Boyce: It is good to hear from you. You know about my personal interest in Iris. I suspect in every plant society there are people who have become experts on certain genera. They may or may not be publishing papers in scientific journals but their knowledge is nonetheless profound. What is the criteria for who is an expert qualified to make these determinations. I know a number of published premier scientists in Iris who would not necessarily agree on certain wild collected plants and would be incapable of determining cultivars. I guess what I am suggesting is that I believe in each specialty society there are very capabale people who could offer sound determinations and would probably be willing to do so at a minimal cost. I guess I suspect there are many good experts available within their realm of competance. But no matter who acts as an authority there will always be someone who would question that authority. I suspect that plant societies contain as many competent authenticators as the insitutions and they would probably cost less. Just a thought. Bob Pries. --- Boyce Tankersley <btankers@chicagobotanic.org> wrote: > > > Boyce Tankersley > Director of Living Plant Documentation > Chicago Botanic Garden > 1000 Lake Cook Road > Glencoe, IL 60022 > tel: 847-835-6841 > fax: 847-835-1635 > email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of > Diane Whitehead > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:04 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Time travel and ancient plants > > > Hi All: > > A quick clarification on the NAPCC. It contains wild > and cultivated > plants. Both groups must be verified by an expert to > be true to name. > Theoretically, a plant society can partner with a > botanic garden to host > one of the NAPCC collections. In reality, the > challenges of creating a > working relationship that will span multiple human > generations has been > overwhelming. > > " The North American Plant Collections Consortium > (NAPCC) registers > collections at botanic gardens and arboreta. All > the plants must be > of known wild provenance. It is an expensive > program, as the > institution must pay the expenses of an expert to > come and certify > the collection. > > Diane Whitehead" > > > Boyce Tankersley > Director of Living Plant Documentation > Chicago Botanic Garden > Glencoe, IL 60022 > Visit our website at http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ for more > information. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >