tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115519612519046705.post4836896768922151802..comments2021-05-23T22:22:10.828-04:00Comments on Cappy's Corner: A PLANT IS NOT JUST A PLANTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115519612519046705.post-4233798222432860642009-11-23T09:09:11.263-05:002009-11-23T09:09:11.263-05:00DID NOT FINISH MY STORY. NOT SURE WHERE I LEFT OFF...DID NOT FINISH MY STORY. NOT SURE WHERE I LEFT OFF.. THE PLANT THAT I WAS SEEKING FOR KEW BOTANICAL GDNS WAS ENCEHPALARTOS GRATUS.. NOW ON THE CITES NO 1 LIST. NO LONGER ABLE TO COLLECT IN THE WILD.<br />QUITE RARE IN COLLECTIONS HERE IN THE USA AND SELLS FOR QUITE HIGH PRICES.. THE NATIVE POPULATION IN MOST COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE COLLECTED CYCADS IN HAVE LITTLE OR NO REGARD FOR THESE PLANTS AND KILL THEM INDISCRIMINATLY.. ONE CAN BE JAILED HERE IN THE USA FOR ABUSING THESE PLANTS THAT THE CITES REGULATIONS ARE TRYING TO PROTECT.. PITY NO ONE IN THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN CARE A DAMM.. <br />ANYWAY THE ELDERLY PARENTS OF THIS LITTLE GIRL THROUGH AN INTERPRETER<br />THANKED ME FOR GIVING THEM CLOSURE.<br />NOW WHENEVER I SEE AN ENCEPHALARTOS GRATUS I ALWAYS THINK<br />OF THOSE TWO HORRIFIC DAYS IN A JAIL CELL WITH A MADMAN WHO SAT WITH ARMS AROUND HIS LEGS ROCKING TOO AND FRO AND NEVER TAKING HIS ONE REMAINING EYE OFF ME.. STILL GIVES ME THE SHIVERS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115519612519046705.post-29311965370703071562009-11-13T09:24:23.354-05:002009-11-13T09:24:23.354-05:00I see that you left all this out when you told me ...I see that you left all this out when you told me about the tree!!! Ahhhaaa! That is crazy! Did they ever catch the murderer????Minihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790236087710264932noreply@blogger.com