CITES and Slipper Orchids An introduction to slipper orchids covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CITES and Slipper Orchids An introduction to slipper orchids covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Dec 24, 2015
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CITES and Slipper Orchids
An introduction to slipper orchids covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
What This Presentation Will Cover
• Introduction to slipper orchids
• Slipper orchids on CITES
• Implementing CITES for slipper orchids
Introduction to Slipper Orchids
What Are Slipper Orchids?
Cypripedium PaphiopedilumPhragmipedium
Slipper Orchids on CITES
Cypripedium PaphiopedilumPhragmipedium
Global Trade in Slipper Orchids
Major Exporter
Major Importer
Major Importer & Exporter
Source: UNEP-WCMC CITES trade data 1998-2002
Slipper Orchids on CITES
Cypripedium Characteristics – Flowers
Cypripedium Characteristics – Vegetative
Global Distribution of Cypripedium
Cypripedium species
30
1
20
10
0
Global Trade in Cypripedium
Major Exporter
Major Importer
Source: UNEP-WCMC CITES trade data 1998-2002
Major Importer & Exporter
Cypripedium lichiangense & C. palangshanense
Phragmipedium Characteristics – Flowers
Phragmipedium Characteristics – Vegetative
Global Distribution of Phragmipedium
Phragmipedium species
0
10
0
1
5
Source: UNEP-WCMC CITES trade data 1998-2002
Global Trade in Phragmipedium
Major Exporter
Major Importer
Major Importer & Exporter
Paphiopedilum Characteristics – Flowers
Paphiopedilum Characteristics – Vegetative
Global Distribution of Paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum species
20
1
10
0
Source: UNEP-WCMC CITES trade data 1998-2002
Global Trade in Paphiopedilum
Major Exporter
Major Importer
Major Importer & Exporter
Slipper Orchids on CITES: Summary
Cypripedium PaphiopedilumPhragmipedium
Implementing CITES for Slipper Orchids
Enforcement - Checks
• Check
– Documents
– Country of origin
– Packaging
– Shipments
– Trade routes
Distinguishing Between Wild and Artificially Propagated Plants
Cypripedium - Wild or Artificially Propagated?
Previous several years
growth
Blackened bud
1 cm
Cut roots with die back
Rhizome is the same diameter
at each end
Cypripedium – Potential Illegal Trade
• Damaged or cut• Some new root growth
Paphiopedilum & Phragmipedium Wild or Artificially Propagated?
General Appearance
Roots
Leaves
Soil
Wild Artificially propagated
• Uniform shape and size• Clean and healthy
• Clean and healthy• May have shape of pot
• Lower leaves damaged or cut• Insect damage/mining burrows• Pitted due to desiccation• Presence of lichens
• Clean and undamaged• Not cut back• Little or no insect damage
• Only horticultural compost
• Habitat soil or substrate attached
• Irregular shape and size• Damaged and marked
Paphiopedilum & Phragmipedium Wild or Artificially Propagated?
Wild – roots Wild – whole plantWild - leaves
AP - leavesAP - roots AP – whole plant
Phragmipedium – Potential Illegal Trade
Paphiopedilum – Potential Illegal Trade
Additional Slides
The CITES Nursery Registration System
The CITES Definition of ‘Artificially Propagated’
Promoting Sustainable Trade and Access to Breeding Material
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