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Old 04-30-2013, 02:27 AM
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how would one go about acquiring a Phalaenopsis Leucorrhoda (Aphrodite x Schelleriana)? or is it one of those things, you get it if you happen to see it
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Old 04-30-2013, 06:45 AM
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I would start by searching google and see if any vendors come up that have it, if there are check here to see if people think it's a good vendor. I come up with UK vendors if I do that here (and it's not listed).

If you can't find it that way try contacting one or more of the good vendors and asking. Here in the UK they will sometimes say 'no but try so and so' and give you another vendor to try. Here in the UK the vendors all tend to know each other quite well and know who specialises in certain types of things so can direct you to the nursaries that specialise in the right thing (not sure if that's the same in the USA).

Sometimes if none of them have it, one will offer to keep an eye out for you, or they will advise if they think it's a difficult one to find.

Sometimes hybrids go in and out of fashion. I had one I really wanted to replace one I killed. When I got the first it was everywhere and every vendor had them for sale, a few years later no one had it. What they explained is that someone will grow a batch of them and flood the market, then they'll move on to something else, and so you get these fashions where something is at every vendor, then later they become really few and far between, if you can find them at all. It's worth a try speaking to the vendors though.

Then if all that fails it probably is a case of keep your eyes open at shows just in case it turns up.
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Old 04-30-2013, 06:49 AM
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Alright. Im probably going to have to email some vendors because i searched for a few hours and came up with nothing. Thank you for he advice

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Old 04-30-2013, 07:26 AM
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Bear in mind too that if it's seed grown then individual plants might vary quite a bit, so it's not guarenteed that it will look exactly like your perfect picture or the one on the vendor's website. Have you looked up the parents too? It might be that one of them would suit you, and would be easier to get hold of. Phal schelleriana has a few meristems/clones available: that means they've cloned a particular plant, so you'll get one that does look like the picture.
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Old 04-30-2013, 07:57 PM
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Try contacting Big Leaf Orchids. They specialize in phalaenopsis.
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Old 04-30-2013, 08:43 PM
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Generally, the older a hybrid is, the harder it is to find, with hybrids older than 20 years being rare to non-existent on the market. This particular hybrid was registered in 1875, and named after the naturally occurring hybrid Phal x leucorrhoda. You're unlikely to find the man-made hybrid anywhere. The natural hybrid occasionally comes up for sale at shows.

Many plants that were formerly identified as the natural hybrid are actually a separate species, Phal philippinensis, so that may be a suitable substitute if you are unable to find a real leucorrhoda. Another species you might want to look into is Phal sanderiana.
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Sanderiana was another i was looking at. But i just contacted big leaf and they said they have some aphrodite x schilleriana

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