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>>I hope that they are not wasted and at least go on to be propagated
>>by some organization or botanical garden.
>>


That's what happens to endangered plants and animals that are being
imported illegally - they go to a botanic garden or zoo.

The arisaema seeds were not seized because of CITES, though, but
because of the U.S. worry about disease, so they were probably
destroyed.

We recently had a lecturer come in from New Zealand with seeds to
give to the audience.  Seeds of woody plants require a phyto to be
allowed in to Canada, so the seeds were held at the airport customs
office until he was flying home, when they were given back to him.

--
Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil