clearly i do not yet understand how firefox interacts with blogger's photo uploader...my frustration is as boundless as a politician's arrogance...but anyway...the top photo is of the zea diploperennis plant that is in full sun all day...its leaves were curled again this evening and the ground that i soaked after i mulched it was bone dry...so i soaked it again and the bottom photo is the same plant at pretty much the same angle about forty minute later...the curling was much less pronounced as the plant once again displayed its powers of recovery...the second photo is of some decidedly distressed jerusalem artichokes curling their leaves away from the sun...when the native plants are showing signs of unhappiness you know something is up...i soaked them as well...the third and fourth photos are support roots on northern tepehuan teosinte in the back yard...the morphological proof of a familial relationship with maize could not be clearer to me...it's still in the 90s out there ( it was 84 at 4:00 am) and i hear thunder in the distance...i can hope for rain, but i will plan on a trip to campus tomorrow to soak the roots again.
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