Nhu wrote, At 07:08 AM 9/20/2010, you wrote: >Thanks, Mike for the short but illustrative list of the rarities that will >probably never be offered again from wild collected seeds. I am most >familiar with the Allium list and I have to say that you're lucky just to >even see some of those species in the wild let alone collect seeds! The >future doesn't look fantastically bright. I happened to order most of the species mentioned by Mike when they appeared on Ron Ratko's seed list, and since raising Allium from seed is quite easy, I still have most of those I ordered. I wonder to what extent these species might hybridize when cultivated in close proximity? If hybridization is uncommon, I can send seeds to exchanges, even though they're very tedious to clean. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA