buffy

Thanks 51st State for the thoughtful post. That's a start.

Here's the reality guys and girls, plant material like this isn't simply gonna start showing up. It takes people willing to try to solve problems. Regardless of whether you like Dr. Margraf's operation or not, unless we're all planning to jump on a plane and spend months convincing Chinese officials we're not stealing something, he's a guy in the right place. I'll do my part and work with him to understand how to create good value for both his interest and ours. Personally, I'm inclined towards conservationism. It's not much of a stretch for me to align with him.

As for his team's historical performance of getting plant material into customer's hands, the concensus is that they're abysmal. They have also shown absolutely no desire to humor the wants of the banana hobbyist, as many of you have experienced. It's easy to assume that they are either malicious, aloof or totally incompetent. Although any or all are a possibility, I'm inclined to think we're simply not seeing things from their perspective. Let me do some more homework with them and see where this leads.