CAT: import permits?
- Subject: [iris] CAT: import permits?
- From: Linda Mann l*@volfirst.net
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:34:37 -0500
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A few months ago, somebody posted something about a change in
requirements for an import permit for purchases of irises overseas. I
couldn't find the post in the Mallorn archives, so went hunting on the
web with Google. After quite a bit of rummaging around, I found a USDA
FAQ pdf download that says:
"Bulbs and other underground parts (...rhizomes....) of the genera
listed below do not require a formal permit for entry...." The list
includes Iris.
Near as I can decipher from all the USDA FAQs regarding PPQ (plant
protection and quarantine), import restrictions have not changed
recently but are now being enforced.
Rules are different for seeds. I don't know if the exemption for
"bulbs" includes seeds of "bulbs" (i.e., iris seeds).
Speaking of seeds, I haven't forgotten to mail the I. brevicaulis seeds
to those who asked for them, just haven't done it yet.
--
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
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