I have no idea who the guy is but he does have a picture of himself in the contributers section. He looks like a freak but I hear he is a nice guy. Saintly even.

He once sent me seed for zombensis - truly a saint.

A saint and a genius! He once identified a rare impatiens I have. Sure wish he would remind me which one it is since I lost the sheet of paper where I wrote it down.... hint

trianglejohn

I think you are going to have to remind him again with some more detail. I'm sure he would be able to remember again.

I thought it was I. irvingii but you said it was from the Himalayas and not from Africa and that the collector (R.N. whom I do not know personally, she is a friend of a friend) had sent one to you also. Mine is blooming fine this year though I have failed to get it into the ground. In the flower bed where it grew last summer there are what appear to be seedlings (just a few). It did produce fruit last year but I never got around to collecting seed. This also happens to be the flowerbed where I scattered some I. namchabarwensis seeds I bought. They didn't sprout last spring so this years seedlings could be either type of impatiens. I am not a scientist and unlike the name of these plants I have LOTS of patience. I've been known to wait up to three years for seeds to sprout. I'm not in a hurry.

I "cough" he remembers now. It is Impatiens latiflora collected by Rekha Morris. It is a very beautiful Impatiens one of Mr. Impatiens favorites.