On Jul 13, 11:43 am, Andrew <chiloglot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jul 12, 10:58 pm, mr.moo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > I went towww.flytrapfarm.comandbought some plants, they were very
> > interesting when I received them in the mail. I live in Virginia and
> > I had never heard of these, they are so cool! Anyone have thoughts on
> > these carnivorous plants?
>
> Yes. I found the following on their
website:http://www.flytrapfarm.com/article05feb06.pdf
> The article states:
> "People with collector's permits [gather] them for us," said office
> manager Audrey Sigmon. "They are [easily] found along highways,
> in the Green Swamp and nature trails." The state Department of
> Agriculture has placed traps on its list of plants of special concern,
> meaning that is illegal to harvest them from the wild without a permit
> and written permission of the landowner. Fly-Trap Farm
> strictly complies with state guidelines in its collection practices.
>
> The stocklist on the flytrapfarm website shows a fairly limited range
> of readily available carnivorous plants. I find anything I'd consider
> rare.* Can you clarify flytrap farms collecting practices, given that
> the material being sold is so easily available and adaptable to in
> vitro propagation as to make legal wild collection, even for the stock
> material, unnecessary?
*Should read "I CAN'T find anything I'd consider rare.
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