Hi Diane, its the old story of a few bad eggs spoiling the batch i think. Sometimes people take through sheer ignorance, not so much $$$ or rarity. One of the areas i know of is too close to a road & every time i ever see a flower someone picks it off so its a really small patch. Another spot there is a couple on a footpath & the stupid council keep mowing them every year before they seed, that drives me nuts. But u cant fight bureaucracy any more u can only push at the walls now & then. Its pretty low crime here though in SE Qld same in Brisbane you can go through all our botanical garden areas except a special bonsai area it is a security chamber that would keep Dr Who out haha.........Steven Queensland Australia On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>wrote: > > Diane Whitehead > Victoria British Columbia, Canada > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >