I find that my simple excel spreadsheet is indispensable. I'm able to keep it updated when I acquire a new plant or mark one as dead. The most useful feature is that I can search for accession numbers or simply by name in seconds. I can also place this somewhere on the web and access it on demand. On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Tim Harvey <zigur@hotmail.com> wrote: > OK, so here's a challenge for any botanic garden: pick a rare bulb (have > to trust them to make a sensible choice there) and produce 100 of them in 5 > years. > Neat idea, Tim. A difficult challenge for many botanical gardens that are already stretched thin. Only if they have a more excited staff who view that working at a botanical garden as more than just a job. Nhu