> The attitude of the "Anthurium and Orchids Association of Goa" and specially > that of its President Adv.Bernard Souza[from Gogol] and Secretary Eugene > Misquita[ from Benaulim] was disappointing. For the second year in a row, > the Secretary promised to bring his anthuriums to the Plant Utsav. basked in > the publicity and failed to show up with his plants. The Executive Members > of the BSG went to the residence of the Secretary A&OAG last year and that > of its President this year, chose the plants from their collection,offered > to pay for the transport to bring the plants for display,committed to sell > their plants on the last day ,if desired by the owners .... and got nothing > in return....except lip service. These very same gentlemen then accuse the > Goa Government of paying lip service to them! Ditto for their members. Do > they deserve anything better? > > Goa Flora, a joint venture of Goa Agro Farm and Florance Flora on the other > hand, has quitely set up an unit in Sal-Bicholim to raise 15,000 > orchids....almost double the number of orchids that are grown by all the > members of the so-called association which may soon be rendered redundant > alongwith their supplier, Sahayadri from Mangalore. The BSG has acknowledged > the potential of Vivek Naik, an established nurseryman who has now > diversified into high value flowers. May his tribe increase. > > Viva Goa. > > Miguel > > original message..... > From :Goadesc. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > State would witness planting of around 1 lakh orchids, > > anthuriums to be planted by March'04 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
