Aroid availability--"Big Island" hawaii

From: "Dean Ouer" d.ouer at cox.net> on 2003.04.16 at 01:09:13(10099) Does anyone know of any aroid collectors on the Big Island of Hawaii. I am starting a garden there and am having trouble locating rare plants. Even info on contacts on the other islands would also be helpful. Thanks in advance for any replies, Dean Ouer

From: Dan Levin levin at pixar.com> on 2003.04.20 at 20:02:06(10106) Dean- I personally don't know of any good aroid sources on big island but if you haven't already done so, you should absolutely get in touch with a guy named Andy over on Maui. He has a very fine nursery/ botanic garden called Tropical Gardens of Maui, located on Iao Valley Rd. just past Wailuku. He has many more aroids & rare plants (plus he's growing more native Hawai'ian species lately) growing on his property than appear on the web site and needless to say: available choices for the local market are far greater than his exclusively bench grown export material. Also- Andy's been around a long time and knows most of the local players in the rare plant game so if you have a plant want-list, he'd be an excellent place to start. Besides all that, he's a really great guy! (808) 244-3085 http://www.tropicalgardensofmaui.com/index.html Best of luck to you, -Dan Levin +More Piedmont, CA Dean Ouer wrote: > Does anyone know of any aroid collectors on the Big Island of Hawaii. I am starting a garden there and am having trouble locating rare plants. Even info on contacts on the other islands would also be helpful.

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