>Correct me if I'm wrong, but you need an import permit for any plant material. The discussion on the PBS List has been about the Small Lots of Seed permit. The permit you require for bulbs and plants is a different permit so it's best to go to the APHIS (USDA) website and check on importing bulbs and plants. Unless the bulbs are being imported for resale, an import permit is not required, so long as a phytosanitary certificate provided by the exporter is included in the shipment. " Plants for planting which do not require an import permit: Precleared bulbs of APHIS-approved taxa when from an approved preclearance program [Note: the above is for importers who buy bulbs from The Netherlands, etc.] Shipments of 12 or fewer plants, only when there is no applicable specific restriction (see Plants with Additional Requirements, Prohibited Plants, and the APHIS Plants for Planting Manual.) Most plants from Canada Sterile cultures of orchid plants" The APHIS website is kind of vague when it comes to the actual number of bulbs (or "articles") allowed. "Under the plants for planting quarantine (7 CFR 319 Subpart-Plants for Planting), the following restricted articles (other than articles for food, analytical, medicinal, or manufacturing purposes) in any of the following categories may be imported or offered for importation into the United States only after issuance of a written permit by Plant Protection and Quarantine: Lots of 13 or more articles (other than seeds, bulbs, or sterile cultures of orchid plants) from any country or locality except Canada" Note also that bulbs like species and cultivars of galanthus also require a CITES Appendix II export permit (provided by the exporter), in addition to the phyto. Bob Nold Denver, Colorado _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…