Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:10:51 +0000 From: Guy.VanDerKinderen@rug.ac.be To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg428$foo@default> Subject: Free CP seeds and BG Gent
Hi everybody, especially Wim,
Some digests ago, I discovered a rather strange remark in the 'free'
seed list of Wim Leys.
> purpurea purpurea origin : Botanical Garden Ghent
> (mislabelled, is probably a hybrid between S. purpurea purpurea and S.
We're still wondering what the value may be to the people who may be
interested to have these seeds? Or is there another purpose?
It has been always the policy of BG Gent to leave the CP collection
to the concern of CP Society Drosera, namely its board. In the period
Mr. Leys took or got this plant from BG Gent, he was member of this
board. But it was clear at that time, that certain people where more
concerned about their own collection, than checking for instance the
BG collection for possible wrong labels, as they were supposed
to have some expertise in CP taxonomy. It was also clear that
certain people tried to use the Society as an area of distribution
for their own trades, and BG Gent as a source for it. They still are
harvesting the seeds of it. Fortunately, times have changed.
Sincerely,
Guy Van der Kinderen
Chairman vzw. Drosera
Free-lance co-operator of BG Gent
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