Musa Chunii - Hakkinen
Just received an email from Markku Hakkinen about his 2006 discovery of M. Chunii. Following is a link to his published research article:
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Very cool, Lavander! That is a cool looking purple flower.
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Very nice plant Scot. The way Markku works, it's a matter of time more new stuff turn up as Southern China is a big place.
The other 2 places worth looking into are Laos and Cambodia. It is weird that in the wild orchid trade, we have gotten many new species from Laos but not Cambodia. Much of her jungles are still heavily mined and probably it lessens the hunting. Lastly, one place place that comes to mind is the vast area of Kalimantan. I have been told of quite a number of new weird animals there by my contacts. There is even an undescribed species of dwarf wild pig. The locals love to bbg it! |
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The last really large bovine(really the last large land animal at all) ,the "Saola" or "Vu Quang Ox" was discovered in Viet nam on the Laotian border. Like you mentioned there are reputed to be others yet awaiting discovery as well. From what I've read, many are known to the indigenous peoples but ,no one goes there. It wouldn't be surprising at all to have many improtant botanical discoveries as well.
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Hey Bob, yeah, I am aware of the Saola. In fact, let's get a little off track here from Musa chunii, the wildlife traders, especially the illegal ones get the weirdest things and they are quickly snapped up by collectors. I know because I was in their network once. One thing about them is their distrust of the academics who may reveal them in their writing so most of these new finds go unnoticed. During my time, we were trying to figure out a new hi-yellow tree monitor found in Sabah which sold for $8,000 a head but to no avail. I also came across a new species of cobra in Thailand which is an intermediate between the normal cobra and the king cobra. Lastly there was the talk about a King Cobra with the girth of almost 10" found near the mountainous border of Myanmar and Thailand. I believe this is no myth because it came from a very experience aborigine snake collector who was so startled and scared by the appearance of the snake that he fell and rolled down a slope. Ahh.. there are so many stories I can tell you guys which seem unbelievable!:waving:
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Do tell, I enjoy these stories. Prhaps they would also be good fodder for a off-banana subject in the Bananas magazine...?
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Not cool what they did to you. But thanks for the story, those things look frightening to me.
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Good morning Tog Tan,
Was your associate in FL T Cr, out of Ft. M & Lake P? |
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If you'd send me 30 I'd promise to pay you Tog.
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You two blokes are too much :ha:
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The other thing is after 3 weeks I got them, I became ill and very tired as I caught something from them. I was like that for 6 mths before I got over it. Dealing with wild caught animals mean one thing, getting a new vectors into your body. I am the type who would not take the sanitary precaution as I prefer to get what they have to give and let my body build up the resistance. I had been down but still on the go from various infections I caught from the animals I had. At the height of my business, I work almost 7-24 caring for over 1,000 reptiles and arachnids of all types from around the world. I had the biggest collection in the region more than any zoo. Right now, I am glad it's only plants I have to care for now.:ha: |
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Careful what you ask for Tog. Plants can be just as bad or worse. At least you know what your getting into.
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Ok, so any more comment on Musa chunii? :ha:
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:ha::ha::ha: Lovin' it!!!
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