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Originally Posted by Richard
Looking deeper into the data at GRIN ...
Historically there were five accessions. All of them refer to Calotropsis procera as small crownflower.
They were collected:
30-Jun-1920. Nyanza, Kenya. (PI 51429 No. 1029)
07-Sep-1921. Syria. (PI 54451)
07-Jan-1927. Georgetown, Gambia. (PI 73507 No. 1153, Collected by Douglas Fairbanks)
15-Feb-1935. Federal District, Venezuela. On road between Caracas and Cabo Blanco. (PI 110905 No. 3067)
Ethiopia. (PI 195920 Guinde)
It's interesting that the 3rd accession was collected by Fairbanks himself! Have you checked at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden ? |
Hummm....interesting thought? Fairchild... I don't think they actually sell plants, I was there June of 2011 and I didn't see any for sale.
I will call them and see what I can find out maybe they have a resource for them I can't find? You would think that almost 100 years later there would be more available...LOL
Thanks for the info...I'll have to look in my contacts list and see if I have anyone I know in Africa or Venezuela...I think we have a few people from Venezuela here...hummm...the search continues, thanks again
