kentuckiense
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Ah, ok, found the answer in Dr. Perner's Cypripediums in China series. Apparently he saw an herbarium specimen of a plant in fruit from that area that could have been C. subtropicum.
Ah, ok, found the answer in Dr. Perner's Cypripediums in China series. Apparently he saw an herbarium specimen of a plant in fruit from that area that could have been C. subtropicum.
Hello:
If anyone can get their hands on a leaf + pressed flower (for the record) for each of these different plants, I'd be happy to check out their DNA. Would be very exciting.
Best wishes,
Victor Albert.
BTW, I've heard that the pillaging is already happening this year to at least one site, but I have been given no specifics. Hopefully not all will perish.
End of last year somebody sold Cypripedium subtropicum on the european market via Ebay for the adequate price of 250 US$.
What I heard and saw some of these plants are in flower now. They were Cypripedium henryi. Clients feel cheated.
The Email-Address of the seller starts with yijiawang.
in other words, dubious ebay sources... I could swear that if you check in Ebay for those vendors, they will not exist anymore...
Well, if the plants came without any leaves, then it would be anyone's guess what they might turn out to be. As noted C. henryi was found in the same area as the new plants, so there is a possibility of a mix-up, but that's hard to rationalize since C. subtropicum is evergreen...
You play, you pay I guess. Is an adult C. subtropicum worth $250? $2500? More? Given their scarcity I'd say they are like living treasures that shouldn't be peddled over Ebay in the first place, legally or otherwise. Based on the plants found so far, this species is at the very least highly threatened or more likely critically endangered. Since no known cultivated plants exist yet, that means they are becoming more endangered with each one ripped out of the wild.
So, sympathy is not the easiest thing for me to feel at the moment except for the plants and the places they were taken from.
Since no known cultivated plants exist yet, that means they are becoming more endangered with each one ripped out of the wild.
So, sympathy is not the easiest thing for me to feel at the moment except for the plants and the places they were taken from.
Well, if the plants came without any leaves, then it would be anyone's guess what they might turn out to be. As noted C. henryi was found in the same area as the new plants, so there is a possibility of a mix-up, but that's hard to rationalize since C. subtropicum is evergreen...
You play, you pay I guess. Is an adult C. subtropicum worth $250? $2500? More? Given their scarcity I'd say they are like living treasures that shouldn't be peddled over Ebay in the first place, legally or otherwise. Based on the plants found so far, this species is at the very least highly threatened or more likely critically endangered. Since no known cultivated plants exist yet, that means they are becoming more endangered with each one ripped out of the wild.
So, sympathy is not the easiest thing for me to feel at the moment except for the plants and the places they were taken from.
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