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Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:41:02 +0000
To: burns@mobot.org
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>Don,
>Sorry I didn't have a chance to call you while I was at home, but I
>just had a few days and had a lot to do to get ready for the next
>trip. Flew to San Diego and from there to Hawaii and got the ship. We
>sailed into Guam today for just a few hours, but I did have a chance
>to ride around a little. Saw no brown tree snakes (Guan is supposed
>to be over-run with them. Did see a lot of Breadfruit trees. They
>sure are beautiful. I guess Guam has been spared the deadly yellowing
>virus. I saw no sickly or dead coconuts. Really wish I could have got
>into the countryside. The only aroid I was able to spot was what
>looked like small Alocasia macrorhysa (sp?) They were just over a
>meter high and the leaves were rigidly upright. There was also a very
>distinct Plumeria. They had very shiny, dark green, stiff leaves and
>white flowers. There were others that looked more like the ones I
>remember in the states.
>I've made contact with Shing Lam in Hong Kong and hope he will be
>free to go on a short field trip or two. He said that it was probably
>too early for tuberous aroids, but I'm sure there are a lot of
>interesting plants to see..
>Also received a note from Julius. Will probably send a report on Hong
>Kong to aroid-l. After Hong Kong we will hit Singapore. There should
>be buses to both Malaysia and Indonesia. Does anybody on aroid-l know
>a contact in this area.
>We will also visit Male in the Maldives. We are the only ship
>scheduled for there....All the others are going to Phuket,
>Thailand!!!! I think that's where Tim started his very successful
>collecting trip. Ah, well! Maybe the next trip.
>That's about all for now. If anyone would like to contact me, I'll be
>at this address until the middle of April: ddg62is@nosc.mil
>Use the subject:
>They have a program on the ship that will download this directly into
>my account.
>Hope to hear from you and perhaps some of the other aroiders.
>Phil
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