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Maggi Young

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Re: Snowdrop addiction
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2010, 12:51:19 AM »
Now I'm starting to experience galanthotropic hallucinations... I may need help soon.   :P

how much do you think it will fetch on Ebay?  ;D

 I'm trying to remember how much the cornflake with the picture of Che Guevara fetched...... .this has to be worth more, doesn't it?  :D
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Re: Snowdrop addiction
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2010, 01:08:14 AM »
Not sure I remember the Che Guevara Cornflake - I remember the cornflake shaped like Illinois that sold for $1,350 and the 'Virgin Mary burnt Toast' ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4034787.stm ) that sold for $28,000 - but the Che Guevara cornflake is a new one to me.   ;D
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Re: Snowdrop addiction
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2010, 01:23:51 AM »
Unusual variation in a snowdrop experienced today, or was it just another lucid dream?  ;D ;D
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Re: Snowdrop addiction
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2010, 01:47:45 AM »
To answer Stephen's question about the availability of Galanthus woronowii, it's widely sold here in the fall. It's even under the right name, believe it or not!

According to the Bishop, Davis, and Grimshaw "Snowdrops", these are wild bulbs harvested in the republic of Georgia, notably in Adjaria, the southwestern autonomous republic that bumps up against Turkey along the Black Sea.

shows you approximately where Adjaria is.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Re: Snowdrop addiction
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2010, 12:57:10 PM »
I wonder if this is represents sustainable wildcollecting of bulbs?
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