The Dream

From: "Adao Pereira" miguelporto at mail.telepac.pt> on 2001.04.30 at 14:37:28(6320) Hellon Ron and all! Great email! This is something that everyone really wants to do, but no one had the +More "courage" to write yet! Last year I had such an experience but in a small scale. It was just me and my brother, we went to Costa Rica in search of a spectacular plant, Equisetum giganteum. We succeeded, we found it and collected some living material (a few stems) which are now growing in my yard. But besides the plant I looked for, I saw so many other plants which I knew that, for other people, would be great - including aroids, zingibers, Maranthaceae, Heliconiaceae, carnivorous plants, palms, bamboos, orchids.... If there was an expert of each of these in the group, the "expedition" would be a greater success and we would all learn with each other. If this dream will come true some day, I'm on it. And I propose Papua New Guinea as a first destination - the home of the largest herbaceous plant on earth, a giant banana. This year, in June, I will be one month in Tanzania, in the jungle. What plants should I look for? Amorphophallus? Anchomanes? Hope to hear more feedback. All the best, Miguel

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