"Kay Lancaster" wrote:
Darren Garrison wrote:
Kay Lancaster wrote:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG

Reminds me of one of the Bulbophyllum orchids.

You did have the proper import permits for this, right?
And your friend had the export permits?

No. Should I need them? For a houseplant? Didn't have
them for the Ginkgo,
Yuzu, or Persimmon seeds he sent either. Or one other
Japanese plant he sent, I
think he called it "kudzu"? I didn't need those, so I
just sprinkled them
around in the woods.

Yes, you do need them. And a CITES permit, too, if it's
an orchid.
The regulations are there to help prevent accidental
import of diseases,
insects, and other pests, and to help with endangered
species.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_exp...ts/index.shtml
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_heal...products.shtml

Accidentally introducing a pest by casual imports of
un-inspected goods
can be biologically and economically devastating. Asian
longhorn beetle,
Dutch Elm disease, Striga asiatica, Medfly... they were
all accidental
introductions.

Just wait until that Kudzu takes over the woods.

Seahag