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bigdog · 07-16-2008, 10:50 AM

Yeah, I saw it too. In fact, I had just finished placing my order when I saw your thread yesterday! Very expensive, but I know how difficult it is to find a reliable source of seeds in Africa outside of South Africa. With all the scams coming out of Cameroon, you just can't trust anybody there it seems. I'm glad Toby did the work. $1.26/seed! Yikes. I hope I can get about 10/100 to germinate so I can at least break even.

Why does rarepalmseeds.com give precedence to the name Ensete livingstonianum over E. gilletii? They tend to do that quite a bit I've noticed (like lumping Trachycarpus 'Manipur' in with T. oreophilus). Just a thought, not really expecting an answer, lol. It just seems to me that they should stick with the recognized and accepted name instead of causing confusion. At any rate, I can't wait to get my seeds!

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