SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
I volunteered to babysit 10 seedlings of C kentuckiense this summer like many others from my society are doing. Doug Harris, HOS member is spear heading a conservation project for the Texas "Big Thicket" area. The idea is to increase the number of pockets of kentuckiense in the overall area. We were all given 10 seedlings to grow through the summer, record growth info, take pictures etc. Whatever plants survive members "culture techniques" will be turned back in to rest for the winter then returned back to us for another season. At some point they will go to their new home in the "Big Thicket". One of the bonuses from this will be one plant for every five I can keep alive and growing, I get to keep. As the summer moves along plants maybe moved a round if some members can't keep up with them and I may have more. But again, I may have to pass mine on!
Here they are so far.
Here they are so far.