Thanks Dylan, so well explained, you did hit the nail on the head. Yes i was just referring to the simple terms of preservation by perpetuating numbers, rather than conservation of native populations. Field conservation is extremely important, because it is step 1 in the pathway to protection.. Im actually a conservationist by nature & I believe, the moment we remove a plant from a wild population, we are changing the true course of evolution & preservation forever. Sometimes for better but sometimes for worse.. Australia is loosing hundreds of plants & animals to extinction every year, & some of the species that are disappearing hardly get a chance to be studied, in these cases, I wish we could just develop some to increase numbers before its too late. I at least feel like im doing my bit for Crinums : ) Steven On 14 February 2015 at 10:36, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve in Australia writes: > > " ...in my opinion & sales numbers, > > Steve, if you mean saving them for us to enjoy in our gardens and > collections then I agree with you. To help plants in their survival as > natural products of evolution is by contrast an area in which we can do > little other than conserving natural areas and remnants. Our horticultural > endeavors do not incorporate adequate sampling size, pollinators, edaphic > factors or really anything that would in theory allow a species or > population to continue with evolutionary integrity in a manmade setting. > > > Dylan Hannon > > *"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an > useful plant to its culture..." --**Thomas Jefferson* > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10