Botanists have a tradition of never revealing the exact location of a rare plant. Contact between humans and rare plants is generally risky for the plants. (Richard Preston)

Botanists have a tradition of never revealing the exact location of a rare plant. Contact between humans and rare plants is generally risky for the plants.

Richard Preston

Related topics

plant revealing

Related quotes

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite! View quote
Paul Dirac
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. View quote
Alice Walker
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. View quote
Carl Jung
The saints aren't made from other material, they're humans just like us. In this they differ: they took seriously the question of their salvation. View quote
Seraphim of Sarov