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Barbara,
I receive hundreds of e-mails every week. I do not
remember the few private e-mails there may have been between you and I.
Sorry!
I certainly will not discuss private
e-mails on a public forum, unless the other party starts
it.
Whatever it was that you asked me about
the Pk saga, I will have told you the facts and the truth.
I usually discus with my audiences rumours
that are not yet facts. However, I also tell them that lots of what
we know as Pk facts today, started out as rumours in Peru.
That should not surprise anyone familiar with
the political systems in South America. The fear for making public
statements is very real, even in countries that changed from a dictatorship
to a democracy.
I do not advertise CJM's product on the OGD, and
certainly will not advertise the competition.
Bill referred to a Silva, which is the maternal
name that Manuel Arias carries, (Manuel Arias Silva). However, Manuel Arias
Silva is not the one selling Pk seedlings. Manolo Arias, his son, is. I
was merely explaining Bill's erroneous reference.
Also know that I have told the truth about the Pk
saga to orchid society audiences all over the USA and Canada. I started
this long before I knew that CJM got a license for propagating Pk in-vitro
and even longer before I became the distributor of CJM Pk
seedlings in Canada.
What you do not know is that I have always been
more interested in the preservation of Pk than in any financial aspect of it. I
was in touch with INRENA, in May of 2002, one year before anyone got a
license from INRENA to artificially propagate Pk. I offered them my help,
for free. I know INRENA officials monitor the OGD, I could not possibly make
this up and get away with it. I have a thank you letter from the Head
of INRENA on file.
My being the Canadian distributor for CJM has
nothing to do with the Pk saga truth, as you insinuate.
As far as my guarantee that CJM Pk seedlings
are true to name. No innuendo!!!! You obviously are unaware that there is a
sincere concern among purchasers of the other Pk flasks . Had you read the SOF posts in the past year, you would know
this.
Please clear up a few things for me and the OGD
audience:
1) Where in my post
do I try to slime the opposition? Please explain!.
2) Who is it you went to that says to know the true
story, different from mine, of what went on in Peru?
3) What is the true story Barbara? You seem to
insinuate that you know it, but that I do not.
4) I challenge you to point out which Pk saga facts
I do not have straight.
Barbara, you have said A by publicly and falsely
accusing me, I expect you have the guts to say B.
In my experience with Pk seedlings and the
experience of my Peruvian friends, the 12 inch leaf span Pk seedling you
have seen is more likely to have come from an illegal
flasks propagated in 2001-2002 than from legal Pk flask started in
2003. Many illegal Pk plant owners are known to have purchased one
legal flask to hide their illegal ones behind. These include very well
known orchid nurseries world wide.
I will not flame you because you falsely
accuse me on a public forum. All I ask is that you back up your accusations with
facts.
Peter
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