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By any chance would someone here know where in Singapore you could buy some nepenthes plants. Gonna be there for a visit
Thanks


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I would first make sure you can even take them out of the country.

Fieldofscreams wrote:I would first make sure you can even take them out of the country.

Was gonna ship them back


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Even that might not be legal.

Nepenthes are protected by the CITES treaty, which places significant restrictions on international shipment of protected plants and animals. You need to make sure you know how to do it legally (and it may not be possible to, during your trip) before you attempt it.

Well I rather just skip the whole endeavor. Don’t wanna break any laws


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nimbulan wrote:Nepenthes are protected by the CITES treaty, which places significant restrictions on international shipment of protected plants and animals. You need to make sure you know how to do it legally (and it may not be possible to, during your trip) before you attempt it.

I only could find 2 nepenthes on the list
Rajah and another one
Also as far as I can read only bigger amount of plants needs a permit.
Smaller amounts need inspection and quarantine at port of entry



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t9gear wrote:

nimbulan wrote:Nepenthes are protected by the CITES treaty, which places significant restrictions on international shipment of protected plants and animals. You need to make sure you know how to do it legally (and it may not be possible to, during your trip) before you attempt it.

I only could find 2 nepenthes on the list
Rajah and another one
Also as far as I can read only bigger amount of plants needs a permit.
Smaller amounts need inspection and quarantine at port of entry



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N. rajah and N. khasiana are under much stronger restrictions, but all Nepenthes are protected by CITES. I'm pretty sure you need the appropriate permits (plant permit + endangered species permit) to import any number of CITES-listed plants, where as you discovered, with non-restricted plants you can import up to 12 at a time without a permit. I could be wrong, APHIS doesn't make this information easy to find.

The bigger sticking point however, is getting paperwork from the seller - a phytosanitary certificate and CITES declaration (basically certification that the plants were not collected from the wild.) It's typically rather difficult to get these unless the seller exports plants regularly. This may not be the case in Singapore, I really don't know.

Keep an eye on the "Sales, Trades, and Wants - Other regions". There's often a member selling fresh seeds from various Neps and Nep hybrids. Harder than repotting a juvenile plant, but a way to avoid CITES, APHIS, and other restrictions.