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While I have the utmost respect for the Moores..and
spent time with them in the old days when one could collect in Peru..pre
CITES...I have one dispute about what was said in their latest letter..They
should very well know that Manuel started flasking in the 80s..I spent many a
day (sometimes a month at a time) at Manuels house..and I can assure you that he
had a very nice flasking operation going even then...So it does not surprize me
that he has full grown plants to sell from flask...and I can also assure you
that the K seedlings are genuine...and that he also made at least one hybrid
with it...though mine all died...as for whether he is trying to corner the
market..I cannot agree with any such action if , indeed, he has purposely done
so...just that he does have, and has had, full grown plants from flask..and NOT
whether some of the plants to be sold might be collected...that has and always
will be done by nurseries..Binot in Brazil was known for that practise..as
others, I am sure...
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