SV: new member

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Hello everyone,

I just joint this group and I would present myself.
I'm 29 y.o. from Italy and I'm iris and irids collector but
interested in all rare and unusual geophytes (especially for
mediterranean climate).

My job is farmer (fruit's productions) and I'm also very interested
in wild flora of Italy. My first hobby is orchids growing, but I'm
into irids with the same big passion. My favourite irid genus are
Iris (especially eupogon, juno and oncos); Moraea (quite difficult to
find species in commerce, I got only 13 species!) and other genus
which are quite rare in commerce here in Europe (such as Ferraria,
Geissorhiza, Hesperantha and much more).

My first goal is in growing ex situ all the italian iris species to
preserve and reproduce its; I'm in touch with some botanical
institutions, enthusiasts and botanists to keep on a good information
network and exchanges.
Be a member of SIGNA will be very helpful for my knowledges (and
hoping I'll be of some help for others too!).

My best regards to everyone, and please be patient for my quite bad
english.
fil.