Aaron, Thanks for the explanation.
Your ability to keep a sense of humor about such things is always refreshing and delightful. The USA interpretation of CITES rules in USFWS document you quote: " USC Title 50, Wildlife and Fisheries, part 23, Endangered Species Convention" only applies to US Import and Export of this species. For the rest of the world, Mexipedium xerophyticum is not on CITES App.I Of course with the upcoming CITES meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Bangkok Oct 2-14 2004, that may change. I do not remember seeing a proposal from any country that Mexipedium xerophyticum be placed on CITES Appendix I, at this Conference, but there may well be one. peter
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