This seems to be a common problem with quarantine officers everywhere. The don't hire botanists or horticulturists to be inspectors. Randy On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:21 PM, steven hart < hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com> wrote: > Basically seeds that sprout in the mail, because i had a quarantine issue > to deal with immediately & needed an answer, right then for the quarantine > officer, who did not know some Amaryllis sprout in the mail & i wanted to > save them with some technical terms, because he didn't believe me..... -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *