on 10/15/04 6:20 PM, Carson wrote: > > FOLLOW THE MONEY! IF THEY CAN'T TELL ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED MATERIAL FROM > WILD COLLECTED THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS! > > "The kingdom's request for the exclusion of all artificially-bred > orchid hybrids from CITES appendices last week sparked a heated debate > among delegates from the European Union (EU) and wildlife protection > groups. > > They argued that it was difficult to differentiate artificially > propagated flowers from wild orchids." > > Carson E. Whitlow > Adel, IA
The EU just wants to protect their sales of mericlones and cutflowers. Unless I have a poor following of alot of Thailand's exports, a huge amount of plant material (orchids) is in the form of cut flower stems, which I believe were allowed quick shipping anyways because there is no media involved, just need phyto exams to make sure leaves don't have bugs or disease. Tons of cut Dendrobium spikes are shipped to florists here, and I really doubt that any jungle florist collector would be out stripping species flower spikes for sales overseas, don't think there would be enough money in it.. Should be easy to tell the difference between mass produced hybrid stems from jungle species ones charles -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford
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