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
I have watched the discussion of the purported change to the provisions of
CITES
regulations in the USA (in particular) and the requirement for the owner to
produce
appropriate documentation to prove their legality. While this began with Phrag.
kovachii, someone mentioned the orchids of Papua
I always understood that even paphs species from Vietnam in flasks could not
be legallised as the paper trail could not be completed as Vietnam had not
signed the CITES Treaty.
I know Antec have access to seed from rescued plants but even seed and
pollen and/or any part of a paph still needs to be
Oliver Sparrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] spaketh thusly:
It may be that I have missed something. I understand orchid movements to be
limited under CITES to the movement of mature plants. Flasked seedlings are
exempt, as are botanical specimens suitable for taxonomy, cut flowers and - if
not
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