Post by stevestewart on May 10, 2007 18:24:02 GMT
Barry,
I'm sure it would require some record keeping to start a business dealing with cut Sarracenia leaves, but when I was buying tc starts from Agri Starts III I was getting 6-10 nice pitchers in six weeks in the summer months here in Central Florida. The endeavor would be seasonal for either hemisphere. Operations could utilize this feature as a positive in their business plans.
If a person had an outlet, three of the 10 pitchers could be cut and sold for floral use and the plants would still be in good condition for nursery sales. A good outlet and supply and all pitchers could be cut without concern for the tc plants at all. :oWho wonders what happens to all those poor "statice" Limonium sinuatum plants once the flowers have been cut. (bad example I know, "statice" is a bi-annual)
My main problem when in the business was, florists in our area did not want to be labeled as "poachers" because most buyers think the Sarracenia pitchers can only come from the wild. This is a stigma that would have to be overcome before any real large scale operation could make a go of it.
I wonder how many cows would be in this country if no one ate beef? Sometimes economic uses can benefit certain plant and animal species or hybrids, increasing their numbers rather than eliminating them. Public education is paramount for the full understanding of the state of tissue culture, and harm that buying wild, bug filled plants is, compared to the relative economic good that clean, horticulturally cultivated material could do. At present, the vast majority of people in this area believe that all Sarracenia are only grown in the wild. It is one alright to play golf or buy lunch where the plants once grew (the plants are already gone, there is nothing more that can be done about it Manifest Destiny), but another completely to purchase plants or pitchers, even without knowing if they were or were not tissue cultured.
Take care,
Steven Stewart
P.S. Manny, I didn't get to meet Clide Bramblett until 1999, and I'm pretty sure he was a kid. I don't know how old, but still a kid just the same.
I'm sure it would require some record keeping to start a business dealing with cut Sarracenia leaves, but when I was buying tc starts from Agri Starts III I was getting 6-10 nice pitchers in six weeks in the summer months here in Central Florida. The endeavor would be seasonal for either hemisphere. Operations could utilize this feature as a positive in their business plans.
If a person had an outlet, three of the 10 pitchers could be cut and sold for floral use and the plants would still be in good condition for nursery sales. A good outlet and supply and all pitchers could be cut without concern for the tc plants at all. :oWho wonders what happens to all those poor "statice" Limonium sinuatum plants once the flowers have been cut. (bad example I know, "statice" is a bi-annual)
My main problem when in the business was, florists in our area did not want to be labeled as "poachers" because most buyers think the Sarracenia pitchers can only come from the wild. This is a stigma that would have to be overcome before any real large scale operation could make a go of it.
I wonder how many cows would be in this country if no one ate beef? Sometimes economic uses can benefit certain plant and animal species or hybrids, increasing their numbers rather than eliminating them. Public education is paramount for the full understanding of the state of tissue culture, and harm that buying wild, bug filled plants is, compared to the relative economic good that clean, horticulturally cultivated material could do. At present, the vast majority of people in this area believe that all Sarracenia are only grown in the wild. It is one alright to play golf or buy lunch where the plants once grew (the plants are already gone, there is nothing more that can be done about it Manifest Destiny), but another completely to purchase plants or pitchers, even without knowing if they were or were not tissue cultured.
Take care,
Steven Stewart
P.S. Manny, I didn't get to meet Clide Bramblett until 1999, and I'm pretty sure he was a kid. I don't know how old, but still a kid just the same.