Quote Originally Posted by Becky15349 View Post
Wow, that is stunning and unusual!! Ron, is there really no way of getting the plants back to the US from Peru? I'm totally ignorant about international plant transporting laws, but man, it sure would be tempting this bury this one in a suitcase...
Believe me, the thought did hit me of trying that but the punishment outweighed the risk.

On arrival back in US a dog was used for sniffing luggage.

I have been invited on another orchid expedition, to Peru, in 2009...If I go,I plan on stopping at the same roadside stand. We should be traveling at the same time of the year that I did in 2006, so C maxima should be in bloom. If I see another one with good form, I will purchase it for one of my friends in Lima and go from there.