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" > Copie à : > 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 the green," an outdated practice.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 > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/