frank thrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spaketh thusly: >Barbara. Look at it this way. None of us would knowingly purchase >illegally imported plants.
A bit of an odd statement. When someone buys a box of paphs from Asia and has them sent to their doorstep in the United States- only to be intercepted by ICE- and ends up getting one heck of a stiff fine out of the deal, I would opine they knew precisely what they're doing. When every single species in that box is of the sort one cannot purchase legally in the United States- not just because they're Appendix I but because they are not available on the market- I would say it's a certainty. And does it happen? Oh, yes it does- and the physician who bought them was fined $10,000. -AJHicks Chandler, AZ _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com