Tecophilaea Cyanocrocus
Harold Koopowitz (Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:24:01 PDT)
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.
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