Hi Joe:
My name is Alberto Castillo and I have a Botanical Garden in
Argentina in which we preserve many South American bulbous plants by
FREELY distributing the seed. I am in the process of recovering from a
serious heart surgery last April that proved almost fatal. Fortunately
most of the plants have survived and we are always interested in adding
more species. As you know, we must add wild origin material preferrably,
hence your offering of Liatris seed sounds most exciting. We have grown a
few species in the past and they were interesting. Their organ seems to
be rather a tuber in which the buds are inserted although of course we
would not risk cutting a precious plant to find out. ! Therefore please
remember me in case these and other Texan geophytes become available. We
can import bulbs or plants without paper work. The ideal number is 25
plants but a more practical one is three (we increase their number from
seed sowing in due course). We used to grow a fantastic Texan section
years ago and they were very easy here.
More soon.
Sincerely
Alberto