With the same spirit as the great Victorian plant hunters, Janis Ruksans risks life and limb traveling through Central Asia searching for rare and unknown plant matter. He has lectured in the United States, Canada, England and Ireland. For his discovery of new species, introduction of same into cultivation and his successes in plant breeding, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in biology by the Latvian Academy of Sciences in 2004. His information is: Janis Ruksans Bulb Nursery Rozula, Cesis District LV-4150 Latvia E-mail: janis.bulb@hawk.lv Phone: +371 - 941-84-40, 41-00-326 Hope this is the information you wanted. Linda W. ----- Original Message ----- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:52:59 +0100 From: "Agoston Janos" <agoston.janos@citromail.hu> Subject: Re: [pbs] skunk cabbage Thank you, but I do not know Janis's e-mail address or anything about him. I just know, that he is selling top rarities of bulbs. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Grimshaw Subject: Re: [pbs] skunk cabbage Janis Ruksans is selling Symplocarpus this year, with a lovely picture of it on the cover of his catalogue.................