Neutralizing plant collecting damage

[Börge Pettersson]

Dear all,
My friend Tony Gassner once gave me the advice that if you want to collect
an orchid that has rather few individuals, you should hand cross-pollinate
some of the specimens left in the habitat in order to counteract the damage
caused to that population. This is of course applicable to many other plant
groups as well.
Best wishes
Boerge Pettersson

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  Börge Pettersson
  Centrum för biologisk mångfald (CBM)
  Box 7007                            Tel: 018-67 27 44
  750 07 Uppsala                      Fax: 018-67 34 80
                       http://www.cbm.slu.se/borpet.htm
                        Besöksadress: Bäcklösavägen 10A
                    E-post: Borge.Pettersson at cbm.slu.se

  Boerge Pettersson
  Swedish Biodiversity Centre
  Box 7007                         Tel: +46-18 67 27 44
  SE-750 07 Uppsala                Fax: +46-18 67 34 80
  Sweden            http://www.cbm.slu.se/borpeteng.htm
                    Visiting address: Backlosavagen 10A
                    E-mail: Borge.Pettersson at cbm.slu.se
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