Thanks Carson [E. Whitlow]
for your comments about Tom Nelson and his conservation efforts in Minnesota.
As mentioned in the article about Tom Nelson, "some ... believe collecting
plants from the wild is unethical and encourages poaching".
[http://www.startribune.com/stories/418/5525283.html]
Carson expresses another point of view : "those who criticize him ... would
prefer the plants be destroyed than have them salvaged."
Personally, I remain skeptical about selling salvaged plants to nurseries.
Of course, if our orchid societies and institutions (botanical gardens and
government agencies) are passive about the conservation of wild orchids, we
should not be surprised that others would collect and sell them, be them
individuals or nurseries.
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Regards,
Viateur
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