T/tantl. 9/27/94 



7 e.h.ua can, Apnll 6, 1868 



Pty de.au ("in, Uelen: 



It waA wltk tke gfie.atz.At pleaAune tkat I necelved youn leiten 

 of }anuany 10 wklck dld not annlve kene untll tke üoat came 

 In In Planck, 7 kl* will explaln wky you kave not necelved my anAwen 

 untll now, I kave Aden wltk AatlAfactlon tkat you kave fond 

 memonleA of me and tkat you/t (Lotanlcal AtudleA In tke. 

 AunnoundlngA of T ekuacan will Lea/t fnult In fonm of a pulllcatlon 

 on tke Audject of cactuA, 



you aAk me fon Information alout Aome ApecleA and I will kelp 

 you wltk tke gneateAt of pleaAune aA fa/i aA my limited knowledge 

 penmltA me, 7 ke/ie a/ie Aome dlfflcultleA / It Ia not eaAy to 

 find tke ApecleA you want In tke leAt condltlon and I do not 

 know wken I will kave enougk Apa/ie tlme to go and look ; In 

 tke meantlme I will do my leAt to Aenve you aA lotany 1* a 

 Aclence wklck InteneAtA me ve/iy muck, 



I kave necelved wltk tke gneateAt of InteneAt a copy of you/i 

 wo/ik and I tkank you fon kavlng (Laptlzed a new ApecleA wltk 

 my name wklck In tklA manne/i will de a legaey to poAtenlty , 

 In fact tklA may le tke only ckance I kave fon tkat altkougk 

 I t/iuly do not know If I kave deAenved Auck an kono/i, 



TklA Ia not tke tlme to collect cactuA AeedA. Tke majonlty legln 

 to flowen now and It Ia not untll ßay on. }une tkat tke fnultA 

 ane nlpe, 1 ken I will tny to get Aome fon you and I will Aend 

 tkem to you In tke mannen Indlcatedx, 



I went to Aee PlloceneuA tto p penAtedtl In tke AunnoundlngA of 

 Coapam and wltk youn InAtnuctlonA It waA eaAy enougk /on me 

 to find It and necognlze It, In Aplte of tnylng I kave not (Leen 

 alle to find a Alngle example In lloom and even leAA evldence 

 of fnult, I kave leen fonced to lelleve tkat tklA plant lloomA 

 taten, BecauAe It Ia ao cIoac to me I will go again and collect 

 tke detallA you kave aAked fon and let you pantake of tkem, 



youn oÜAenvatlon tkat tke letazoA canny tkeln flowenA alwayA 

 on tke tlpA Ia penfectly connect, koweven, It Ia extnemely 

 dlfflcult to know If tkey ane on a Inanck of tklA yeanA' gnowtk 

 on on one tkat pnoduced flowenA laAt yean, I key appean to de 

 tke youngeAt Hut one doeA not know of tke Vegetation of tke 

 upcomlng yean neackeA penfectlon wken tke flowenA appean and 

 tken Alow down and Atay anound fon tke followlng yean, It will 

 le neceAAany to make conAecutlve olAenvatlonA , mank and meaAune 

 Aome plantA of dlffenent vlntage, manklng In Aome way on otken 

 on tke plant ItAelf tke locatlon of tke flowenA pneAently tkene, 

 Ike anea In wklck tke flowenA ane Ia guanded ly AplneA wklck 

 Aay " noll me tangene" maklng tke wonk neltken eaAy non 

 agneealle, Tke tlpA on wklck tke flowenA neAt ane dlAtlngulAked 



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