>> As this is the rarest tree in the world why is it allowed to be exported. > I believe those are seedlings. If the exporters had their CITES paperwork in order, they could do so.
All trees have been grown from cuttings I believe. And then there was this letter from last Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald: "You can add to comments about Wollemi Pine marketing hype the fact that its recent discovery is also a marketing fiction. You can assume that Aborigines always knew about it - but Lithgow bushies have also always known about it, calling it the chocolate crackle tree. There are several stands, not all inaccessible. If a tree grows in a forest without someone making money from it, does it really exist?" Cheers...Steve _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
