[OGD] illegal plants
. K Barrett, who writes:: reminds me of the story of a couple (European?) Peruvian and American who witnessed a pickup truck load of Phrag kovachii plants, ripped from the forest Seven rice/coffee sacks full in a truck some scant weeks after Kovach brought his plant to light. Seven months after Kovach purchased his. The couple had stopped for lunch (or shopping?) walked to the hotel in a small Peruvian town, orchid city Peru, not small, named Moyobamba came out of the resturant/shop and saw the truckload. arrived at the hotel and saw the sacks in a truck parked in front of the hotel Quickly they agreed on a plan. Lee never talked about a plan, there was no plan One person was to guard the truck from departing while no one did guard the truck the other ran to get the cops. no one went to get the cops Of course by the time the person got back (sans police) the truck had gone. the truck drove off as soon as it was spotted by Peruvian and American However the guard believed s/he'd she was not a guard, she was the wife of the American glimpsed an important European collector/vendor in the vicinity of the truck but not actually associated with it. recognized the Peruvian farmer/ collector, the same one who sold Kovach the two Pk rumors regarding the vendor's identity and identity was announced by the American but the vendor/collector was never truly identified, but he was identified for the American and his wife know him personally. the plants never came to light, but they did, they were shown in a hotel in Tarapoto 60 miles away, and shown on the local TV nor as far as I know were they ever sold. they were sold to two large orchid vendors, one in Peru; the other in Ecuador The story was told by Lee Moore, the American, I have it on file and will be pleased to send it anyone who wants to read it. Contact me off OGD via e-mail. peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] illegal plants
The exact date is perhaps not important in the story, however when I said Seven months after Kovach purchased his. I meant to say one year and seven months ( December 2003.) Kovach purchased his two plants from farmer/collector Faustino Medina Bautista end May 2002. peter ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] illegal plants
Thanks Peter. I'd forgotten Lee Moore told the story. K Barrett N Calif, USA The story was told by Lee Moore, the American, I have it on file and will be pleased to send it anyone who wants to read it. Contact me off OGD via e-mail. peter _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] illegal plants
[snip] Even then, my understanding is that it's not really a matter of taxonomy once the plants are recognized. A technician who was awake during the appropriate bits of the PowerPoint presentation on telling whale baleen from sea turtle belts notices some plants that are out of sorts, at which point they're taken to a taxonomist who keys them out on the basis of morphology. Or, if he's particularly clever, reading the tag that is appended to the plant in question. -AJHicks Chandler, AZ Assuming what's written on the tag isn't a previously agreed upon code name. This US 'fruit of the poisonous tree' notion reminds me of the story of a couple (European?) who witnessed a pickup truck load of Phrag kovachii plants, ripped from the forest some scant weeks after Kovach brought his plant to light. The couple had stopped for lunch (or shopping?) in a small Peruvian town, came out of the resturant/shop and saw the truckload. Quickly they agreed on a plan. One person was to guard the truck from departing while the other ran to get the cops. Of course by the time the person got back (sans police) the truck had gone. However the guard believed s/he'd glimpsed an important European collector/vendor in the vicinity of the truck but not actually associated with it. Rumors, innuendo, names and accusations flew about on other email lists and internet forums regarding the vendor's identity and possible illicit European or Japanese trade of these plants, but the vendor/collector was never truly identified, the plants never came to light, nor as far as I know were they ever sold. Openly that is... K Barrett N Calif, USA Its the stuff dreams are made of. - Dashiell Hammett _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vistamkt=en-USform=QBRE ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
