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[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I wish you would quit dogging this person. I understand that this all upsets you, Subrosa, but...wow.

Honestly, there is no way, I believe, to keep out disease. We can try but if you are moving plants and not analyzing the tissue under an electron microscope of each and every plant, you are moving disease. I wish that wasn't the case but it is. As for insects, you miss a few eggs and...Citrus Greening.
I hate it but that is the way it is. You either enjoy your orchids that come from other countries and try not to think too hard about it or you decide to only buy orchids that Americans have flasked and raised.
I follow what is happening with the chocolate, coffee, banana and citrus industries and you realize that no matter how hard a country tries to protect their agriculture, if you are importing or moving plants...the diseases will spread...just as it did for the elms and chestnuts. I have a chestnut tree that is mostly American Chestnut. The 'mother tree' died of the Chestnut Blight and mine is fighting it. I love that tree but what can I do?

So, I understand that you wish to protect our agriculture and that in other countries but the absolute best way is to stop moving plants from one area to another altogether and, seriously, that is not going to happen. So, please, enough! Leave this poor person alone!

What does "I'm done with this" mean to you? With all due respect, the day that you say and I do is not today, wasn,'t yesterday, and won't be tomorrow.

[WhiteRabbit]

Points have been made, and opinions expressed.

OB cannot condone improper plant importation. It is understandable that some may not be aware of the requirements.

Thread is being locked. OP has registered his dissatisfaction with the plant received from this particular vendor. Members have had worthwhile discussion regarding the requirements for plant importation, but further discussion on that should not be in this thread.


*** ETA ***
I want to clarify that my statement regarding OB's stance on unlawful importation was meant generally; I did not mean to imply that the OP had done so (I don't know the particulars of the situation, so cannot say).


One last comment about plant importation - it is imperative to do the research as to what may be required by your country, and comply with those regulations.