So how many have you killed is up.. but how much have you spent?

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Well, once I hit our Florida Lotto, or Power Ball, than we will talk! Once that day comes, each of you can choose $1000 orchid, MY TREAT:-)))))))))))))))))))))))

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Or I can get you each Gold of Kinabalu Orchid:-))))))

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

Ok so we are at least still on the same page, cause when you mentioned in other thread (Bulgary orchids and custom troubles) that people pay $500 to thousands for orchids, I mean I know, I saw some plants worth $3000 and up, but God would I ever buy anything like that, no way:-))))))))))

$500 - $1,000 was how much Phrag kovachii was going for when they first came out on the market.

Sometimes they still cost this much.

So far that I've seen, many native Mediterranean orchids don't cost $500. They usually cost no more than $50 USD.

I just imported a few from Germany.

Bee Orchids. (genus Ophrys)

I also just imported some native Australian terrestrial orchids as well.

Sun Orchids. (genus Thelymitra)

Donkey Orchids. (genus Diuris)

All from the Subfamily Orchidoideae.

[hcastil3]

lol, Deal!!! i choose the second option.

wow this thread has gone from 0 post to 3 pages rather quickly

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

Well, once I hit our Florida Lotto, or Power Ball, than we will talk! Once that day comes, each of you can choose $1000 orchid, MY TREAT:-)))))))))))))))))))))))

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Or I can get you each Gold of Kinabalu Orchid:-))))))

As long as you're treating.

[hcastil3]

So King, do you just do this as a hobby, or what is your purpose for collecting all these?, I would love to see pictures some time

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

$500 - $1,000 was how much Phrag kovachii was going for when they first came out on the market.

Sometimes they still cost this much.

So far that I've seen, many native Mediterranean orchids don't cost $500. They usually cost no more than $50 USD.

I just imported a few from Germany.

Bee Orchids. (genus Ophrys)

I also just imported some native Australian terrestrial orchids as well.

Sun Orchids. (genus Thelymitra)

Donkey Orchids. (genus Diuris)

All from the Subfamily Orchidoideae.

Wow, so so jealous now, LOVE bee orchid and donkey orchid, I did not even think you can get these! What about Duck Orchid - My dream:-)))))

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Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

As long as you're treating.

Sure with all that money why not! May I ask how much you paid for bee orchid and donkey orchid? Once I will get to your level, I would love to get some:-) Both amazing:-) Do you have any European website where these are available?

[hcastil3]

I would love to get these some day, so if you ever plan on selling some, let us know... Tommy and I can share...lol

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

Wow, so so jealous now, LOVE bee orchid and donkey orchid, I did not even think you can get these! What about Duck Orchid - My dream:-)))))

Yeah. You can get these, (e.g. Ophrys and Diuris), just not in the US.

If by Duck Orchid you mean orchids in the genus Caleana, then I'd have to sadly say, no, I cannot find a source for them. I don't know why they aren't in the hobby, but there's probably a good reason why.

But if you meant Duck Orchid, as in Pecteilis segarikii, then they're in the US already. They're very rarely available, but they're around and pop up every-now-and-then.

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

Sure with all that money why not! May I ask how much you paid for bee orchid and donkey orchid? Once I will get to your level, I would love to get some:-) Both amazing:-) Do you have any European website where these are available?

I think the Bee Orchids were a little under $24.00 USD.

The most some of the Donkey Orchids cost were about $38 USD. Usually they're around $30 USD.

The seller is from Germany, (www.myorchids.de).

I have had to resort to getting from Europe because Australia is closed for exportation.

Originally Posted by hcastil3

So King, do you just do this as a hobby, or what is your purpose for collecting all these?, I would love to see pictures some time

It is currently a hobby. It would be nice to be a true seller. At least I'd be incorporating something I love into my life rather than doing something I hate just to get by. I don't expect much, but we'll see how things go as things progress.

I currently have a rather crappy picture of Cynorkis fastigiata on Flickr. It is in the Subfamily Orchidoideae, but this species is readily available in the US. This species has a rather "weedy disposition", but I really don't care. It does have a rather unique charm to it.

Originally Posted by hcastil3

I would love to get these some day, so if you ever plan on selling some, let us know... Tommy and I can share...lol

Yeah, we'll see how things go.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

I mean DUCK ORCHID that grows only in that one park in Australia wild:-))) Anyway, thanks for website, May I ask, yet again, what are growing requirements for bee orchid and donkey orchid? I guess Miami heat won't be the winner? How was shipping, did they come safe and well packed?

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I read somewhere that DUCK ORCHID, Caleana, can not grow anywhere else except that tiny little place in that park, there must be something about the soil, air, water, who knows:-)

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King, thanks bunch for that website, very interesting saved. I see what you meant, these are grown similar to habenaria. Well, I think I will try first habenaria, and If I have success, I might order bee and duck, both on my list, and the prices are great, I think:-) Please, keep us posted how do they do, and once they bloom, PICS please. Thanks guys for awesome thread, heading bed now, this week's project is my miniature orchid vivarium vase, I hope to receive new babies sometimes second half of this week:-)

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

I mean DUCK ORCHID that grows only in that one park in Australia wild:-))) Anyway, thanks for website, May I ask, yet again, what are growing requirements for bee orchid and donkey orchid? I guess Miami heat won't be the winner? How was shipping, did they come safe and well packed?

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I read somewhere that DUCK ORCHID, Caleana, can not grow anywhere else except that tiny little place in that park, there must be something about the soil, air, water, who knows:-)

If what you're saying is true, then Caleana will not be available in the trade at all. The reason they are able to live in that specific little patch of the park is because of a special soil fungus that create a symbiotic relationship with the orchid's roots. I'm guessing that that little patch of the park is where the fungus resides. Without the fungus, the Caleana is probably as good as dead - but I am just assuming this.

There is currently no strong evidence that supports that they can live on without that fungal symbiont as of yet.

If they can survive without the symbiotic fungi, then, there will definitely be a time when someone will start growing them in cultivation. That's kind of how Thelymitras and Diuris and many other terrestrial orchids started off getting into the hobby.

At first, people would believe that the orchids were impossible to grow for one reason or another. I remember when there were books that briefly mentioned that orchids such as Thelymitra, Diuris, Disa, or Satyrium were impossible to grow in cultivation. Even orchids such as those in the genus Dracula were mentioned at one point to be impossible to grow.

Eventually some people got bold, tried a few things, and figured it out to some degree or another; and the learning process still continues.