On 10/3/2022 1:31 PM, Tim Eck via pbs wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 2:27 PM Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> No clue what it has to do with "Wild collecting". But in greater scheme of >> things. Dinosaurs got extinct but the world is still spinning. Guess if we >> don't hybridize the American chestnut with Asian Chestnut or insert some >> genes it could get extinct from blight. But that would not stop the world >> from spinning either. >> >> Aad Both the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and the Ben Franklin Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) are functionally extinct in the wild. Both are thriving, and much enjoyed, in home gardens. Dissemination and cultivation are endangered species' best protection against extinction! Reintroduction to a plant's native habitat [where practicable] is also conducive to preservation. >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…