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  Re: THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST COLLECTING TEAM DREAM
From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.05.01 at 14:29:43(6340)
Dear Eduardo,

Thanks for stopping the dream become a living nightmare. So its back to
Thailand and Bali unless they too become no-nos. One does not realise just
how the hugely the problems of getting wild collecting in Tropical Americas
have escalated over the past two decades. Unless I can get residents of
their indigenous areas somehow to send me wild Spathiphyllum then maybe I'll
go with the tide and like other dedicated Aroiders grow Amorphophallus and
other fragrant plants from safer parts. There seem to be so many available
already in cultivation . That will applaud your salutory reminder to me
that both
Peace Lilies and giant phallic symbols have mystery and beauty. But my
horrendous thrust to get a comprehensive
Spathiphyllum pool here is far more difficult than in the 80's. If it is
ever
the embryo dream is to become reality I would welcome as much exchange as I
can possibly get. Please, please, no matter how "common" do you have ANY
indigenous or other Spaths that I could beg, buy or exchange and which you
could send even without health cert (I can get special permission here
probably as I did in UK)? Else I will go and revel in my love of Tropical
luxuriance in SE Asia which is one of the places people with a variety of
motives have suggested I should go..... ! What specially should I look out
for there to
bring back for others? My #1 interests are aquatic
plants,"aquarium" fishes and terrestrial Arthropods.

Thank you for your wry realism and may you long survive against the odds in
trying to safeguard natural diversity. Great to
hear from Brazil. Please, do you know good Collections of Aroids including
Spaths
in Brazil that I could (safely) visit etc?

Cheers

Ron

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