Dear Alberta, it was with great interest that I read your mail. What really caught my interest was your referral to "These Germans". For Germans the location of Puna bonnieaa is a little out of the way. What indications do you have that the culprits were Germans? And if that is the case what are your custom people doing? I was really annoyed to hear that people are doing such an aweful thing to nature. Regards Gerhard "Alberto Castillo" <mailto:ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> schrieb: > Dear Jane: > How interesting to hear you mentioning lovely Bonnie. That > expedition was a memorable time, the fourth member was a man from a Texas > Botanic Garden. Lot of fun. > IF THIS PLANT IS BEING CULTIVATED IN NORTH AMERICA AS YOU > SAY, other than the couple of original specimens to make the herbarium > vouchers, etc., is a result of the plundering expeditions that have been > taken of late, mostly from people from Germany that come and wipe out the > populations of the rarer cacti TO SELL, like these that are true geophytes, > the aerial part being a fleshy" button with a big underground "tuber". > If you people see these extremely unusual cacti for sale, do > make your contribution to Nature by not buying them no matter how mouth > watering they look and spread the word. Wild populations are small and these > Germans collect them to the last plant. Extensive evidence of recent > activities of the kind leave only the spots plain bare. AND, these cacti are > extremely slow growing therefore it is impossible that they have adult "seed > grown" plants. > I appeal to your decency and conscience to spread the word, > people. I know most of you are here for your love of plants and would not > render a species extinct for childish greed. > > > All the best > Alberto > Ezeiza Botanical Garden > Argentina > > > >From: Jane McGary <mailto:janemcgary@earthlink.net> > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >To: Pacific Bulb Society <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Subject: Re: [pbs] Not a Bulb (a bit off topic geophyte note) > >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:09:50 -0700 > > > >It was enjoyable to see this mention and posting of Puna bonnieae, since it > >was discovered by a friend of mine here in Portland, Bonnie Brunkow Olson, > >and named in her honor when it was described. She was on a plant-hunting > >expedition with Sean Hogan, Parker Sanderson, and I think one or two other > >people in Argentina at that time. > > > >If this plant is being cultivated in North America, we'd love to get a bit > >of it going here in Portland. > > > >Jane McGary > >Northwestern Oregon, USA > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >