Hi KS,
Yes, I'd love to forward the Singaporeans name over to my other
colleagues in Singapore. I've met Joseph Yeo already, and he has been
BITTEN! Last time I saw him we were rescuing N. rafflesianas off a
water pipeline path (right of way) near a golf course. I remember that
day very well. That was the day we trekked down to this one fabulous
site that contained a beautiful N. rafflesiana speciemen -- deep red
with maroon splotches and pitchers averaging over 14" in height ...
and these were the lower pitchers! (I've got photographs of this babe,
with a pressed pitcher in my photo album : ) !
Anyways to make a long story short, we approached this site with
eager anticipation only to find 3/4 s of this plant had been hacked to
bits! Joseph collected a few of the dissected branches of the ground
and brought it home into his garden... (Singaporeans just stake the
Nepenthes stems into their yard and voila, it grows!!! Hell I was so
envious of this until they told me they'd do anything to grow
Darlingtonia out of the ground the way I do back in ol' B.C. ... it
always seem the grass is always greener on the other side.
I've made contact with our local consulate and government
officials to get the proper permits to collect these "weeds" cut down
by overzealous workers. So my quick answer to you KS is yes, I will
forward the contacts over in Singapore to these other fellows to
follow through with a formation of the ICPS affiliate in Singapore.
Please allow me time to request permission from my friends first. : )
I'd also appreciate it if you can also post some of my above chat
onto the CP Listserve. I know there are many lurkers out there in
Singapore and Malaysia who may be interested in this. Please bear with
me until I get an account that would permit to subscribe to the
CPlistserve.
David