Hey guys, thanks again for all the encouragements (esp you Bob!).
Regarding the emails and PM's I got about getting this stuff from me, can you guys wait awhile? The reason is, there are a couple more sources I will be looking up and connecting with some jungle collectors. Right now is not a good time to look for plants as it is raining like crazy. Sometime during the dry months about May, I will make trips again. This is the time most plants flower. Then I can choose plants with nice flowers in terms of size and coloration and even collect seeds. With this selection, I can grow them again for new corms which will be ideal for shipping. Don't worry about the cost, I am not a butcher! I will just use the funds generated for the costs of other trips.
The species which are known currently, won't 'go' anywhere. I just need to find them. I am more curious about some possible previously undescribed stuff like the
red flower Callimusa mentioned by one of the orchid collectors. This, I am excited about.
Also, there are many places here which are still unexplored in terms of 'naners and I will use my old reptile trade network to get to the aborigines. You must understand that though I am a long time plant guy, I am only seriously into Musa
after I joined bananas.org. Now, that makes me a newbie! I am learning like crazy and I must say, I am enjoying it more each day. I
was a big time reptile trader and I had very good network in Peninsular M'sia and Borneo and other parts of this region. With the conversion to 'naners, I think my previous associates will be happy to help me out now. Cheers!
The smaller guys will be nursed at my house till they get new leaves. The bigger plants and the big corm will go to my nursery tomorrow. Mark, the Colocasia is for you. I have not seen it for sale anywhere and the leaf gets big to 6ft! It is velvety and thick when mature.
