Re: purchase plant

From: "Scott Lucas" <htbg at ilhawaii.net> on 1999.01.30 at 03:07:50(2966) Took the opportunity to view reviews of "The Orchid Thief" on Amazon.com. Interesting reviews on what is probably a most interesting book. I am most intrigued about what she has to say about DEWEY FISK and perhaps some of the other people in Florida that I know. Scott Lucas +More -----Original Message----- To: htbg@ilhawaii.net Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 11:49 AM Subject: Re: purchase plant >This plant bug can be devastating and compulsive. Those of us who have >collected in foreign lands certainly have gotten bit with the bug. I have >always wondered how some have the ability to collect some specific genus and >been able to leave the rest alone. Then comes the question...what is a thief. >Do any of us own a plant, a life, or is it only loaned to us like a child for >some period of time....often time between life and death unfortunately. I >guess we get into the legalities of the issue and the rarety or perceived >rarety of the plant. Well, to make a long story short, I am as guillty of the >habit as are many others. Perhaps the habit is only a symbol of where we are >on our spiritual path. Now I have opened pandora's box. Have at it if you wish >or leave it alone if it is too close to home. > >As to the book, sounds interesting....might be fun to read. Has anyone read it >so they might give a critique of it from a collector's point of view? > >Betsy > > >

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