Posted by Tomm Broome on 3/6/2008, 10:30 pm, in reply to "New collector from Namibia"
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: Hi My name is Doret and I live in
: Namibia. I recently got interested
: in Cycads and Cycas. Little did I
: know it will be such a complicated
: hobby and a very expensive one as
: well. I went out on the internet to
: search for plants first to buy in
: South Africa. Was I in for a nasty
: suprise. I wanted to give up after
: I got the first pricelists. The
: paperword needed was almost more
: expensive than the plants itself.
: Then I found out I had to buy from a
: CITES nursery, I couldn't buy from
: a private grower and then applied
: for the CITES permit as well as the
: export permit to Namibia. Then I
: thought well to obtain seeds will be
: faster and much easier. BIG
: mistake. I was told seeds are even a
: bigger no no as was the plants
: itself. As I also had to obtain
: permits but in the same time they
: told me I would never obtain permits
: as no one could be sure that the
: seeds was actually true to the name.
: So I really find this very
: complicated and confusing at most
: and very dissapointing. I do
: understand that these plants have to
: be protected but to me it seems they
: want to make it impossible to get
: persons interested in these
: wonderful plants.
:
: Are there any cycas or cycads seeds
: that I can get that wouldn't pose a
: problem?
:
: I would really love to grow these
: plants. I also just started to
: collect Clivias.
:
: Hope you have a great day
: Greetings from Namibia
: Doret
:
Unless your country has special rules any appendix 2 species seeds can go from any country to any other country without special CITES permits. That would be macrozamias, zamias, bowenias, dioons, lepidozamias, and all cycas but 1 species. You should join the Cycad Society. It has a seed bank and on average, will offer about 20 to 30 different app 2 seeds each year.
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