If those posts pleased you, you may want to dip into my picture file:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/delosperma/sets/72157622391606197/show/

 

At least I’m not asking you to “Twitter”!

 

All the best in this colorful season,

  Panayoti Kelaidis"


Senior Curator and Director of Outreach

Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York Street

Denver, CO  80206


www.botanicgardens.org
 
 



 

[fermi de Sousa]

Oh Gee, so that wasn't just a personal communication I received
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Well, in but a few hours there will be a gathering of growers in Salida, Colorado for the NARGS Meeting..... for those of you who might be wondering what you are missing out on by not being there for the field trips, see this page at the NARGS Forum to enjoy some photos from Panayoti as he prepares for the event...
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=329.msg3088#msg3088

[Maggi Young]

Panayoti has loaded some photos from his 2009 visit to Mogolia Mongolia to his photobucket albums.... it's a long url but you should only need to click on it!

http://s979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/kelaidis/Mongolia%202009/?action=view&current=wierdRhodiolaroseaMongolia456.jpg#

 PK says it begins with an out of focus rhodiola......

[TheOnionMan]

I don't know about Mogolia, but his Mongolian pics are phenomenal 

There are some plants simply "to die for" in that gallery, dwarf Dracocephalums, unusual Apiaceae, Rhodiola beauties, that fuzzy-wuzzy Arnica sp with pink bracts