Family workshop+synchronous harvesting and sales, wild orchids are sold nationwide; Drug modification+false advertising, deceiving the world and profiting at high prices; Code language communication+outdoor live streaming, waiting for opportunities to evade police crackdown... Recently, Hubei public security cracked a series of cases that endangered nationally protected plants. The analysis found that the involved orchid grass was sold to many parts of the country, with over 10000 people involved. These cases once again sound the alarm for flower growers, and the criminal legal risks related to the protection of wild plants cannot be ignored. In January 2024, the Forest Police Detachment of Suizhou Public Security Bureau received a report from the public that a certain live streaming platform called "Hanhan Horticulture" had been live streaming the sale of wild orchids for a long time. The investigating police disguised themselves as buyers and entered the live broadcast room for monitoring. They found that the live broadcast room started broadcasting from early morning to early morning every day, with each orchid plant selling for 50 yuan to 100 yuan. After investigation, the police suspected that the code word "downhill grass" used by the anchor during the live broadcast was wild orchid grass harvested from the mountain. When the police asked the anchor in the live broadcast room if they were selling wild orchids, the anchor kept stuttering and refused to answer directly. The police brought the recorded screen of the live broadcast room to the botanical expert and preliminarily determined that the wild orchid sold in the live broadcast room was wild. The police told reporters that currently, the vast majority of wild orchids have been listed as national second-class protected plants, and the live broadcast room is suspected of illegally selling national key protected plants. The registration information of the live broadcast room shows that the shop owner Zhao is from Wanhe Town, Suixian County, Suizhou. Subsequently, the police arrested Zhao and seized 886 unsold wild orchids in his home. After investigation, from September 2023 to January 2024, Zhao's father-in-law and husband were digging wild orchids on the mountain. Zhao live streamed and sold about 2000 orchids at home, earning nearly 100000 yuan. According to the clues given by the suspects, the police captured seven suspect from other three families, including Yang Moudan and Yang Mou from the same village. They found that they were all family based gangs who stole wild orchids in separate and batch ways, and then sold them live online for profits. There is also a live streaming room that claims to offer "private customization" for products in addition to those displayed in online shop windows. Customers can provide whatever they want and take them to search for orchids in the mountains and forests. Once they find them, they can place an order for purchase. But the live streaming store owner did not register their real identity and contact information. Attentive police officers discovered that the shop owner had uploaded a selfie video. After work, the police identified his identity and, based on the scene features exposed in the video, arrested the shop owner Chen and his accomplice Liu at an abandoned cotton purchasing station in Suixian County, and destroyed the "private customization" den hidden in the deep mountains and forests. Makeup of Orchid Grass "Deceiving Consumers:" Suizhou, Hubei is a well-known production area of Orchid Grass in China, with abundant wild Orchid Grass resources. "Yang Junwei, a police officer from the Forest Police Detachment of Suizhou Public Security Bureau, said that in recent years, the Orchid Grass market has been hot, and some local villagers have discovered" business opportunities "and formed a" one-stop "wild Orchid Grass production and sales chain of self digging and self selling, causing serious damage to local Orchid Grass resources. Criminals not only illegally harvest orchids, but also use them to 'disguise themselves' and deceive consumers. In the orchid farming circle, orchids are valued for their rarity and uniqueness. The locals in Suizhou refer to the naturally mutated orchid grass as "artistic grass", which is widely loved by orchid farmers across the country. The police found that the "art grass" sold in the live broadcast room involved was not naturally mutated, but a "fake art grass" artificially synthesized from wild orchids. After digging back the orchid grass with flower buds, soak or spray it with a special potion to make the flowers look better Wang Mou, the suspect, said, "When the leaves are dyed yellow, they are known as' Phnom Penh '. A special liquid is used to destroy the chlorophyll of the orchid, so that they can be transformed into various' different grasses'. If you meet an inexperienced buyer, you can sell them at a high price." Yang Junwei introduced that chemical agents such as "acetochlor" can destroy the chlorophyll of the orchid, making the leaves yellow or white; The use of drugs such as "paclobutrazol" can prevent orchids from growing taller, thus turning them into miniature "dwarf grasses". Some suspects have also confessed that they put on makeup for Lancao and attempted to deceive law enforcement officers in order to deceive them. The reason why 'art grass' is expensive is mainly because buyers want to obtain grass seeds to continue breeding Wang Shuaibing, the president of the Orchid Society in Suizhou City, introduced that artificially synthesized "artistic grass" can only manage one generation, and the next generation bred is still ordinary orchid grass. Grass seeds have no economic value. In addition, chemical agents can also affect the lifespan of orchids, as some plants quickly wither and die after being delivered to consumers. Since March 2024, the Suizhou Public Security Bureau has launched a special crackdown on the illegal harvesting of orchids and grass. So far, the police have solved 16 cases, captured 129 illegal suspect, confiscated more than 40000 wild orchids, and involved a total value of more than 15 million yuan. According to the Criminal Law, illegal excavation, purchase, processing, and sale of nationally protected wild plants are punishable by imprisonment. Tang Shi, a partner at Hubei Guanzhu Law Firm, stated that currently, all species of wild orchids, except for the rabbit ear orchid, are listed in the national second level or above protected plant catalog. Specifically, if the relevant behavior involves one national first-class protected plant or two national second-class protected plants, it can be punished. "According to The Paper, on March 14th, the Zhijin Cave Environmental Protection Court of Zhijin County People's Court in Guizhou Province tried a criminal case of endangering national key protected plants. The defendant Ding was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for one year, and fined for the crime of endangering nationally protected plants. Previously, the defendant Ding purchased two wild orchids from Li (which has been dealt with separately) for 1280 yuan. After identification, the two wild orchids purchased by Ding are spring orchids, which belong to the national second-class key protected plants. After the incident, Ding voluntarily surrendered to the public security organs. The act of harvesting wild orchids for profit will damage orchid resources. If not curbed in a timely manner, wild orchids are at risk of resource depletion He Zongren, the captain of the Forest Police Detachment of Suizhou Public Security Bureau, said that the cost of criminals digging wild orchids is extremely low, which will disrupt the normal order of the orchid industry and even pose a risk of "bad money driving out good money". Police remind orchid farmers to learn how to identify orchids before going flower hunting: while pursuing "legitimate goods", they should avoid buying "criminal goods". The roots of wild orchids are generally at a 90 degree angle to the leaves Wang Shuaibing stated that orchids reproduce in a purely natural state, and their seeds grow and develop into rhizomes resembling "antlers" or "slingshots", known as "dragon roots"; Sometimes, many seeds develop together and form coral like rhizomes, known as "dragon eggs". Once the above situation is seen, it can be concluded that it is wild orchid grass. Orchid grass with clustered roots growing downwards is usually artificially cultivated and can be purchased with confidence