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>Peter
Croezen's remarks on legal flasks left me so confused :
>In Singapore, the local authorities insists on CITES II certs together with >Phyto when it comes to importing Appendix I flasks e.g. slipper orchids. >Their belief is that when flasked up, CITES I will be down graded to CITES II..... The confusion
you and many feel was not meant to be, years ago all flasks
were
taken off
CITES.
However, some orchid people interpreted other CITES
articles in such a way as
to claim
that App I flasks were an exception and still on CITES. It was also
explained by
the same people, that Artificially propagated App I species, from
legally collected parents could then be downgraded to App II.
After the last CITES convention, (November 2004) this confusion was
cleared up
by adding a small paragraph to the top of the CITES App I species
list.
I will paste it in this post and also give you the CITES link to it. Please
enlighten
your CITES people in Singapore!!!
>(For all of the following Appendix-I species, seedling or tissue
cultures obtained in vitro,
>in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers are not
subject to the provisions
>of the Convention)
App I flasks do not require CITES permits, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the link: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Scroll nearly down to the bottom, past FLORA, to OCHIDACEA
For the curious, here are the orchids presently on the App I species
list:
Aerangis ellisii; Dendrobium cruentum; Laelia jongheana; Laelia lobata;
Paphiopedilum spp.;
Peristeria elata; Phragmipedium spp.; Renathera
imshootiana.
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