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.

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"Seong" wrote in message
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Thanks to all for the tips. Does anyone know why it's illegal in the
States?


"Seong" wrote in message
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Hi,
Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase an orchid called
ooii?
Thanks

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.

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"Seong" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all for the tips. Does anyone know why it's illegal in the
States?


"Seong" wrote in message
...

Hi,
Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase an orchid called
ooii?
Thanks

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.

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.

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.

"Ray" wrote in message ...
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.

Not quite. Trade in wild-collected appendix I plants is permitted
under certain limited circumstances (for scientific research, but not
commercial sales). Artificially propagated seedlings of Appendix I
species can be traded, so theoretically it would be possible to import
legal paphs or phrags if the native country issues permits. The
problem is that the Vietnamese paphs on the worldwide market were not
exported from Vietnam as flasked seedlings. Consequently, they are
illegal, and flasked seedlings derived from that stock are also
illegal. Other nations may be more lax, but the US has apparently
decided to obey both the letter and the spirit of the law.

See:
http://www.orchidweb.org/cites_news.html

and
http://www.cites.org for the text of the convention. See especially
Article VII paragraph 4.

Good point. I was thinking only of the "sales" implication of "trade."

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"Myrmecodia" wrote in message
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"Ray" wrote in message
...
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.

Not quite. Trade in wild-collected appendix I plants is permitted
under certain limited circumstances (for scientific research, but not
commercial sales). Artificially propagated seedlings of Appendix I
species can be traded, so theoretically it would be possible to import
legal paphs or phrags if the native country issues permits. The
problem is that the Vietnamese paphs on the worldwide market were not
exported from Vietnam as flasked seedlings. Consequently, they are
illegal, and flasked seedlings derived from that stock are also
illegal. Other nations may be more lax, but the US has apparently
decided to obey both the letter and the spirit of the law.

See:
http://www.orchidweb.org/cites_news.html

and
http://www.cites.org for the text of the convention. See especially
Article VII paragraph 4.