I just received these from a grower in NE. He grows them rather than wild collecting them which I think is great. They were well packaged and I thought the price was fair. These are some big fat plants!
Maggie
Aristolochia Serpentaria
Those are really nice!
Great root systems! I would be happy with them also.
Here's the contact info. rodangeroth@yahoo.com
Maggie
Thanks Maggie I just emailed him.
That's the real Gold.I'm surprised PVST's aren't flying in already.I bet once they discover that stuff you'll see them and the snakeroot lovers will be all over it . Maggie great find and thanks for the heads up. That stuff is truly hard to find down here Don
This message was edited Jun 14, 2007 7:29 PM
This message was edited Jun 14, 2007 7:33 PM
Maggie - Those look great!!! I'm very impressed with the healthy and large amount of roots! They should grow great for you! :-)
I'm so excited. they are tucked into a bed and watered and we are expecting storms too so we're good to go. I'll let you know how it turns out. He was really great about me micromanaging the shipping. It's been beastly hot here and he prefers to ship dormant plants but I (of course) wanted them now;-). They were lovely cool in the wet newspaper when they arrived. The soil and roots were moist, not slimy, not dry. Now if I could only get some trilobata and tomentosa, life would be complete.LOL
Maggie
FWIW- I also ordered some from E-bay. Found out today they are wild collected:-(
Maggie
Maggie - That's awesome! Do keep us posted on how they all do. I'd be interested to know the difference in growth between hand grown and wild collected. Thanks!
The native plant societys REALLY get grumpy when you take from the wild.....
Adrienne
Here are the ones I got on E-bay. You get what you pay for except I fear I'll forget to water these because I'll never find them. Oh well.
Maggie
Isn't that ironic that you have them on a Humana health care ad..
margaran I thik I got mine form the same person. I was very disappoionted. I should of know that they would be like this.
Edited to say the e-bay one are the ones I was referring to.
This message was edited Jun 22, 2007 8:35 AM
The ones from Rod Angeroth are wonderful, putting on new leaves already. they weren't what I would call expensive- it was a fair price and he doesn't wild pick them. E-mail addy for him is further up this thread.
Maggie
I e-mailed him earlier today. Thanks