CHILEAN SEEDS - NOT ONLY available from PACIFIC BX
Alberto Castillo (Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:17:07 PST)

Hi Osmani:
Here in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay we have 1,300 mm
of year round rainfall.
Alarmingly the weather is hotter than ever now and we are through an
unusually long period of drought. As a result, South American irids have
flowered poorly and set little seed. Our normal humidity is 75% or over and
during this long drought, lasting for many months, it is about 35%. These
drastic changes willbe affecting wild plants to an unexpected extent.

If in these moist parts of the world we are experiencing such
drastic changes I have been wondering how things fare in Chile, that has
seasonal rains and dry conditions over most of the country. Can you tell us
what you have found this season in the wild while collecting seed for your
catalogue?

Thanks in advance
Alberto
in the pampas that are becoming the Kirghiz steppe

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