Is this that huge meteor crator-cum-bog filled with twisted, snarling
Venus Flytraps?
>Sheesh, I bet David is *really* upset.
I bet! Does anyone have insurance which covers thier collection?? Their
greenhouse??
What size collection did David have? How many plants are we talking here?
Did they swipe genera besides Nepenthes?
>
>You know, gentle readers, this is not the first time this has happened,
No, it is not. I recall hearing (on this very group, I believe) that
a public display of CP was broken into, and the Heliamphora were stolen.
Now does this sound like collector greed or what?!
Worse, if someone is willing to commit theft and break-and-enter
somebody's private property, just imagine what they'd be willing to do
to unprotected plants in the wild!
>is a more common problem with orchid growers. But the rare _Nepenthes_
>and (relevant for my collection) _Sarracenia_ may seduce people into
>making unattended greenhouse visits. There are three things I do
>do to minimize this risk:
>
Vandals are one thing. They can strike anyone without reason. But
CP collectors preying on their fellow collectors is really sick.
>
>3)None of my plants have easily decipherable nametags. The nametags
>in my pots read something like
>
>S48 6/1990
>
>So if someone looks at it he or she wouldn't know much about the plant.
>You'd need my greenhouse notebook to know that seedling pot 48 houses
>_S.rubra jonesii_---Anthocyanin-free variant that germinated june 1990.
>
>Various mature plants are equally obscurely labelled.
>
>It stinks when you have to do this sort of stuff, but then you hear
>about what happens to David, and that stinks a lot more.
>
You really did this due to the theft danger? Or just because the full
data was too much for the label (or writing out on a bunch of labels)?
-Michael
>B