Colin who wrote; >I can only assume that orchids from other countries exist around the world, >all collected >and exported before CITES was ever thought of.
Of course they exist and they can be removed by the orchid police, as happened in 1988 to Bosha Popow, a well known German breeder of Lady's slippers. Almost 8000 breeding plants were confiscated. You can read it in Eric Hansen's book Orchid Fever ISBN 0-679-45141-2 peter _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
