I have been invited by the China Rose Society to attend the 5th China Rose Exhibition, supervised by the World Federation of Rose Societies in Hainan Provence on the 11th of December. All expenses paid for by the Chinese.
The invitor, President of the China Rose Society and former Director of the Beijing Botanical Gardens will have sore ears by the time I leave from all the questions about their species roses. One thing for sure though, I will definately be discussing the possiblities of obtaining R. praelucens seed being sent to me in OZ.
What a great chance this will be for you. I wish you all the best on your trip. Hopefully you can bring R. praelucens and other rare species home. I have always wanted to go to China myself. They have a great and really old civilization. The culture is so different and fascinating. Plus it has many unique species of roses and hermocallis both of which I love.
OH, what a wonderful opportunity, Warren, congrats! Go, ask a million questions, find your species roses and have a great time! Then come home and tell us all about it, please!
I am only there for 4 days so have a lot to get through while over there. Dave it probably is spring flowering, but its those 70 chromosomes I want to crack and get something out of, but being very high ploidy it will not be easy. Adam I will be going over there with a list of species rose names in the hope of getting some.
Come on get serious here people, we need a baby, they consume ‘rosehip’ syrup, can we get a baby to consume some seeds, quarantine would not suspect a baby would they… Back to reality. My address is ready for any seeds that need a home Warren.
I can see the headlines now…“I Was A Rose Mule!” LOL!
Kim you know those hard to germinate rose seeds , this might just work LOL.
You never really know what the food is in China, on reflection I think a serving of worms was consumed.
Neil when I was a kid up in the Papua New Guinea Islands, we use to eat these giant weevil lavae, there quite nice dry fried. You guys think I am joking
Entomophagy may be in your future, even here in the USA–and there’s no reason to get bugged about it. And what is bad for your stock in the field or garden is probably bad for you too.