=>Subject: Re: VENUS FLY TRAPS--HELP?
=>From: jcp@clark.net (Jody C. Patilla)
=>Date: 19 May 1994 15:08:29 -0400
=>
=>Please be aware that almost all of the Venus Fly Traps in commerce are
=>wild-gathered. This results in many plants dying before reaching consumers,
=>and in devastation of natural bog habitats, both from removal of native
=>plants and from trampling by collectors.
=>
=>There are one or two growers who are producing fly traps and other bog
=>plants by tissue culture. Their plants are more expensve and definitely NOT
=>the kind you buy for $5 at Woolworths. Please do not buy any rare plants
=>when you do not know exactly how they were grown and NEVER buy wild-
=>collected plants, I don't care how cute your kids think they are.
=>
=>
=>
=>--
=>
=>jcpatilla jcp@clark.net
=>Do your otters dance the Morris? Do they shake their bells and bows?
=>Do they love that fiddle music? Do they leap and kick their toes?
=>
TTYL,
Patrick
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