Hello, Yes, you're probably right.There is somes significient change from usual Chen-Yi plant list.The official website is usualy up-dated before she send an e.mail.The old plant list is still online on her website. So, if it is a fake ,It is not very reassuring ...but in China "Fake product" is a national sport! Jean-Luc I would add that when I dealt with Chen Yi some years ago, she never required advance payment. I would take this as a red flag. -- Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban < johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello, > > Watch out, that "Chen-Yi-List" ist most probably a fake list and NOT > from Chen-Yi. I received that kind of list a few weeks ago. It included > some plants I had potential interest in. I corresponded with "Chen-Yi" > but unfortunately the correspondence stopped abruptly when I asked > "Chen-Yi" how I would know it was really her and not somebody else. > > Check the terms of business, there was a very high minimum order, > advance payment through Western Union which would leave you without any > security, check the spelling of the e-mail adress of the sender and just > think about the fact that almost all the plants on the list are in full > growth now. The real Chen Yi was sending her plants in November to > March. > > AND the e-mail adress of Chen Yi no longer exists, there is an automatic > reply in Chinese but still saying in English: "User reject" I got that > automatic reply when I tried to contact Chen Yi to find out if the list > was really hers. A chinese e-mail friend confirmed this. > > All that together made me conclude that I did well not to "order" from > "Chen-Yi" > > > Uli > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/