on 7/27/04 6:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:57:10 -0500 > From: "Chris Brevoort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OGD] RE: Stripping the Woods > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Precedence: list > Reply-To: "the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message: 7 > >> There's a person on eBay called Chase's Plants & Prints from McKee, >> Kentucky >> that is apparently stripping the woods around them of Cypripedium acaule. >> They are offering them them in lots of up to 300 plants with fifteen lots >> available. That's 4,500 plants! They also appear to be stripping these >> woods of live moss also. This area is in southeastern KY about 100 miles >> from where I live. I think that this should almost be a criminal action >> as >> probably 90+% of them will die within the first year. Is there anything >> that can be done about such a thing? Their username says it all: >> kyatvrider (Kentucky All Terrain Vehicle Rider). This was on their eBay >> Store info: "We sell moss for groundcover, pink lady slippers, southeastern >> gardens, ferns, blueberries, and dog woods as well as beautiful Animal Art >> Prints, My son whom is 6 helps me gather our plants and pick out the prints >> we sell." An example of their auctions are: >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42218&item=2383101441 >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4315102425 >> >> David Sizemore >> Kingsport, TN (Zone 6a) >> ------------------------------ > > Thanks for the tip! I've been looking for them everywhere. I heard Lowe's in > some states carries them, but I can't get them here. The eBAy vendor's > prices are great! Anyone who's been wanting these should check them out. > Thanks for the info! > > Chris
chris, there are a number of nurseries in the us that have cyp acaule for sale, and believe me they will grow and last much longer than what has been dug up from the woods. there is even a place in europe where you can purchase alot of american natives from tissue culture that i've been told are very inexpensive. but it is your money to waste. charles -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford
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