sourcing unusual galanthus
Mark BROWN (Wed, 11 Mar 2015 01:54:28 PDT)
Dear Jane and all,
I am back on facebook under the advice received here.
I'a real glad I did because there is an amazing snowdrop forum there where swapping goes on in Europe like mad!
I believe there is an american forum there too?
Could you not use that as a base for swapping in the states?
Kind regards,
Mark
Message du 06/03/15 20:58
De : "Jane McGary"
A : "Pacific Bulb Society"
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Objet : Re: [pbs] sourcing unusual galanthus
I am not a collector of Galanthus forms, but over
the years I have acquired some thanks to various
friends and purchases from the Temple Nursery
(New York), which operates via a postal catalog.
For members in the USA who are interested in this
genus, I think it would be worthwhile to compile
a database, which would NOT be available online
(no thieves in the back garden at midnight,
please), gathering the holdings of a group of
growers who are willing to exchange or actually
sell surplus bulbs. I suppose someone could set
up a forum for this purpose -- not I,
particularly since in the past week my internet
connection goes off about every ten minutes. I
think we would be surprised to find how many
species and selections are being grown within the
country and not subject to CITES restrictions.
Also, we could mail the bulbs when they are
dormant, which is better than sending them "in
the green," an outdated practice. I think we
would have to agree not to bother others for
material of plants of which they have only a tiny
amount; perhaps the database could include some such information.
I don't know how many people would want to
participate in an effort like this, but I would
be willing to keep the database if someone else
will set up the rest of it. If there are only a
dozen or so participants, we could even use just
e-mail with "reply to all" correspondence. We should keep it separate from PBS.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA
At 08:27 AM 3/6/2015, you wrote:
Right now I'm searching everywhere for Canadian
sources of galanthus other than g.elwesii and
g.nivalis, wonderful as they are. Importing
seems impossible, the barriers are so high. So
if anyone has any advice or suggestions, I would
appreciate them very much. (This isnât a
direct answer to your question.) Would-be
galanthophiles here in the U.S. feel your pain.
I looked at the information from Environment
Canada for importing snowdrops and it seems
similar to what is required in the U.S. It looks
like you need a CITES import permit as well as
an export permit from the country of origin.
(Someone can correct me on this if Iâm wrong.)
The cost of a CITES export permit from the UK is
£74, plus an additional £2 per bulb. (Then
thereâs the cost of the snowdrops themselves.)
The cost of an import permit in the US is $100.
And apparently, even when you pay for the
permits, there is no guarantee that the permits
will be granted. There are a couple of
mail-order nurseries that do export snowdrops.
One mentions the U.S. in particular, but says
nothing about Canada. So, technically, the
barriers arenât really high, if you have
enough money to spend on permits and snowdrops,
and a willingness to fill out a form that makes
filing tax returns look like nothing. Bob Nold
Denver, Colorado, USA
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