Missed to add --- India have been a Party to CITES since 1976. However, even local flower market (near Sukreswar temple, Guwahati) is flooded with flowers from Kolkata ...... and I would not think you need CITES or Phytosanitary certification to sell flowers in Guwahati
--- Krishnendu Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WB, Karnataka and TN are the major exporters of > flower > from India. The flowers are exported to European > countries (including UK), Middle East, SA, Far East > etc. The business get a lot of support from State > Government including cold storage. The State > Government in these states prefer not to wait for > GOI > to do everything for them. > > > Phytosanitary certification from India are > recognized in US and that's how Indian Mangoes are > now > being imported in US. However, the last I knew was > there is just one lab in India. > > I must say that the orchids are beautifull but the > beauty has been magnified manifold by the eye behind > the lens. > > >It is a very complicated issue Uttam. > > >Orchids are very special plants. Their cultural > >requirements are very > >demanding. You can keep them alive and even make > >them grow well out > >of their natural habitats, but you may not be able > >to make them > >bloom. Kopou-ful ( Rhynchostylis retusa) is almost > >impossible to > >bring to bloom, even in a simple green house like > >ours. It needs > >precise temperature , humidity and brightness of > >light conditions > that can be replicated only in a very sophisticated > greenhouse. > > International laws prohibit collecting, owning, > selling or exporting > of orchids from their natural habitats. Only > commercially grown > orchids can be exported or imported. And to import > to > the USA the > exporter must be able to furnish proof that: > > A: It is commercially grown and can be certified in > accordance with > CITES regulations. > > B: That the plants are not contaminated with > organisms > such as fungi, > bacteria or viruses. This is done by producing > what > is called > "phytosanitary certification" from an accredited > laboratory. > > Among the many orchid producing countries of the > world > India and > Bangladesh are the only ones that I know of that do > not have lab. > facilities that would be recognized by the USA. So > no > orchid export > takes place, legally, from India to the USA. > > > Incidentally, almost all but the rarest of rare or > endangered orchids > that grow in south Asia can be purchased from many > orchid growers > across the USA, Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, > Singapore, > Taiwan etc. > They are not even as expensive as some of the > hybrids. > The reasons > are several: > > A: Orchids from Assam and the surrounding region are > what is called > "species" orchids--not hybrids. They are pure. But > they are not easy > to care for, have stringent cultural needs. > > B: As showy as our orchids are, the flowers are > short > lived, compared > to many orchids from other regions. > > The two orchids whose pictures I posted here will > last, at most, two > weeks. That is nothing compared to some or hybrid > Dendrobiums or > Phalaenopses or Cymbidiums or Oncidiums that > routinely > last two to > three months. BTW some varieties of the latter two > grow in the wilds > of Arunachal as well as the Khasi Hills. The only > cymbidiums we see > in the Brahmaputra valley are those that grow on the > trunks and > branches of huge trees that produce little and > not-so-attractive > flowers on long pendulous growths. These are called > Cymbidium > pendulata. Even though these are not showy, they are > sought after by > breeders for cross breeding to produce more > attractive > hybrids. But > they are extremely difficult to bring to bloom in > temperate climates. > I have had a large plant for years, but no flowers! > > Commercial orchid growing, both as cut flowers as > well > as plants have > a great potential in Assam,. But transportation and > cold storage for > flowers and CITES and Phytosanitary certification > for > export are the > road-blocks, as they always have been. > > Few things change in India as you well know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 2:34 AM +0100 4/10/08, uttam borthakur wrote: > >The magic of the green fingers. It is simply > glorious. > > > > Chandan Da, is there any easy procedure for > taking > seeds, saplings > >etc. from here to US on demand from friends/ > relatives or it has to > >be a covert work? > > > >Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote: > > Sorry I sent the message without the picture. > Here > it is: > > > > > > > > > >Here are two glorious orchids from Assam in bloom > in > our living room. > > > >The yellow one on the left is Dendrobium fibriatum > and the white one > >with the yellow center is Dendrobium farmeri. Both > are widely found > >in the Khasi Hills and cooler areas of Assam as in > Upper Assam. > > > >cm_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >assam at assamnet.org > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > > >Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this > and more on Best > >of Yahoo! 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