There may be two reasons why many people
erroneously believe orchid flasks need CITES.
1.The April 2005 issue of AOS ORCHIDS,
carries an article by Roddy Gabel entitled:
IMPORTING PHRAGMIPEDIUM KOVACHII.
{Roddy Gabel is the Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, US Fish and
Wildlife Authority
in Arlington VA.}
.
Though CITES Import and Export documents are
needed for Phragmipedium
kovachii plants,
this article may one lead to believe that
CITES documents are also
needed for Phragmipedium kovachii
flasks.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Six month before Roddy wrote this article, CITES' Thirteenth Meeting
of the Conference
of the Parties was held in Bangkok (Thailand,) October 2-14, 2004.
Since then it was made abundantly clear by CITES that Phragmipedium flasked
seedlings
DO NOT REQUIRE CITES DOCUMENTS.
{You may read it on the CITES WEB SITE : http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
On the App I list, scroll 3/4 of the way down to FLORA (PLANTS) and
then scroll
down to ORCHIDACEAE spp.}
Here is what it says:
CITES Appendix I , ORCHIDACEAE
spp.
(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)
Aerangis ellisii; Dendrobium
cruentum; Laelia jongheana; Laelia lobata; Paphiopedilum spp.;
Peristeria elata; Phragmipedium spp.; Renathera
imshootiana
2.INRENA is writing their
Phragmipedium kovachii flasks Export Permits on CITES certificates;
this may give people the wrong impression, namely
that CITES`are needed for orchid flasks, when in
fact all orchid flasks are CITES exempt!!
Peter
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