Never an illegal plant, although my wife in particular, and her employer in general, are authorized collectors of protected stuff >from the U.S. and Mexico - they go into areas that are about to be developed and choose specimens for future propagation and/or for the various botanical parks.
My relatives have killed just about every plant that we have sent - I suspect that they succumb to Murphy's and Beamish - is there a Plant-Care Directive in Europe ? The wife is a plant geek and is one of those dweebs that helped to write the CITES list for cacti and other succulents. Note to PSTC denizen - the CITES has the 'ultimate' power for control of floriculture, and is the plant equivalent of the EMC, LV, Medical, and RTTE directives combined. Their last shipment to the EU was held up because of the RFID tags that were embedded in the flats; this shipment will be held up for other reasons. If not for the very strong Euro, compliance requirements would probably cut agricultural exports to the EU by 50%. Will only be 33 C here today - it feels a bit chilly. luck, Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: automotive safety standards In message <[email protected]>, dated Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Brian O'Connell <[email protected]> writes: >But I want to know how people in the UK and the nordic areas manage to >keep this stuff alive in that bizarre climate. In the south of UK, some will grow outdoors, but most live indoors and, if cared for with insight, thrive. But people do tend to water them, which is good for the export trade. I hope yours are cultivated, even urbane, not uncouth species from the wild that are on HM Customs Little List. I'm not an expert in cacti, but I used to know one. (;-) Bizarre climate, maybe: more humid than in cactus country certainly, but with less extreme temperatures. Only 29.3 C here today. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
