Re: Relocation Amorphophallus collection Wageningen

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"This is what happens when economy takes over science & education"
- Especially transporting tropical plants in winter.

Marek

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter@xs4all.nl>
To: "'Discussion of aroids'" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Relocation Amorphophallus collection Wageningen

> Dear friends,
>
> Some of you already know this but several months ago Wageningen University
> decided to close down its botanical gardens and to terminate scientific
> curation of the collections. Also the tropical greenhouse needs to me
> emptied by Jan. 1st 2010. You can imagine that the last months have been
> hard for me and my colleagues as we must now find new jobs and have to 
> leave
> a good deal of our lives' work behind us.
>
> Another consequence is that I had to find a botanical garden fit and 
> willing
> to harbour the enormous Amorphophallus collection (1500+ plants). I am 
> happy
> that the botanical garden of Hamburg University has adopted the collection
> and it will remain available for scientific research and I will be allowed
> to  co-coordinate matters concerning the collection. Therefore I will 
> still
> be available to you all for questions etc. Material requests will not be 
> as
> easily fulfilled as before (or equally difficult........).
>
> This is what happens when economy takes over science & education.
>
> Wilbert (aka Lord Phalless).
>
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