I HAVE COLLECTED AND ENJOYED THESE PLANTS FOR MANY A YEAR - THROUGHOUT THIS TIME I HAVE FOUND IT VERY HARD TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO ADD TOO MY COLLECTION. I HAVE SEARCHED THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA -- AT ONE STAGE THEY SEEMED TO BE UN HEARD OF EXCEPT BY SOME OF THE OLDER GARDENERS - THANKFULLY THEY SLOWLY STARTED TO COME BACK INTO FASHION - I ORIGINALLY STARTED MY ORIGINAL COLLECTION WHEN I WENT TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD SOME INTEREST IN GARDENS AS ALL AROUND ME BOTH SIDES OF MY PARENTS FAMILYS, WERE KEEN GARDENERS - BUT I HAD NEVER NOTICED ANY LEAFY FOILAGE PLANTS AS THESE, OR HEARD OF THEM- THEN AS TIME WENT BY AND I MARRIED, - MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, WAS IN TOO THEM KEEN AS WELL - AS MUSTARD, SO OF COURSE WE HAD A COMPETITION GOING ON FOR AWHILE WHO COULD COLLECT MOST - BACK IN THOSE DAYS STARTING OUT COULD NOT AFFORD POTS(SEEMED FRIVOLOUS AT THE TIME) SO THEY WERE PUT INTO SUNSHINE MILK TINS THEY LOVED IT -THEN AS TIME MOVED ON A SPECIAL LADY WHO IS SO CLEVER WITH PLANTS SWAPPED CALADIUMS WITH ME AND THEN STARTED ME ON ALOCASIAS - AND NOW THAT IS ANOTHER FULL STORY - BUT FOR ANY ONE INTERESTED AS HAVE OVER 100 VARIETYS AT ONE TIME I DID HAVE 228 DIFFERENT LEAF TYPES - BUT DUE TO MOVING AND ROAMING MANY WENT - BUT IN THE LAST 7 YEARS ADDED TO THE STAYERS THAT SURVIVED - YOU WILL FIND ME ON EBAY SOMETIMES OZTOIN - OR CONTACT ME
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