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Re: [GWL]: White List

This is serious business as it will for all practical purposes preclude 
amateur plant collectors representing the many plant societies in the 
USA from collecting new, previously unidentified plant species in 
endangered forests. This would effectively end the practice of sending 
seeds and plant materials to be preserved as live specimens in a formal 
effort to propagate and distribute the plants to their members. I am 
sure all can agree that this is preferred to allowing plants to become 
extinct.

These new rules represent an international effort in which most major 
countries have bought into the premise that all plants NOT on their 
white list are dangerous and must be excluded unless proven otherwise. A 
very time consuming and expensive process you can be assured.

Transportation of plants invitro has been approved for orchids according 
to the Orchid Society. They recognized the problems and had their 
representative meeting with the government early in the process so they 
were able to obtain some accommodations. I would assume that roses and 
other mainstream commercial plants and seeds would still be shipped 
internationally per existing rules and regulations. For examples, Dutch 
bulbs and plants will still be imported in large quantities for 
immediate resale.

Existing university and USDA projects will continue, but efforts to 
locate new plants for medical research, food production, etc. will 
experience tighter controls and much higher costs to the consumers.

Claude Sweet
San Diego, CA
USA

Jeff Ball wrote:

> This White List issue sounds very serious and at the same time very
> difficult to understand.  Where is the horticulture industry in all this?
> The Rock Garden Society is nice, but wouldn't this new policy seriously
> impact on the large growers of new plants.  Suzi - what does Conard Pyle
> say?  Keith what does Pan American Seeds say?

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