While I certainly agree stripping plants from the wild is a problem and possibly illegal, has anyone considered that we may be jumping to the wrong conclusion in this regard. A rush to judgement so to speak!
I have not visited the web site or e-bay and only know what I have read on OGD, but has anyone considered that what the seller ment is that they are grown from seed, germinated, and then planted in pots and raised in the area where they grow wild and are not wild plants at all. Maybe we should ascertain the facts before we crucify. This is not to mean that the questions do not need to be asked, but by the appropriate authorities. Once we find out the facts, then we can judge. In my experiance C. acaule does not generally generate dense colonies (maybe in some places but these are very small localized areas and not really "dense" as with some of the other North American cyps), so with the number of plants being offered, even 5000 hectares would not produce close to the number. icones _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
