Look at the listing -- it says 'the heart of Sonoma County' as the location. That would be where Peter's nursery is. I have been to Peter's nursery a few times and the pots that the drought plants are planted are look much like the ones he uses.
So ... I see three possibilities
1) Peter is selling some plants via ebay
2) Someone who buys from Peter is selling plants
C) Someone who steals from Peter is selling plants.
California is a very large place with an area of 163,696 sq mi, 250 miles long and 770 miles long. Local water quality varies greatly. Here are some water quality numbers for California.and the tap water there in Cali is probably hard as hell, i know Bella said his tapwater was 300-400 ppm in NoCal, cant imagine its much better anywhere else.
I believe the "drought sale" plants are being sold by Lois (aka flytraplady5). She runs a wholesale CP nursery not far from and supplies many plants to Peter.
The pots look familiar because the both buy them in bulk from http://www.mcconkeyco.com/page.aspx?nid=25
Selling oreophiila seeds across international borders without the proper paperwork is illegal; there is no doubt about that. If we put aside the strict legal question here for a moment, I would like to ask a ethical question.
Since the person selling the seeds is in the Czech Republic, the likelihood of the seeds being poached is almost nil. That means what is likely is that this person, collected the seeds from his or her own plants. Since we can safely assume that the seeds are not poached, is it ethical to sell them? Is it ethical to buy them?
Just wondering what people's thoughts are on this
And for the record --- no I am not going to bid on them
Selling oreophiila seeds across international borders without the proper paperwork is illegal; there is no doubt about that. If we put aside the strict legal question here for a moment, I would like to ask a ethical question.
Since the person selling the seeds is in the Czech Republic, the likelihood of the seeds being poached is almost nil. That means what is likely is that this person, collected the seeds from his or her own plants. Since we can safely assume that the seeds are not poached, is it ethical to sell them? Is it ethical to buy them?
Just wondering what people's thoughts are on this
And for the record --- no I am not going to bid on them
That's a completely irrelevant question. How could it possibly be unethical?
Yes, it may be against the law, but that doesn't make it unethical. It just makes it against the law.