I'm sorry Sue. I thought you meant that you wanted the link to the review page, D'OH. There is a reason I turned off my email. There were several instances of inappropriate emails, two cyber stocking and then many many requests for free seeds. So I turned off my email. I am willing to leave it on only for a short time to do some trades and then off it goes again. 99% of you are all the most wonderful people, but for some reason, I am a 1% magnet :)

Hi Alicia, Are you going to Raleigh seed swap? I have Asters: unknown tall white native from my woods, lateriflorus, divericatus, and a hybrid called 'Blue Moon'. Let me know if you want to trade by mail or in Raleigh and I'll bring some.

Thanks Trish. I poked around and did find mention of other species of Proiphys native to your southwest and read that Calostemma luteum does range along the south boundaries to the southwest ecoregions. I just now visited your website. Quite nice. Did you know that there are some very nice hybrids of intergrades of Calostemma luteum and C. purpureum? Could be some fun -- and profitable -- work for an amateur breeder/selector. Joe

Tony said: [i]I can't recall ever visiting a native nursery in Qld that doesn't stock Gr. venusta. [/i] I suspect that you are right - I have even seen it at Bunnings, but I can accept that it may be endangered in terms of its numbers in the wild. Large tracts of Byfield have been subsumed for commercial timber plantations, and I'm sure that other parts of it were cleared for agriculture back when few realised the value of virgin bushland. One of the locals sells ferns at the Rocky markets, and he recalls seeing 'huge' Byfield ferns (Bowenia Serrulata) being torn out of the ground by bulldozers - particularly tragic when you realise how slow these plants are to reach maturity. On a happier note, I consider both the flower and foliage of G. Venusta to be extremely attractive, and even more so when companion planted with its hybrid, G. 'Orange Marmalade' (G. venusta X G. glossadenia). A real contrast to the lighter, sparser foliage of the other tropical Grevilleas in my front garden. Cheers, Artie