On Jan 25, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been asked to provide rarities on various occasions. If, as so > frequently happens from certain parts of the world, the person requesting > plants from me tries to pick and chose the rarest items with the phrase > "I'll take (x, y, z)" without any "May I have", "please", "thank you", and > a complete failure to answer any questions I might ask, - I send such > people little or nothing. Dear Peter, I do think that sharing is the best means for conserving rare plants, but agree with your comments above. If I do not get decent civility, I ignore blatant greed. And there are examples of commercial growers wanting something rare because they have already pre sold the item at a high price to ones of their customers. I could go on about the lack of propagating, distributing and conserving plants in cultivation. Best Jim W. James Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 USA Phone 816-746-1949