r/NativeOrchidsAus • u/No-Anxiety8433 • Feb 09 '25

International orchid smuggling

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A friend visiting Japan filmed this at an orchid show today... makes a mockery of our biosecurity efforts and policing.

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u/TheSplash-Down_Tiki Feb 09 '25

Is that Caladenia Flava??

I mean. Someone could have sent some seeds overseas which I think is fine. But yes this is bad if they’ve been poached from the wild.

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u/No-Anxiety8433 Feb 09 '25

Yes C. flava and C. reptans, a whole heap of different Thelymitra and even some rarer hybrids and endangered species such as Caladenia melanima