Orchid Poachers Brought to Justice--Check Out This Video

[dopplerthesexybeast]

So it's about 45 minutes long, but well worth the watch for those of us who are passionate about orchids.

Orchid Poachers Brought to Justice

For those of you who are new to orchids, please please PLEASE make sure you know where your orchid came from. You may envision poaching as something that only happens to wild animals, but these precious flowers also fall victim. These guys don't exactly succeed, but it DOES happen.

If you absolutely MUST have an import, MAKE SURE you have it imported legally... or you have forever lost my respect.

[Andrew]

Thanks for posting this. I haven't seen this episode of Banged Up Abroad. However, for clarity, Hart Dyke and Winder weren't 'brought to justice' for poaching orchids. They were abducted by paramilitants.

[mattryan]

what???
I ust see 2 idiots

---------- Post added 04-10-2013 at 12:07 AM ---------- Previous post was 04-09-2013 at 11:56 PM ----------

I watched the whole post and still haven't seen any one stealing an orchid.

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I watched the whole post and still haven't seen any one stealing an orchid.

[dopplerthesexybeast]

I just feel that it brings the orchid trade to light.

---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:40 PM ----------

I guess I should clarify--it's pretty clear to me that these guys weren't... completely... what's the word... legally genuine. Poaching to me seems to have been the intention. Therefore I think of it as "sweet harsh justice."

---------- Post added at 11:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 PM ----------

Or maybe I am just being way too cynical about this because I have seen it happen first hand in Thailand. There are so many orchids floating around in the US poached from deforested Thai and Lao areas. Living there probably HAS made me cynical. I mean, the dude brings along a guy who doesn't know squat about orchids to go "look at pretty flowers." Passion can quickly become sketch. I've seen people take them. Anyway...

I think it's a good watch. A lot of the most beautiful orchids are in areas difficult to access.

[Andrew]

The guy's history is plastered across the internet so you can Google him and make of him what you will.

For me, the moral of the story is that if you're going to hunt for orchids, don't be stupid enough to do it in areas where the police need to carry bigger guns than your own military.