Okay now I shall step off my soap box. Done now.
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Well said.
Now can you please repeat that?
Okay now I shall step off my soap box. Done now.
pardon for the derailing but curious on what happened to the intaniae you posted a awhile back? Did it flower and turned out mislabelled?
When I moved into my greenhouse two years ago this December, I had about 400 plants and thought that was more than plenty. Now I have over 600 and I can't seem to restrain myself from acquiring more. I don't have any delusions that I am saving species or even rare hybrids. But I do have many really nice plants, and my concern is what happens to my plants when I am no longer able to care for them? Species and hybrids alike.:rollhappy: I have a fond memory of friend, sometimes I'd be visiting, and a box of new orchids would arrive. Her husband would call from the other room to ask her; "How many orchids do you have now Dear?" and she would always answer; "Oh, only about 200, these make it 204". When she passed her greenhouse had well over 2000 plants in it. Her husband was stunned, he actually had been believing her! (well, he knew it was more than 200, but he never got around to seriously looking at her collection).
Interesting conversation, this thread. Thanks, Carkin for posing that question.
When I moved into my greenhouse two years ago this December, I had about 400 plants and thought that was more than plenty. Now I have over 600 and I can't seem to restrain myself from acquiring more. I don't have any delusions that I am saving species or even rare hybrids. But I do have many really nice plants, and my concern is what happens to my plants when I am no longer able to care for them? Species and hybrids alike.
But I do have many really nice plants, and my concern is what happens to my plants when I am no longer able to care for them? Species and hybrids alike.
AS for the species v hybrid thing, I just can't understand the concept of finding a rare and beautiful flower in the wild which has taken hundreds of thousands of years to evolve, ripping it out of the ground and trying to ''improve'' it. Yes its part of the human need to express itself, but I also see it as a kind of...dare I say...arrogance where humans continually place themselves above nature rather than a part of it which is actually the case. Look at how we treat animals and the rest of the natural enviroment.
JUST SPEAKING IN VERY GENERAL TERMS HERE!!
I know there is probably only 1 in a trillion chance I will actually help "save species"
but like I and others have said, I like orchids in their natural state.
Interesting conversation, this thread. Thanks, Carkin for posing that question.
When I moved into my greenhouse two years ago this December, I had about 400 plants and thought that was more than plenty. Now I have over 600 and I can't seem to restrain myself from acquiring more. I don't have any delusions that I am saving species or even rare hybrids. But I do have many really nice plants, and my concern is what happens to my plants when I am no longer able to care for them? Species and hybrids alike.
.No...if there are plenty left in the wild, Yes if there aren'tAre you also opposed to the human improvement of species?
Depends on how you measure success. You could ony call a species that multiplies itself towards its ultimate demise partly successful. We've only been around for a couple of hundred thousand years and look at where we're headed. How long has a crocodile been around for and which is the most successful?The human species ability to leave their nomadic lifestyle to grow crops and domesticate animals is what has made us the most successful species on the planet. Otherwise we would still be living in caves.
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We've only been around for a couple of hundred thousand years and look at where we're headed. How long has a crocodile been around for and which is the most successful?
Consider....
You make the assumption that the human race is headed for extinction and that it won't adapt as the environment changes just as the crocodile did.
The crocodile has been around longer, but it started sooner also.
The crocodile can not destroy the environment of humans.How long has a crocodile been around for and which is the most successful?
Yes, everytime I read about them attacking a school bus driver or mugging another child for their sneakers.Are you proposing we start eating ...our young?
I don't know that I want to have ants as my role model. Last night, we watched a program about Honey Pot Ants. They were amazing, but they also ate competing colonies.
Sorry, Charles. I hardly think you can compare abortion to "eating young."