Where to Find Vanilla Tahitensis and Other Exotic Orchids

[Luxliving]

Does anyone have any idea where/how I can acquire some Vanilla Tahitensis? I've been searching for it for a few years and have thus far only been able to find one source. Stock has been scarce and elusive and now the owner of the business has taken down his website and refuses to answer any of my inquiries. I did manage to get a couple of these before the owner started ignoring his customers, but they were infected by some kind of disease which was difficult to treat and now I can't find anymore. If someone could give me some kind of guidance on where/How I could obtain a replacement I would be most grateful.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Sorry, this is one rare Vanilla species. Since Vanilla species are not popular, it'll be difficult to source. I also do not know who'd be able to ship it to you without you having to pay a ridiculous amount of money for 1 cutting due to CITES and phytosanitary certificates, as well as import permits. You are hitting up a forum where the majority of the people using this site are in the United States. There are some people from all over the world here, but most are from the US. For us to recommend a US seller to ship to the Virgin Islands even if you guys are a US territory might still be very costly for you. Plus, I don't know what kind of shipping laws or regulations are in place for US territories.

You could try asking Andy's Orchids, but I'm not sure if he'll have it or can ship it to the Virgin Islands if he does have it.