Dear Mariano, I was thrilled when in Minas Gerais in April to find a single plant of what was probably Hippaestrum glaucescens in a paddock. I was in Montevideo also for a pretour of a plant conference on palms and cycads and can't wait to revisit South America so hopefully will be able to catch up with some bulb people next time. Of course any visitors to Queensland would find a warm welcome. Shelley Gage Queensland, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mariano Saviello <mariano_saviello83@yahoo.com.ar> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:31 pm Subject: [pbs] Visiting plant people in other countries (Argentina) To: PBS Mailing List <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > THANKS Lee (Poulsen) and James (Frelichowski) for your nice words!. > > Of course it would be a pleasure for me to meet any of the > members who takes part of this fascinating mailing list, when > coming to Argentina. Discussions on plants, among an endless > list of things, with a hot chocolate (we are in winter here > now), some argentinean “Alfajores” and one of our best “Dulce de > Leche”, would be part of another unforgettable meeting in Buenos > Aires. > Although I am not very well known in this Forum and have posted > just a couple of messages, I have been reading every single > topic of the PBS mailing list for some years now. Of course I > wrote lately concerning H. arboricolum, because Hippeastrum is > one of my favorite bulbous genus within Amarilidaceae and the > one, among others, I grow and study in my small greenhouse in > Buenos Aires. Taking this into account, any questions concerning > Hippeastrum will be willingly welcomed here, or by private > messages to my Yahoo e-mail. > > My warmest greetings from a freezing winter night in B.A! > Take care, Mariano Saviello > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/