snapperhead51 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sad to say Phil Mann from Western Australia , passed away yesterday from a very bad infection complications after some surgery, he fought a long battle with heath for a long time , he will be missed and will miss his knowledge of Australian CP's specially Cephalotus, fortunately he passed some of that to few ,he was an Australian Icon , for the early days of AU introduction and cultivation of CP's in AU and up till his passing people still craved his knowledge. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 sorry to read this, true loss, my condolences to his family and friends paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadetave Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 R.I.P. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I saw Barry Rice post this on Facebook last night. Such a sad loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycatchers Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Very sad to hear. He very generously sent me some ceph cuttings in the early 90's which kick started my interest in that species. A big name in the field of carnivorous plants. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Sad news. I first met Phil at the Sidney ICPS conference a few years ago. I made a slight mess of organising my flights back to Sydney being a bit early back. Phil and Richard Nunn gave me a private viewing of Cephs in the field in Albany. Someone had stripped the plants from the cliffs at Coalmine Beach so Phil took me to some other locations. I enjoyed Phil's company and will regret not seeing him again. Edited August 5, 2014 by David Ahrens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapperhead51 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Phil s funeral is on Monday 11th of Aug in Harvey Western Australia his home town , not to far away from the cephalotus site he loved so much ,among the many other native cp's in WA he found and named too . Edited August 8, 2014 by snapperhead51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel van den Broek Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 In case anyone wants to leave a message of condolence: http://barrettfunerals.etributes.com.au/etributes/phillip-mann/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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