Here's a good challenge for anyone with lots of time and lives in Georgia (or where ever)
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Great Opportunity for the Right Volunteer
with the World Environmental Organization
Jeff Gold
Jeff@World.Org
Hello everyone,
We need some help from a "Drosera" expert. We have several hundred pots
with a
large variety of Drosera with seeds that need to be harvested. We also have
a
couple hundred pots of pygmy sundews with gemmae that need to be harvested.
In total we probably have 200 - 400 different species/varieties of Drosera
with
seed. Some seed has drifted though, so we need someone with a good
knowledge of
Drosera that can help identify plants that might have grown in a pot by
accident
to ensure we don't mislabel seed that is collected. (We have several
photographic
CP references to help with this.)
We don't have a budget for this, but I can supply a free plane ticket to
Georgia
along with a place for you to stay for a few days to a week while you work
on this.
You are also welcome to share in some of the seed harvested from varieties
that are
abundant, which is many of them. (This could also be an excellent
internship with
the possibility of university credit if you are in a botany program.)
We would then like the person to help package up the collected seed for
distribution to botanical gardens and universities around the world. This is
a
nonprofit, 501c3 project, with an aim to ensure the survival of a variety of
CP
species with specific locality data.
If you might be interested in this, or know someone who might, please email
me
directly (off the list). If you are interested, please send an email
describing
your background related to CP along with the names and phone numbers of two
people
that are familiar with your CP knowledge that can act as references.
Best wishes,
- Jeff Gold
Web Site: http://www.World.Org
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Jeff Gold, Senior Scientist
World Environmental Organization
Southeast U.S. Headquarters
2001 J.T. Elder Road
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
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Great Opportunity for the Right Volunteer
with the World Environmental Organization
Jeff Gold
Jeff@World.Org
Hello everyone,
We need some help from a "Drosera" expert. We have several hundred pots
with a
large variety of Drosera with seeds that need to be harvested. We also have
a
couple hundred pots of pygmy sundews with gemmae that need to be harvested.
In total we probably have 200 - 400 different species/varieties of Drosera
with
seed. Some seed has drifted though, so we need someone with a good
knowledge of
Drosera that can help identify plants that might have grown in a pot by
accident
to ensure we don't mislabel seed that is collected. (We have several
photographic
CP references to help with this.)
We don't have a budget for this, but I can supply a free plane ticket to
Georgia
along with a place for you to stay for a few days to a week while you work
on this.
You are also welcome to share in some of the seed harvested from varieties
that are
abundant, which is many of them. (This could also be an excellent
internship with
the possibility of university credit if you are in a botany program.)
We would then like the person to help package up the collected seed for
distribution to botanical gardens and universities around the world. This is
a
nonprofit, 501c3 project, with an aim to ensure the survival of a variety of
CP
species with specific locality data.
If you might be interested in this, or know someone who might, please email
me
directly (off the list). If you are interested, please send an email
describing
your background related to CP along with the names and phone numbers of two
people
that are familiar with your CP knowledge that can act as references.
Best wishes,
- Jeff Gold
Web Site: http://www.World.Org
-----------------------------------
Jeff Gold, Senior Scientist
World Environmental Organization
Southeast U.S. Headquarters
2001 J.T. Elder Road
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677