Seed and Bulb Excanges, some Comments
Ronald Redding (Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:54:40 PDT)

Diane wrote Seed of endangered plants should not be offered on seed
exchanges, and many plants are in no danger of being over-collected, so
publishing their locale will not be a problem.

Hi,

Some very interesting comments and I believe in the conservation through
cultivation and there are very good examples of Australian native plants
that have been saved this way. If seeds of endangered plants should not be
offered on seed exchanges what should be done with them and what of the seed
of endangered plants that are in the hands of collectors?

There is little doubt in my mind that I or someone else in this group will
have plants that will one day have significant value to the re-introduction
of their species into the wild and to the genetic diversity that is in the
wild or in other collections. We as a group can help save plants from
decline and possibly extiction by saving them from destruction in the name
of progress. I myself have jumped out of my car in front of excavators to
save native crinums from destruction even though they might be common in my
area. They now have a safe home as long as I live here and I have given them
the chance to continue there line because I chose to collect them. If it is
one day proven that they are endangered I can only be even more thankful
that I saved them.

Kind Regards and Best Wishes
Ron Redding
Hervey Bay
Australia

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