----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: [OGD] Re: Protected Species
> In a message dated 7/26/04 7:03:34 PM, David S. writes: > > There's a person on eBay called Chase's Plants & Prints from McKee, > > Kentucky that is apparently stripping the woods around them of Cypripedium acaule. > > > Have you reported them to the Fish and Wildlife Service? > Iris > ============================= No, I haven't. Kentucky's Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is only concerned with animals. I did look at Kentucky Nursery Laws on the internet at: http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/NurseryInspection/kynurlaw.htm It appears that they may be in violation of one or more laws as I read them. This is the email that I sent those folks about their auctions: =================================================== Hello, I have a number of questions about the Cypripedium acaule orchids that you are auctioning: 1. Are you a licensed nursery in the state of Kentucky, compliant to KY Law 249.060? 2. Are you compliant with KY Law 249.090: Shipments to be accompanied by inspection certificate or license? 3. You are not in the database of Kentucky Certified plant Nurseries or plant Dealers under the name of Chase's Plants and Prints. To sell these orchids and other plants without being licensed is against the law in Kentucky. 4. Do you own the land that these orchids and moss are being removed from? These orchids that you're selling a among the hardest species in America to transplant and have a typical failure rate of over 90% to survive beyond one year. They are also quite rare in most parts of the country. Please reconsider selling these plants, especially in the massive quantities that you are offering. ================================================= I hope these folks will take a hint and stop these auctions. I might just have to send an email to the KY Dept. of Agriculture about all this. David Sizemore Kingsport, TN (Zone 6a) _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
