Hi Jef, Thank you for your reply! I am receiving very similar responses, and I appreciate my gut instinct being affirmed!
Best regards, Amanda On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 8:16 AM Jef Taylor <jefctay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amanda this query made me chuckle darkly at my desk. Greenhouses have > their own cadre of fun, tropical pests and others. Surinam cockroaches are > in shopping malls across North America because of greenhouses distributing > them in the soil of potted plants, for example. I'm sure in 3 weeks these > same coworkers will be complaining about the fungus gnats they are > generating with their plants. Good luck. > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 5:39 PM Amanda Robinson < > amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> It is that time of year where planted poinsettias appear. These plants >> left over from a holiday party have been placed in our staff offices where >> we have a selection of works from the collection on display (no guidelines >> in place, but I am working on that). I of course asked for them to be >> removed and was met with the reply that if the poinsettias are "greenhouse >> grown" then they are likely not a pest threat and can stay on display. I >> have never heard of this before, and also would assume it is the soil that >> is the attractant for pests, greenhouse grown or not. Any advice or >> guidance? I have not found many resources on this specific issue. >> >> Thank you so much, >> >> Amanda >> >> -- >> *Amanda A. Robinson* >> >> Museum Registrar, Collections Management >> M.A. Art History, Museum Studies, Florida State University >> Specializing in the Cataloging, Digitization, and Preservation of all >> Fine Art Objects >> (772) 321-9183 >> amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com >> www.linkedin.com/in/amandaashleyrobinson >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Museumpests" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShNwYL-1RZ8k4xMU6VAf4Wju8aH-b_KCpqQRPZ-5eaX00A%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShNwYL-1RZ8k4xMU6VAf4Wju8aH-b_KCpqQRPZ-5eaX00A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CA%2Bqio8XvQvTdgO-eV7pqpj8K4%2BVMGyz4uoAw6F_dF%2B3pd9E3%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CA%2Bqio8XvQvTdgO-eV7pqpj8K4%2BVMGyz4uoAw6F_dF%2B3pd9E3%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Amanda A. Robinson* Museum Registrar, Collections Management M.A. Art History, Museum Studies, Florida State University Specializing in the Cataloging, Digitization, and Preservation of all Fine Art Objects (772) 321-9183 amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/amandaashleyrobinson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShNSRi%3DiSX8qBxe2uXzMGCRM%2BjpihQWdWt%2BMy%3DCPL%3DGKNA%40mail.gmail.com.
