I have never come accros this organisation but if Galanthus nivalis were not CITES, as I understand it is, along with other species of snowdrop, I could send thousands of garden sourced bulbs to anyone who wanted them, removing the presure on wild populations from unscrupulous collector/ vendors and the same principle applies to other protected plants. Peter (UK) On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Shirley: > > I'm glad you posted a note about the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC). > > As I've tried to explain to several members, the nursery industry would be > the perfect partner, not only in being able to actually grow the plants, but > we could do wonders with ex-situ conservation by spreading the plants around > widely to collectors in this changing climate. >