Please report them ASAP to your county & state offices. They "may" have permits to collect plants that are in (road grading etc.) "harms way" but, I get the idea (with the #'s they are quoting) they are "stripping" ilegally! As a person who has seen acuale in its native habitat here in Minnesota & the pine barrens conditions down there I can "garuntee" those plants will be dead before next summer is out & they should not be allowed to procede any furthur than they have in filling their "ebay orders" Call your local University AND Orchid society- they may know the rules down there better than I. I can just say that the whole thing is a really bad idea & basically WRONG! (look up native orchid alliance, nature conservancy, slipper alliance- Carson Whitloworchidmall Stop them, it's futile Kathy in MN
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