I have a few packets of seed from my rescued Covington LA S. alata. These are seeds pollinated in their original natural habitat, so they represent the maximum genetic diversity preserved from the wild before destruction of the site.
Each packet has ~50 seeds. The seeds come from 3 different seed pods, and i have labeled them as such, so if you want seed from different pods to increase the genetic diversity, i can guarantee multiple packets from different pods.
I have just harvested the seed from just-ripened pods, so there should be excellent germination rate.
I am asking for a $15 donation to Geraldine Watson, owner of the Watson Pinelands Preserve in Big Thicket National Park, for each seed packet: Check/money order payable to Geraldine Watson.
I have 10 packets available.
Rules:
* Post here, and say how many packets you want.
* PM me with your name and address. I will reply with my address and confirm reservation of your packets.
* Send your check/money order.
I will send the seed on receipt of your check.
Quoting HoustonHerp from the CP ListServ:
Each packet has ~50 seeds. The seeds come from 3 different seed pods, and i have labeled them as such, so if you want seed from different pods to increase the genetic diversity, i can guarantee multiple packets from different pods.
I have just harvested the seed from just-ripened pods, so there should be excellent germination rate.
I am asking for a $15 donation to Geraldine Watson, owner of the Watson Pinelands Preserve in Big Thicket National Park, for each seed packet: Check/money order payable to Geraldine Watson.
I have 10 packets available.
Rules:
* Post here, and say how many packets you want.
* PM me with your name and address. I will reply with my address and confirm reservation of your packets.
* Send your check/money order.
I will send the seed on receipt of your check.
Quoting HoustonHerp from the CP ListServ:
[b said:Quote[/b] ]There is a small private preserve in Tyler County, Texas called the Watson Pinelands Preserve, only a few short miles from more well-known CP sites. It is owned by Geraldine Watson, a woman in her eighties who has spent her life trying to increase awareness about the importance of preserving the Big Thicket. In fact, many people refer to her as the 'mother of the Big Thicket Association,' an organization that was a major driving force in the creation of the Big Thicket National Preserve. She has even written books on the Big Thicket, and is mentioned by many authors on the same subject.
Her twelve-acre site has an astounding array of microhabitats, from bogs full of CPs, orchids and many other rare jewels of East Texas Bogs, to rising areas of ferns and Jack-in-the-pulpits, to uplands with beech trees and native azaleas. It has been her passion - and obsession - to create as close a floral representation of what she remembers the Big
Thicket was like as a child.
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This preserve is privately owned (no government or non-profit funding), and is open to the public seven days a week, 24 hours a day (no fences). She has little to no funds to maintain the place, and the boardwalk across the bog is in a sad state of disrepair. Therefore, I am requesting that you consider making a donation to help rebuild the boardwalk and maintain this awesome display of native plants of the Big Thicket. Since the preserve is privately owned, your donations are NOT tax deductible. But you will have the knowledge that you have done a great deed in the fight to preserve a CP habitat.