Nhu, thanks for your reply. I'm a member, too, but never received any membership list or saw one posted on the members' area of the website. I do receive the comments from their email group that occasionally shares an image or two. And I, too, think the gesneriads are a fascinating group of plants. And many have underground storage organs so they should feel at home in our interest group. Cynthia W Mueller > On Jul 26, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Cynthia, > > Your "Secret Plant Society" message made me smile. I'm actually a member of > that secret plant society (and Dell and probably a dozen of other people on > this list). The society does conduct its business behind a > password-protected "membership zone" but they do have an open list just > like this one. They have a newsletter and a journal that publishes more > comprehensive material from their society but not at the research level. > They have their annual Convention held around the US, and conduct seed > exchanges to membership around the world. They're able to do this because > they have a modest number of people growing these plants and pay to the > membership. > > Why did I say so much about the Gesneriad society? Well, it's not really > about the society as much as it is about the plants themselves. Generiads > are great plants for when you live in cold places and need a splash of > colors during those very long winter months. I found that I lusted for > geophytes when I moved to Minnesota for 2 years. I discovered that many New > World gesneriads are great geophytes and even fit the the most strict > definition of a geophyte. I have been slowly populating our wiki entries > with this group - check them out. Gesneriad material appear on our > Seed/Bulb exchanges once in a while. > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Best, > Nhu > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Uli, you might be able to find out through the Gesneriad Society here in >> the US, but it will probably be a struggle, as they are organized as an >> old- fashioned "Secret Plant Society", with no membership directory >> available to the membership. If you can't attend the annual national show, >> held in various cities around the US or don't live in a large metropolitan >> area back East or in California that has a Chapter, you're just out of luck >> in meeting other members or seeing their plants or growing conditions. One >> good thing is that past issues of the Gesneriad Society publication are on >> the web to view. >> >> Cynthia W Mueller >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…