| Jerry said:
"Most growers, myself included, do not put a name tag in every pot when they are small. Usually they are labeled when sold. We can ID the plants from the flowers because we do not grow 10 plants that look alike."
Therein lies my greatest disagreement with orchid growers. Too many of them do exactly what Jerry admitted to. The fact is that plants are poorly traced through the transfer of evidence chain and nobody can have faith in the resulting identification. If the police did that no criminal would ever be convicted. We, the buyers, deserve far more.
On the subject of identification from pictures, it's impossible. Not only do people make and distribute pictures that are not close to representative of the subject, but the viewer is entirely dependent on the proper calibration of his own monitor. It's amazing how many people just assume that what they see on their monitor is representative of what the sender offered. The proper colors on video monitors are entirely dependent on proper calibration that will not happen unless the owner takes proactive action to assure it.  |