Can I bring cut orchids from Singapore to Australia?
Changi Airport has several shops that sell boxed cut orchids. Can I import these to Australia? Or will they be confiscated by Customs?
Best Answer
Yes you can and maybe they might.
Cut flowers of most all members of the Orchidaceae can be imported from any country into Australia. They do not require any permits, unless they are species listed on the CITES red list. But any cut flowers sold at Changi Airport will be from hybrids not species.
You do have to declare them upon arrival in Australia and they will be subject to inspection for disease, insects, etc. If found wanting they will be confiscated and destroyed. But again what is being sold in Changi has already been selected so that it is OK for travelers to take home.
So make the folks you are visiting feel great with an orchid bouquet.
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