Newsletter No. 12
May 2001
Address Correspondence to:
Hello all,
DONATE SEED!
DONATE SEED!!
DONATE SEED!!!
Subtle? No. But hopefully it might inspire a few more people to start collecting up their surplus seed and sending it into the seed-bank. Most Sarracenia should have been harvested by now, so label it, date it and post it.
As previously mentioned, April's meeting will be the last for a while - the next one will be in September, in preparation for the Exotic Plant Show.
SEED BANK LIST - May 2001
Remember to collect seed from your plants as it ripens and send any surplus into the seed-bank.
Drosera arcturi - Mt Ruapehu x 25
Drosera binata - Lake Ohia x 3
Drosera binata - Otaki Forks x 3
Drosera binata - Pueora x 13
Drosera binata x 5
Drosera burmanii
Drosera capensis x 5
Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata x 3
Drosera stenopetala - Otaki x 8
Drosera trinerva
Drosophyllum lusitanicum x 10
Nepenthes gracilis - Kentridge, Singapore x 2
Nepenthes tobaica x fusca
Nepenthes ventrocosa x fusca
Pinguicula lusitanica x 3
Proboscidea louisianica x 18
Sarracenia flava (No charge - 2 years old)
Sarracenia x Moorei
Utricularia monanthos - Queenstown, Tasmania x 4
Important bits regarding seed:
When ordering seed, make sure you include an S.A.E.
Seed costs $1.00 per packet.
Cheques should be made out to NZCPS-Christchurch Branch.
If you wish to donate seed, please put the harvest date on it and ensure that it is free of floral parts – this will make the job of the seed-bank director that much easier.
Once any donated seed has been divided up into saleable packets you will be credited with 1 packet of free seed for every 3 packets that result from your donation.
Seed orders and donations should be sent to:
Fern Norton
Seed Bank Director
P.O. Box 7
Sefton
North Canterbury
Alternatively the seed-bank should be available at most meetings.