Four answers, and only four
A recent enquiry from an importer carried 297 request taxa across 15 genera. The desk checked every one against the catalogue and the partner-grower feed. The result is the honest shape of a reply: a minority held exactly, a smaller number held only as a base species, a couple sourceable, and the rest named as unavailable rather than padded with substitutes that were never asked for.
In the Foliaria catalogue
The species is listed with its export grade and stock status. The catalogue entry is the reference for what is held and how it is graded.
The reply: The exact catalogue entry, its export grade, and the published FOB price where one is listed.
Held only as a base species
The species is related to something we hold, but not to the plant that was asked for: a parent species of a hybrid, or a different cultivar of the same species. We say which one we hold rather than passing it off as the same plant.
The reply: The entry we do hold, what the difference is, and whether a similar selection is worth looking at.
Sourceable through partner growers
The species is not in the catalogue, but a partner nursery in our grower network lists it. Sourcing is confirmed per enquiry, not held in stock.
The reply: Whether the partner can supply the quantity you asked for, and the terms that apply to that sourcing run.
Not currently available
No catalogue entry and no partner-grower match at the time of the review. Availability changes with propagation cycles, so a later wishlist may return a different answer.
The reply: A plain statement that it is unavailable, plus comparable species from the same genus where the catalogue or the grower network has them.
These figures come from that single review and describe that wishlist on the day it was checked. They are not a catalogue total and not a promise about the next list. The catalogue holds 826 species records in total; the 39 above are only the overlap with that one enquiry.
How the list is read
One taxon per line
Write the botanical name as you know it, one per line. Genus and species are enough. Cultivar, variety or form helps where it changes the plant, and a note such as “seedling”, “mature specimen” or a target quantity is useful. A list pasted straight from a spreadsheet is fine.
Alternatives stay in the genus
Where the exact taxon is unavailable, the desk may suggest another species or form from the same genus, drawn from the catalogue or the partner-grower network. It will say which is which. If nothing comparable exists, the reply says so and stops.
Outside the product line
Mosses, liverworts and filmy ferns are outside the Foliaria product line. They are not quoted and not sourced through partner growers, so there is no useful answer to give on those lines beyond that.
No invented availability
Stock cycles with propagation. A species named as unavailable today may be listed in a later review, and a species held today may be gone next month. The desk reports what the catalogue and the grower feed show when the list is read.
Destination first
The wishlist reply names the plants. The import file depends on the market: some destinations require a permit before dispatch, others a pre-arrival notification, and all require a phytosanitary certificate issued on the Indonesian side. Read the guide for the market you ship to before the wishlist becomes an order, and confirm the current position with the authority named there.
- United States
- European Union
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Japan
- South Korea
- Norway
- United Arab Emirates
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Saudi Arabia
Full comparison of permits and notifications:import permit for plants by market.
Submit a wishlist
Fill in the buyer details, paste the list, and the export desk receives the whole thing in one submission. The species field has no line limit.
Questions buyers ask before sending a list
Does a wishlist reserve stock?
No. A wishlist starts a sourcing review. It does not reserve plants, hold a price, or commit either side to an order. Stock and terms are confirmed only when the export desk replies to the specific enquiry.
What does the export desk send back?
Four things: what is held in the Foliaria catalogue, what we hold only as a base species, what partner growers can source, and comparable alternatives from the same genus where those exist. Species that are unavailable are named as unavailable.
Do you supply mosses, liverworts or filmy ferns?
No. Mosses, liverworts and filmy ferns sit outside the Foliaria product line and are not quoted, whether they appear on a wishlist or in a catalogue from another supplier.
Does the wishlist change my import requirements?
No. Permit, notification and certificate requirements follow the destination, and some species carry their own conditions. The market guides set out the position for each destination, and the authority named in the guide remains the final word.
Browse before you write
The catalogue indexlists every species currently offered, with export grade and stock status. If your list is short, the catalogue is usually faster than a sourcing review.