CITES and Galanthus
penstemon (Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:11:58 PST)
Speaking of which, and staying with Galanthus - do you know the story of
Nancy Goodwin in North Carolina? She went to a local hardware store and
bought something like 100 Galanthus nivalis. Only they began flowering in
December. Turns out they were all Galanthus elwesii monosticta.
It turns out that these are Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus Hiemalis
Group. (Whew.)
I suspect that these laws are punishment-oriented rather than
prevention-oriented. If an individual were caught with galanthus dug from
the wild, would be the bulbs be returned to the wild?
Preventing an individual from importing a cultivated galanthus seems to have
no purpose other than punishment. Certainly not protection of wild species.
Bob Nold
Denver, Colorado
high of zero (-17C) today