Thanks,

Angela

I have ordered clivia seeds through Ebay from 2 different sellers located in Australia and all 5 or 6 times the seeds have come through with no problems at all. They mark on the form that they attached to the bubble wrap envelope "clivia hobby supplies". Even though I think they may have been scanned there were no problems.

If I can help you with any other questions let me know..

Donna

They tape a declaration form to the envelope similar to the one that you must have filled out when you sent yours over (unless you hid them another way).
Clivia seeds come over here regularly from Australia. As for other seeds, I don't know. As for marking "Clivia Hobby Supplies that was just on the form where it is indicated that they want to know what is in the package. I think I would refrain from marking plant material keep from heat or frost, or anything else on the package as that would raise a red flag as to the contents of the package. Believe me, it is much harder to mail to Australia than from Australia to here..

The first and only time I sent hippy seeds to Australia, I marked the package "Photos, do not bend" and filled it with some cut newspaper about the thickness of several photos. Now I'm NOT advocating that anyone else do this, I was just nervous as to what to do the first time. The next time I think I'll just mark the package "Amaryllis Hobby Supplies" and see what happens.

Good luck, I know the first time you do it you will be on pins and needles waiting. It generally take a little over a week, not nearly as long as one would expect for a bubble wrap envelope to come all the way from Australia.

Donna

P.S. I am also guilty of sending actual plants to both Tasmania and Western Australia, which is a big no no here.

Happy gardening and happy posting, the more trades the better, it helps us all.

Kerrie

It is legal to send h. striatum to Australia, which is what I sent. The envelope (in addition to the customs form) must be marked "Clean seed--"Striatum". That was how I marked them, and they made it there fine.

As for importing seeds to the US, a bit of google searching turns up the appropriate pages:
This page links answers the question:
Q: How do I know if a plant or plant part is generally admissible without special restrictions?
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/faq/plants4planting_faq s.shtml

And the doc that it links to here:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads /plants_for_planting.pdf
Shows that scadoxus multiflorus bulbs are regulated, but that seeds are not (at least by my read).

And here is the page governing imports of small seed lots:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_imports/smalllots _seed.shtml

This is a bit less clear (to me). It says when phytosanitary certificate is not needed. But I'm not clear if you must meet all of the conditions on this page (but that seems likely). In particular I can't tell if you still need a permit for non-regulated plant material, or only if your seeds are of a regulated species.