[pbs] Galanthus phyto requirements
Kelly Irvin
kelly at irvincentral.com
Sun Jan 27 13:57:10 EST 2008
Hello, John. Thanks for the information. My experience receiving
Galanthus from The Netherlands is different. I get charged about 70
euros (US$100) per species OR variety. I would be interested in your list...
Mr. Kelly M. Irvin
10850 Hodge Ln
Gravette, AR 72736
USA
479-787-9958
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b
mailto:kelly at irvincentral.com
http://www.irvincentral.com/
John Grimshaw wrote:
> Russell Stafford wrote:
>
>
>> the prohibitive cost of obtaining the necessary CITES certificate.
>>
>
> This is really not true. The cost of a CITES Certificate from the UK for
> exporting a consignement consisting of single genus of CITES-listed plant
> is £7 (c. $14 USD)(see
> http://www.ukcites.gov.uk/license/GN11_Fees_CITESapplications%20(Aug%2007).pdf).
> This is not expensive! That will cover any number of snowdrop bulbs.
>
> In addition of course a phytosanitary certificate is required and for this
> there is an inspection fee of about £40-50, depending on the time taken for
> inspection.
>
> This is not too bad if divided over a consignment of snowdrops priced at
> £7-25 per bulb and shared between friends. We ship a substantial order each
> year to a group in Canada by this route each year - as dormant bulbs of
> course.
>
> There are simply insufficient stocks anywhere of most, if any, Galanthus
> cultivars, to make wholesaling them to suppliers such as Russell viable. The
> retail market can absorb all we can grow.
>
> Our first Snowdrop Open Weekend has just finished, with hundreds of visitors
> enjoying perfect snowdrops in beautiful sunny weather.
>
> John Grimshaw
>
>
> Dr John M. Grimshaw
> Sycamore Cottage
> Colesbourne
> Nr Cheltenham
> Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
>
> Tel. 01242 870567
>
> COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2008
> January 26/27 and every Saturday & Sunday in February
> Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm
> website: www.colesbournegardens.org.uk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs" <odysseybulbs at earthlink.net>
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 6:29 PM
> Subject: [pbs] Galanthus phyto requirements
>
>
>
>> much scarcer in the U.S than in the U.K. (for example) -- This
>> means that importing them in small numbers makes little economic
>> sense, but it's hard to find a market for larger numbers of them. We
>> are always on the lookout for sources of uncommon Galanthus and other
>> geophytic rarities -- and yes, this is a hint to those of you who
>> have them growing on your premises!
>>
>> Russell
>>
>> Russell Stafford
>> Odyssey Bulbs
>> PO Box 382
>> South Lancaster, MA 01561
>> 508-335-8106
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