Viateur, You are correct, there have been no criminal prosecutions for illegal importation of Phragmipedium kovachii.
Two parties were sentenced for being in possession of Phragmipedium kovachii, brought illegally into the USA and later returned to Peru, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc.and Dr. Wesley E. Higgins, head of the orchid identification center at Selby. The party who brought it illegally into the USA , Michael Kovach, will be sentenced on November 1, 2004 in Tampa Federal Court.
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