[GrowRR] Pups

[DENNIS HECKART]

Aloha,

Keiki, pronounced kay-kee, is Hawaiian for child or children.   Here in 
Hawaii, pups and keiki are used inter-changably.

A hui hou - until we meet again
Dennis Heckart


>From: derek butcher <tillands at senet.com.au>
>To: "BROM-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL" <BROM-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>,GrowRR at bsi.org
>Subject: [GrowRR] Pups
>Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:35:44 +0930
>
>Lexicographers all
>It seems that, thanks to Geoff Lawn, the earliest reference we have to the 
>use of this term is 1952  and if you haven't seen the famous drawing here 
>it is. So we can blame the Kiwis at least where Bromeliads are concerned. 
>We know that Andrew Flower has old diaries of Muriel's and perhaps there 
>may be a clue as to where she got the expression. If it did come from 
>'Succulent' growers it probably links with Aloes and Agaves etc which are 
>monocotyledons the same as Bromeliaceae and have a similar offsetting 
>habit.
>Nobody has spoken up on 'Keiki'. Perhaps we have no Hawaiians on the lists. 
>What does the word actually mean? It seems to have originally been used for 
>those adventitious offsets (never never called pups) that occur in the 
>inflorescence but if my memory serves me correctly is also used in 
>Neoregelias by the Hawaiians! Can someone put me straight!
>Finally, how many of you Americans talk about Broms?  Bromeliad seems 
>acceptable because it is in  the title of many groups. Mulford Foster 
>coined the word Bromel which Aussies never use,  much to the disgust of the 
>Fosters.
>Uncle Derek


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