cassia and catclaw

[Ted Ryznar]

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> From: Anne Kilmer <viceroy at GATE.NET>
> To: Pierre A Plauzoles <ae779 at lafn.org>; Leps List
<leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Subject: Re: cassia and catclaw
> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 2:02 PM
> 
> Ah, but I'm an old meanie who doesn't mail plants out of state. Alas.
> You wouldn't believe the stuff that would ride along with it. You want
> white-footed ants? I've got them. 
> 	I have a yard full of cassia, too. 
> 	Sphinx moths aren't all that picky ... perhaps you could trick them
> into using some local legumes? Or are they all brown and dead? 
> 	Failing that, see if your local nursery can arrange a shipment for you
> from a Florida nursery ... Cassia bicapsularis should be easy to find,
> and it seems to be enjoyed by butterflies, anyway. Dunno about moths.
> You need someone with permits and things. 
> Sorry
> Anne Kilmer
> south Florida
> 
> 
> Pierre A Plauzoles wrote:
> > 
> > In a previous article, tryznar at MAIL.COSMOSBBS.COM (Ted Ryznar) says:
> > 
> > >I am looking for a source of cassia and catclaw. Anyone from Florida
or
> > >southern areas where these plants grow that I could purchase some from
> > >please let me know soon.  I would be interested in leaves or
preferably
> > >plants. Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Have you tried the Native Plant Society?  I think there are regional or
> > state-based NPS groups throughout the country.  Contact Anne Kilmer on
> > this one.  She is quite active on this newsgroup.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > --
> > Pierre Plauzoles   ae779 at lafn.org
> > Canoga Park, California
> 

Boo, hiss. Tell that to the 100 or so little baby black witch moth larvae
when they hatch out and starve. I can understand your concern to some
extent however I doubt that something native there will survive a bunch of
night at -20F during the winter here. The stuff wouldnt survive here
outside. No real chance of "polluting" the natural plant life here.

Strange in a way that if I had imported this moth or ova via the mail etc I
could go to jail. But since it flew here on its own I can raise it.