Seedex - Oh, dear, AQIS has struck

[Paul Tyerman]

At 05:20  3/07/03 +1000, you wrote:
>Firstly,
>Many thanks for the seed that arrived today.
>The Arum & Pinellia triparta var atropurpurea which I'm very happy about,
>came through intact but our Quarantine Service refused entry for Arisaema
>ciliatum because there was "Fruit Pulp attached".


Malcolm,

So... I'm not the only one who has had this problem.  Mine arrived in the
mail today minus "Arisaema with Fruit Pulp Attached" but I have not had a
chance to contact them yet to find out which species.  A real shame, but at
least the other bits and pieces came through.

You'll love Pinellia tripartita var atropurpurea..... I flowered a number
of seedlings of it for the first time this last growing season.  Just
Gorgeous.  So far all that have flowered were true, although I have been
told that it is usually around the 75% true mark for the atropurpurea
inheritance.  I can send you pictures of mine in flwoer if you're
interested, just let me know.

Hopefully you and I are the only ones who have been affected this way but
it is probably doubtful.  Thanks so much to Eric for the extra effort of
adding names etc so that things come through quarantine for us here in Aus
and NZ.  Great Stuff guys.... well done!!

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman at ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about
anything else that doesn't move!!!!!