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IOS Code of Conduct
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:16 pm
by peterb
An interesting set of perspectives on wild collecting.
http://www.iosweb.org/code.php
peterb
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:33 pm
by daiv
Yes, very good - really thorough.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:54 pm
by peterb
Perhaps the link can be a sticky, so it can be referred to easily when the question of collecting from habitat comes up on the forum?
peterb
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:36 pm
by daiv
OK I made it sticky, but also moved it to "Places" since it seems to go best with that heading, don't you think?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:26 pm
by peterb
Yes, good call.
peterb
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:04 pm
by CoronaCactus
It should also be mentioned, that when collecting seed:
DON'T collect every seed from an individual plant, leave most of the seed on the plant. Collect small amounts of seed from multiple plants. This helps preserve the seed for population growth in habitat and gives you more genetic diversity when grown in cultivation.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:51 pm
by Peterthecactusguy
So just in the interest of curiosity would it be bad to collect seeds from plants that are protected? I haven't ever taken any seeds from anywhere but plants I own, or I know the people that own them and do so only with their permission.
An example of some seeds that I could have taken but didn't were on the M. grahamii that had one fruit on it. I left it. I wouldn't feel right taking off one fruit if that is the only one whether it was legal or not is another issue entirely.