As Brook's said before, this is an example to the community at large that we are serious about not allowing the sarracenia to disappear from this country, even if you mow down every last one of them. We will be there to pick up the pieces, and make sure those pieces stay intact with their genetic integrity. DO NOT allow them to flower in proximity to your other plants. Bag'em if you know how, or just plain isolate them so no other sarr pollen can get to them. Preserve the genome for our future, and let the seed's be "pure" from this site, and this site only. Then any seed you plant, grow, and give away, can have this location data transferred along with it. Everyone will know, 100 years down the road, that any plant that they get from the ICPS, or NASC is true to its species, and the exact spot where it came from will be known, and documented in the NASC archives when we finally get into swing. Still, many more bogs are in trouble, so be aware of what is going on around you, keep your eyes open, and save all the plants you can. Each and every site is unique to itself because of the genes passed around in it for who knows how long. All of you who received these plants, my hat is off to you. Thank you for stepping forward to accept the responsibility of knowing what it means to steward these plants. You guard them like a child of your own. It is a big responsibility not to mix the plants, unless you do a personal hybrid under very tight controls. Good growing, to all of you!
