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Post by jasperk on Mar 14, 2012 7:13:58 GMT -10
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Post by whimgrinder on Mar 14, 2012 7:23:14 GMT -10
I wonder if any of the North American agents have imported plants yet? Any leads?
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Post by dvg on Mar 14, 2012 11:16:37 GMT -10
I just had a look at BE's availability list and they have these plants listed as being extra small.
"At the time of launch (Mar 2012) the plants are too young to show form and we cannot be certain whether some of them may turn out to be hybrids. However, no natural hybrids have been recorded from this species, so it seems likely that all will be pure. Please note that if any of the plants offered here turn out to be hybrids, we are unable to offer refund or exchange."
And there could be some doubt as to the authenticity of these seedlings.
dvg
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Post by whimgrinder on Mar 15, 2012 10:58:00 GMT -10
"Please note that if any of the plants offered here turn out to be hybrids, we are unable to offer refund or exchange."And there could be some doubt as to the authenticity of these seedlings. dvg What I take from that disclaimer from BE is that since the pollen parent is an unknown (these were undoubtedly habitat collected seeds) then there is a non-zero possibility that more than one pollen donor was involved in the pollination, and not necessarily the same species. (This is, so I have been told, how some clones of N. x Trusmadiensis came to be in commerce) I think BE is just being honest in disclosing the fact that there is always a slight chance that there may be hybrid individuals in that seed-grown lot. That isn't the same as saying these plant lack "authenticity" in some way. The choice of words can alter meaning considerably :-)
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Post by walterg on Mar 15, 2012 14:21:08 GMT -10
BE is selling these on a very limited basis. You have place a $500 order to get just one extra-small specimen of N. Att. I don't think we'll be seeing distributors putting these up on their pricelists any time soon.
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Post by dvg on Mar 16, 2012 12:11:40 GMT -10
BE is selling these on a very limited basis. You have place a $500 order to get just one extra-small specimen of N. Att. I don't think we'll be seeing distributors putting these up on their pricelists any time soon. I have to agree. In their second newsletter of the year, BE stated that they only have 45 of these extra-small seedlings available, and that coupled with Rob's disclaimer (see listed above) i can fully understand why some if not most vendors would be fairly hesitant in making publicly available these seedlings that grew out from open pollinated wild collected seeds, especially at the price that these plants would initially have to be listed at. dvg
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Post by jasperk on May 12, 2012 6:14:23 GMT -10
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