Paphiopedilum ooii

[UweM]

The CITES is in dire needs to be reformed to allow control collection and lab propagation for distribution and conservation. It has been shown to work with Phragmipedium kovachii successfully. And can be done for ooii, rungsuriyanum and the likes of which the market demands. One pod contains thousands of seeds that can satisfy the orchidophiles in less than a year. This will put the looting and piracy out of business within a couple years. CITES needs to wake up and smell the coffee!

That's a beautiful dream.

The CITES authorities will never allow that. Why were all Paphios put on Appendix I? There are no answers for that!

So it makes no sense to speculate about it!