32:44:00N 117:01:58W
540 feet (164 meters) amsl
USDA Zone 10a
Sunset Zone 23
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On Friday, May 11, 2001 13:51, Lewandjim@aol.com [SMTP:Lewandjim@aol.com] wrote:
> In a message dated 05/11/2001 2:44:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> edggon@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Ron... In some places (including Brazil), sending living plants without
> the almost-impossible-to-have permits is now considered a crime, and people
> can be arrested for it. After March this year things have become dangerous
> around here. I has heard that things are now the same in Colombia. As an
> active plant collector (I also have a compreensive collection of some
> genera) I am not happy with this. I only want to make you know that the
> danger sometimes is not in the jungle... It is at the luggage inspection at
> the airports! Keep you eyes opened!!! >>
>
> Dear Eduardo, Ron, et al.,
>
> This list is an international assemblage but I wanted to add to what Eduardo
> said above for the benefit of US citizens. Under a very broad-based Lacey Act
> if you collect plants illegally in a foreign jurisdiction and return with
> them, you have committed a criminal act in the US as well. The penalties are
> fearsome both economically and in jail time.
>
> You are at risk of apprehension at both the departure and arrival airport!
>
> Jim Langhammer
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