> I only pray someone gets
>their hands on some Triphyophyllum seeds or plants and is able to cultivate
>them successfully,
It *is* in cultivation at least at the Botanic Gardens of Bonn and
Wuerzburg (both Germany). There will be an expedition with (inter alia) the
goal of seed collection this year. So _Triphyophyllum_ is at least
approaching even tissue culture.
Nevertheless I do not think that _T.peltatum_ will ever become a plant for
everyone's window sill.
> when was the last reported live sighting of T. peltatum in the wild?
March, 1996 in Ivory Coast (Prof. Ake Assi, pers. comm.).
> It may already be too late.
I do *not* think so. Of all Dioncophyllaceae, _Triphyophyllum_ is by far
the most widespread and common. Only the easily reachable populations of
which have been logged and destroyed. In fact, it will be very difficult to
exstirpate _T._ completely. However, as "progress" continues it will
progressively become more difficult to access natural populations of it.
Fortunately, there are several plants in successful cultivation in the
Botanic Gardens of Abidjan (where the trapping season is apparently
beginning right now).
Kind regards
Jan