Yes, Thanks so much Larry!
This goes for everyone... the more you share, the more genetic diversity and population stability. The risk of losing plants is smaller if you have a circle of friends to whome you can distribute plants/seeds. If all of your plants die, they may be able to spare some to give back to you. If you keep all your plants, then death's sting is greater since you didn't spread the plant around.
Sitting on a plant, no matter how rare, is doing no one a favor... and this includes yourself. If you truly care about these plants, then you will want to see as many people get joy out of them as possible. Spreading them around through trades and gifts ensures that.
For example, a very knowledgable CP friend of mine (Ivan Snyder) developed a Drosera hybrid. He gave several seedlings away to another friend. A short while later, all of his plants died. However, since he had been generous in giving, the hybrid still exists in cultivation today and he has received some of this plant back.
So a big thanks to all of you responsible plant sharers
Now, I have a question. This is probably the wrong topic for this, but I recently saw a listing for D. aliciae var. sessilifolia. I am assuming this is not the same plant. Does anyone know anything about this strain?
-noah