The question was asked, "Who is Alfredo Manrique?" Alfredo Manrique is the owner operator of Centro de Jardineria Manrique in Lima Peru. Alfredo is a very knowledgeable and most honest propagator / vendor of Phragmipedium kovachii and was the first Peruvian chosen by INRENA to collect five legal mature Phragmipedium kovachii plants from a designated habitat for the purpose of artificially propagating this magnificent species in his nursery and laboratory. Alfredo was issued INRENA license 001.
Phragmipedium kovachii seedlings propagated at CJM nurseries are legally exported from Peru with permits supplied by INRENA (The Peruvian Department of Natural Resources and CITES auhtority.) In the USA the distributor of these legal CJM Phragmipedium kovachii seedlings is Glen Decker. In Canada the distributor is Peter Croezen. Both Glen and Peter issue legal Pk certificates with every Phragmipedium kovachii seedling order. Glen and Peter send INRENA a list of all legal certificates issued. If customers decide to sell their legal Phragmipedium kovachii seedlings within North America, it would be prudent for them to supply each purchaser with a photocopy of their own legal certificate, write the name of purchaser and number of seedlings purchased on that photocopy and and sign it. This way the new owners have proof that their Phragmipedium kovachii was obtained legally, just in case some authorty should question it. Phragmipedium kovachii seedlings purchased without a legal certificate are likely illegal, propagated from mature plants smuggled into North America. Mature Phragmipedium kovachii plants, no matter in which country they are purchased, are Illegal plants, for to date Peru's INRENA has not issued a single export document for mature Phragmipedium kovachii plants. Phragmipedium kovachii mature plants purchased either inside, or outside Peru, are illegal plants for which no legal export permit can be obtained. peter _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
