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Phil,
You said:
>Interestingly, Manolo in a conversation said that P. besseae also grew
over limestone. Do any OGDers have comments about that?
Yes, I'd say Sandra is correct..
Phragmipedium besseae is
known to grow on steep granite rock cliffs at about 1300
m.a.s.l.
There may be exceptions that experts
know about, I have no knowledge of it, for I
acknowledge that I am not an expert.
All the habitat pictures I have seen of
Phragmipedium besseae have a black granite background that brings
out the red color
beautifully. I am certain you have seen this
too.
Phragmipedium kovachii does grows on
limestone rock at about 1900 m.a.s.l.
>It was noted that he obtained flasks from some other vendors (there was
a lot of international flask interchanges took
place, presumably swaps), all of South American species. Sort of like sending ice to Alaska (for US readers) or coals to Newcastle (for poms). Yes, I agree, Manolo purchasing Peruvian Orchid
Species Flasks in Australia sounds about as strange as Australia selling ice to
Alaska.
Perhaps it is connected with the following
information I received from Peru a few weeks ago:
On July 13 2006, a Peruvian
Government document referred to as Decreto Supremo No.
043-2006-AG announced that Peruvian Orchid
Nurseries may no longer export collected orchids. From now on all orchids
exported must have been propagated in-vitro. It
has orchid nursery owners in an uproar, for most of them do not have any stock
propagated in-vitro and many do not even have a laboratory.Some have operated
this way for decades.. Nursery owners tell me that there is no lead
in time given, which you and I know should be 7 years minimum, if your intend is
not to destroy the orchid industry of your country. They all blame a given
orchid nursery for suggesting the new laws to the government and
conveniently forgetting to tell them to give a lead in time. That nursery
started a lab a few years ago, is claiming to have propagated large
quantities of flasks of different species, but the victims of this new law
claim they purchased them from other orchid laboratories.
I do see court cases in the near
future.
Will the government delay the date this law goes
into effect??? I have no idea.
peter
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