Re: [Aroid-l] Re: Cyrtosperma merkusii--the story

From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2006.10.03 at 17:04:02(14730) I met a couple who went to Lyon Arobertum early in the summer. They tipped a gardner $20 and mailed home an enormous box of cuttings of all sorts of rare plants from around the South Pacific. She got 3 or 4 nice Cercestis mirabilis which are pricey plants. And it all cost only $20 plus the postage. Could be worth a trip to Hawaii. Steve Lucas +More www.ExoticRainforest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: mossytrail To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:45 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Re: Cyrtosperma merkusii--the story > Dear Friends,> > Thanks, Brian, nice photo!!> While we are on this subject, perhaps someone out there> may be able to provide us w/ some information on a couple> of subjects. A good friend has told me that several years> ago, while visiting Hawaii, he recalls visiting (he> thinks) 'Lyonn Arborium' (name/spelling?)Lyon Arboretum. It is up the Manoa Valley, near thetrailhead to Manoa Falls, on Oahu. Unfortunately (for me),it is only open when I am at work -- that is to say,weekdays only, closed weekends and holidays. That sectionof the island, however, is of particular interest -- theManoa Valley/ Mt. Tantalus area has a much greater diversityof introduced aroids growing wild than I have seen anywhereelse in the Islands.Off topic, does anyone know> if there are folks here in the USA who have plants of> native Hawaiian Hibiscus genera/species in cultivation??> Good Growing,> The Audubon Center in Waimea, Oahu has extensive botanicgardens, with many specimens of the extinct-in-the-wildHibiscus brackenridgei. But I doubt they are available fordistribution._______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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