Peter Croezen said: >Mass propagation from collected seeds preserves the species, brings the price >down and discourages wild collecting of plants by making it non-profitable.
...Which is true for the international trade, I am sure. However, the chief destination of wild-collected plants is, I fear, to (1) local week-enders, who want something in a pot for their window sill (2) folk medical uses and (3) animal fodder. The third has almost stripped the once-huge Flickingeria population of the Nepal terai, for example, to the advantage of tethered goats. ______________________________ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
