Actually Alberto: The case was probably somewhat exaggerated. At the time they were concerned about Cyc. mirabile and claimed that was on the verge of extinction but it was not. And not trillions of bulbs. However, I agree with you that it is better to produce the bulbs in cultivation rather than rip them out of the wild. Harold At 03:09 PM 9/4/2011, you wrote: >I overlooked it, so probably they were saving the triliions of >cyclamens, galanthi and sternbergia from extinction. Same with the >40,000 bulbs of Hippeastrum argentinum taken in the 1940s. Global benefactors. > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/