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> > > Clark,
> > >
> > > Maybe I can be of a little help since you've been helpful to me with
> those
> > > Hippeastrum you've sent.
> > >
> > > No I don't have one for you. But I have some info. (Did I already ask
> you
> > > if you are a member of the IBS? If so, you really should join their
bulb
> > > forum. They discussed this about a year ago, and only last week
started
> > > discussing it again. Many *very* knowledgeable people on that list and
> the
> > > following information came from some of them.)
> > >
> > > The following are two sources that I have personally contacted and
know
> > > that they have it.
> > >
> > > The following has bulbs, but they are very expensive, $200 per bulb:
> > > Tropical World Nursery,
> > > #1 Tropical World Way Rt 1,
> > > Boynton Beach,
> > > FL 33437.
> > > Phone: (561) 732-8813 Fax: (561) 364-8641
> > >
> > > The following has seeds, about a dollar apiece. I sent him a US$10
bill
> > > last year and got about 8 seed and the shipping to the U.S. About 6
> > > sprouted. But only one remains alive. However, it has formed a
> teeny-tiny
> > > bulb at the base. So hopefully I'm on my way. They say it takes about
8
> > > years to get it to blooming size:
> > > Terry Hatch
> > > R D 2
> > > Pukekohe East
> > > New Zealand
> > > FAX ++64.9.238.9129.
> > >
> > > Also apparently Seeds of Distinction sold some bulbs of it for 99
pounds
> > > three years ago. They may have some for sale again this year or next
> year.
> > >
> > > You can steal them from the Organ Mountains in Brazil. But they're an
> > > internationally protected species and if you got caught... ;-)
> > >
> > > Hope this helps a little.
> > >
> > > --Lee
> > >
> > >
> > > --Lee Poulsen
> > > Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 9-10
> > > wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
> > >
> > >
> >
>
Clark Weston
USDA Zone 8 El Paso, Texas
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