The new and rare Clivia species, C. mirabilis, is being propagated at Kirstenbosch and distributed through their greenhouse. It is not listed in CITES yet so far as I know, because I imported a few Kirstenbosch seedling plants of mirabilis in 2006. The availability of these plants was not widely advertised, since there are relatively few in cultivation. I think that part of the sales income goes to the Northern Cape provincial department of conservation. There are only two known locations for C. mirabilis so far as I know. The original colony is in the Northern Cape Province in Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve in the Bokkeveld Mountains. The Northern Cape Province has put severe limitation on access to that colony. The second colony is on a privately owned farm a few miles away, also in the Bokkeveld Mountains, but in the Western Cape Province. The Western Cape government had not, the last I heard, placed limits on what could be done with the plants found on private land. The farmer is propagating from his colony, mainly by seed I think. He did move a couple mature plants from the mountainside to his garden, where they seem to be doing well. They had barred visitors from Oorlogskloof when I was there in 2006; but as part of a group of Clivia enthusiasts, I did visit the farmer and the wild colony on his mountainside. The plants were in bud when I visited, and they bloomed the week after I left! This is described in my 2006 South Africa blog at: http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/SouthAfrica/… under the date 25 September 2006. Best wishes, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 04:41 PM 12/21/2007 -0800, you wrote: >I know this was done to protect two newly-discovered plants, a new >species of Clivia in South Africa, and a new conifer in Australia. > >I haven't seen the clivia for sale, but the Wollemi pine has been >bought by friends of mine for a bit over $100. > >Diane ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA