Buying online...Orchids.com?

[kindrag23]

Seattle orchid is AMAZING and super nice. I only order from Carter and Holmes if they have something I am dying to get. Bc their shipping prices ouch! Sunset Valley orchids have gorgeous catasetums/mormodes etc. As for hausermanns and orchids.com never used them. Good luck. Is there any specific plant you are looking for?

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Oh! Theres is Kawamotto(sp) they have GORGEOUS PLANTS and will email with you back and forth. SHERMANTP is a ebay seller had one bad experience but they refunded me for the rotted plant. Um...
Unhappykat1 is another ebay seller who I got an amazing plant from and was extremely nice as well.

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Oh and if you ever see an SUNSET VALLEY ORCHID PLANT....trust me be prepared for a battle most od the time and you will get your moneys worth. I had a thread about SVO orchids and you can see what I mean them babies were HUGE!

[DavidCampen]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaVL

I just purchased a Phal. Schilleriana from Orchids.com and I received the plant in full bloom as advertised. Very happy with it. So, if Orchids.com says husky, you might receive a hug plant in the mail. All kidding aside, you might want to call Orchids.com before placing your order, that way you get what you want

I have made only one purchase from Orchids.Com. Among other plants, I purchased a specimen size Phal. schilleriana var. purpurea 'Ma #2' in spike. It was an expensive plant. A year later, when I got around to testing it for viruses, I found that it was infected with Cymbidium Mosaic Virus. I tossed the plant into the garbage bin. I also discovered a Phal. violacea var. sumatrana that I had purchased for Orchids.com at the same time was infected with Odontoglossum Ring Spot virus.

You may also want to look at this thread before purchasing from Orchids.com:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...orst-ever.html

[The Orchid Boy]

Oh yes!!! How could I forget Seattle Orchid? On eBay they are incredibleorchids.

Here's other good ebayers: potterychef1, shermantp, theorchidzone, bandbandmandt, pupsi_dog, unhappykat1, cgmoody, sunsetvalleyorchids, paphmaven.

[kindrag23]

Pupsi_dog is an amazing one! I have a cycnode from th I totally forgot! Their pictures dont do the plant justice.

[dounoharm]

I love hausermans, have dealt with them for years and always enjoyed the transaction...their plants are clean, well potted, and size appropriate or better than listed....they are great! also, carmela's in Hawaii are a great group to deal with, they have good specials every little bit, and their plug babies are wonderful! I did have one bad experience with exotic orchids of maui...the plants were weak and stressed....none were the size advertised...so I never ordered from them again....never tried orchids.com, I always felt they were way overpriced....good luck and enjoy!

[Orchid Whisperer]

I buy from Carter & Holmes about once a year, & have been to their greenhouses. One thing I like about them is that they grow out their own crosses and mericlones, so they have tight reigns on quality control. I can't swear that all of their plants are solely developed from seed or mericlone in-house, but I know that most are. If they clone, I hear that they do virus screening before they clone anything.

I am sure C&H is not the only grower that does this. If you find a vendor whose selection you like, you might want to ask how they get from seed (or meristem) to a plant ready for sale. Quality, and service, are everything!

[Subrosa]

Just had a very good EBay experience with Clown Alley.

[lexusnexus]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

They might be a middleman by taking your order and procuring it from another vendor whom they can not control.

I don't agree with this because Orchids.com is the seller and, ultimately, the responsible party for the quality of the product. That doesn't mean that you don't contact the seller (Orchids.com) to let them know about the quality issue. Drop shipping is a fairly frequent method for sales with many products. But, like most people here, I'd like to know the seller is the one actually shipping. From all the comments I've read I will probably not be using them as I am a relative newbie to orchids.

[kindrag23]

@LexusNexus check the vendor page as well its a great page to see who all of us have had great or horrid experiance with.

[leslieann79]

I love orchids by hausermann. I received some of the best plants I've ever gotten from them. The roots were beautiful. I also received lovely plants from big leaf orchids.