Are the bamboo seeds (and seedlings) being sold from overseas sources legitimate?
That question is difficult to prove one way or another. All I can do is provide some facts, opinions and basic logic and let you form your own opinion. First, before discussing the legitimacy of these seeds, there is a legal issue to consider: The U.S. government Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) can be accessed and searched online. U.S.D.A. Title 7 (Agriculture), Chapter III Part 319.37.2 (Prohibited articles) clearly states Seeds, plants, and cuttings of Bambuseae as being prohibited from general import from all countries into the U.S. It is an indisputable fact that bamboo seeds may NOT be imported into the U.S. unless they spend one year in one of the ABS post entry quarantine stations. Now the seeds… The vendors of these seeds provide no original photographs of the parent plants. Instead, they use nursery photographs from this website or from the website of other growers, including Quindembo Nursery in Hawaii. The seed vendors seem unable to take a photograph of “their” parent s
