http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/can-you-bring-orchids-back-from-hawaii-to-the-mainland Orchid Care Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/can-you-bring-orchids-back-from-hawaii-to-the-mainland/comment-page-1#comment-203 igotpoi Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:05:38 +0000 http://orchids.islandpalmmarketing.com/can-you-bring-orchids-back-from-hawaii-to-the-mainland#comment-203 You can also bring back non-packaged plants provided you leave them with the Dept. of Agriculture for a day or two prior to your departure. There, they will fumigate it and tag it with a DOA seal which will allow you to bring it with you to the mainland. Some mainland states however have their own acceptance lists for plants and vegetables. For example: California will not allow the import of the Hawaiian White Ginger plant whereas the other states will. (go figure). You can also bring back non-packaged plants provided you leave them with the Dept. of Agriculture for a day or two prior to your departure. There, they will fumigate it and tag it with a DOA seal which will allow you to bring it with you to the mainland. Some mainland states however have their own acceptance lists for plants and vegetables. For example: California will not allow the import of the Hawaiian White Ginger plant whereas the other states will. (go figure).

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