pbs Digest, Vol 19, Issue 30
ConroeJoe@aol.com (Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:38:09 PDT)

In a message dated 8/23/2004 11:10:43 AM Central Daylight Time,
dells@voicenet.com
writes:

I, for one, would hope that we can accommodate Marcelle's photo collection.
She is very well known to Crinum enthusiasts! I believe that she still has a
retail sales website?

Hi Dell (and all who wrote privately),

Marcelle does maintain her own commercial Web site where she provides a
picture gallery of plants for sale, and many more plants not for sale.

LINK: Marcelle's Crinums
http://www.marcellescrinums.com/

Thanks for your various notes. I will collect all the ideas that I have
received and discuss them with Marcelle. For now, I think there is little chance
that Marcelle's historical photos and records can be accommodated on the Wiki.

The amount of material she has is truly enormous and includes photos of many
unpublished hybrids (perhaps over 100) from other breeders, as well as her own
materials, along with notes on fertility, when created, who created, etc.
Some information is unique. For instance, without going into particulars,
Marcelle has developed never-before-reported colors in Crinum.

One PBS member suggested that ibiblio.org or another organization might be
willing to host an encyclopedia-style Web site, wherein the information could be
deposited and freely accessed. This seems like an approach that might work
if Marcelle and I can get the photos digitized and the text written.

Cordially,

Conroe Joe (still hot and muggy, rain showers off and on)