Matthew Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] spaketh thusly:
They can be had for around $75 US and up from www.orchidweb.com
They ship international.
I got mine from them, it is perhaps the best grown slipper ive ever seen.
Not directed specifically towards Matthew, but Mexipedium xerophyticum is on
to Aaron who said:
but Mexipedium xerophyticum is on CITES Appendix I
Aaron you are right, it is as you say a cute little booger, however, the
genus Mexipedium
is not listed on CITES Appendix 1.
Here is the link to CITES' own webpage listing all CITES App I II III
species:
peter croezen [EMAIL PROTECTED] spaketh thusly:
but Mexipedium xerophyticum is on CITES Appendix I
Aaron you are right, it is as you say a cute little booger, however, the genus
Mexipedium
is not listed on CITES Appendix 1.
Here is the link to CITES' own webpage listing all CITES App
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Funny that it should not be on the CITES I list... but good for me, though!
:)
Marianne
PS-- does anyone have experience moving orchids from Europe to US, not as a
commercial shippment, but as a private collection relocation? (I will be
moving back to the US in about four to five years, and I
Greg,
An interesting contribution on species but there are a few aspects that
trouble an amateur orchidophile like me.
Natural species have variation (Darwin n all that). We know that some
variations confer better opportunities for success under changed environmental
conditions while others more
:))
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Max,
I think the problem is universal due to a couple of things;
1. Breeders in some countries use hybrids and then introgression to get a phenotype
that looks like a species but grows like a hybrid.
2. Somebody's best guess as to what an unlabeled hybrid is.
3. Just plain deceit.
4. Mislabled
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
Our nursery (Orchids Limited) was the first nursery that was allowed to
legally export mexipedium xerophyticum. We went through all the approval
process with US Fish and Wildlife and the Cites authorities some years ago.
So yes we have the permits. Jerry Lee Fischer
Wait, not so fast. Those littles Pekes may be tougher than they look:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1109915.html?menu=news.quirkies.animaltales
Sandy
And if you couldn't put a purebred Pekingese back into the wild and have it
function, does that make it not a member of Canis
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