BillP Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Hi All, I'm thinking of buying some tissue cultured Heliamphora in vitro from Australia. Any views on the necessity of a Phytosanitary Certificate for import to the UK? This will add considerably to the cost of a small order. But my plants will be no use to me if customs bung them in a furnace on arrival........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Welcome to CPUK. :wave: Triffid Park I assume? It seems to depend who you talk to at DEFRA. As the flasks/tubes are by definition sterile I don't believe a phytosanitary certificate should be required. However, I am part of a group arranging to import some plants at the moment and the advice from DEFRA has been to get a phyto cert. I believe this is incorrect advice that will lead to unnecessary expense. However, we are getting phyto on a "just in case" basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Evenin' Bill, Welcome to the mad, mad world of CPUK - some of these guys just don't sleep!! :horseshit: But, there again, you've worked in places with more nutters............ 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest padedeji Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Hi Bill Welcome to the forum Have you checked out the German forum or any of the German guys as they appear to be into TC and Heliamphora on a larger scale than the UK Regards Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillP Posted May 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Hi folks, I'm new to all this, where would I find the German forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Hi folks,I'm new to all this, where would I find the German forum? http://www.carnivoren.org/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 also try Andreas Wistuba's nursery: http://www.wistuba.com that's where I get my Heliamphora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillP Posted May 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Well, I decided to go ahead with an order and pay for the phyto certificate. Now the guy is asking about an "import permit", does anyone have an opinion about this?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 You get them free online. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to post a link shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/plan...ts/nursery.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest padedeji Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hi Bill I imported some plants from malaysian tropcals and the advice that I was given by DEFRA was that a import certificate was not required and they would not be inspecting the plants on arrival into the UK, as they where for my own use and I was not selling them on If plants are on schedule 1 of CITES then a CITES certificate is required as well Regards Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Phil, I suspect that's some sort of deal between your two countries (Commonwealth?) because they wouldn't send me my Neps last year w/o the permit and stamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest padedeji Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hi Tim DEFRA which is the UK authority that regulates animal and plant imports only check imported plants that are imported by dealers who are redistributing them, in reality the phyto certificate declares that they are pest free Regards Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Phil, that was stupid of me, I didn't see he was in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillP Posted May 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 So, the consensus is that in the UK I don't need an import permit - just the highly expensive phyto? Wish me luck (both with the plants and officialdom!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillP Posted May 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 According to a DEFRA bod tissue cultured material in vitro is exempt from CITES and so an import licence is not required for the UK. It will be interesting to see what happens in reality...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 So, the consensus is that in the UK I don't need an import permit - just the highly expensive phyto?Wish me luck (both with the plants and officialdom!). Good Luck!! I'll be interested to see what you get (state of plants after a long journey) and how long it takes etc. What you getting?? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillP Posted June 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi Dunc, I'm (hopefully!) getting H.Nutans and H.Minor, allegedly in about 2 months time. The bod does flasks of 20 plants and I'm getting 2 of each - the major expence is the phyto so I decided to over order on plants. Should be enough to guarentee a few survivors even under my clumsy care! The guy calls himself "Flora Laboratories", he didn't seem very professional (I had to play 20 questions to find out what he had and what it cost and he's never sent to the UK). On the other hand, his prices are a lot better than "Triffid Park". Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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