Technically, trade is banned by all signatory nations for all CITES I plant
species. How well that is enforced is another issue.

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"tennis maynard" wrote in message
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Ray wrote:
All paphiopedilums are CITES Appendix I listed, so are banned from
international trade. As they are not native to the US, their presence
indicates an illegal act.

but only in the US, all the other countries have them and let them in.