Peter, there is also another issue. If either of the parents are not legally owned/collected, or if the range country has never issued an export or reexport permit, the seedlings are not considered legal, and most certainly require CITES. What Jerry has done is a valid action for sure. Now as soon as we can export from the US some legal kovachii flasks, or import them from somewhere else that had a valid export from INRENA, this whole thing will be a dead issue.
ST Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> Jerry, properly flasked App I orchid seedlings ARE LEGAL and neither Peter(Can)> require CITES , nor what you speak of as "intense amounts of paperwork Peter(Can)> �from INRENA". Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> If that is what you experienced at INRENA, it�was totally unnecessary. Peter(Can)> It would not surprise me at all that you were put through all of this Peter(Can)> by Ing. Antonio Morizaki Taura,Autoridad Administrativa CITES PERU,. Peter(Can)> who should be fired from his job for incompetence, for if he is not totally Peter(Can)> ignorant of� CITES �Rules, he certainly is not aware of CITES`rules for Peter(Can)> flasked App I orchid species. Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> . Peter(Can)> Here is what CITES has to say about it: Peter(Can)> � >>Appendix-I species, seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or >>liquid media, transported in sterile containers are not subject to the >>provisions >>of the Convention. Peter(Can)> ( see: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.doc� and scroll down to Peter(Can)> �� Orchidacea spp.) Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> (INRENA = Peru Ministry of Natural Resources; which is Peter(Can)> also Peru's CITES Authority) Peter(Can)> � Peter(Can)> � _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
