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11-15-2014, 12:24 PM
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Optimist where do you get a sweet deal like that, free ship and free plant with order?
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11-19-2014, 05:59 AM
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Without a picture or description can I take a guess?
The only purple cattleya I've ever seen for sale at my Trader Joe's is potinara paradise beauty 'marcela'
Could it be that one?
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11-19-2014, 06:43 AM
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O.C.D. "Orchid Collecting Dysfunction"
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11-19-2014, 07:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snowflake311
I have been wanting to know the same thing. Maybe someone knows the inside scoop.
I heard some place that Trader joes orchids that don't sell go back to the grower when the next shipment comes in. This is one reason the flowers are so cheap there. No Flowers are left to die in the store. I am not sure if this is true or not.
I am always amazed at how nice the selection of orchids are at Trader joes.
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That's the type of deal most large retailers get from their suppliers. I do not 'get it', as the profit margin at wholesale level is very thin, and growing non-ID plants another cycle is too expensive. |
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11-19-2014, 07:14 AM
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they dont go BACK to the grower they get a credit for the plants then off to the trash bin behind the stores.. ya you can go dig for orchids in the trash at TJ's too.
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O.C.D. "Orchid Collecting Dysfunction"
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11-19-2014, 07:22 AM
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Yup.
Dig around in their trash bin.
They throw them out when they aren't in bloom anymore.
I got my oldest orchid that way.
And my first ever species.
Phal amabilis.
Faithfully produces two spikes every year.
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11-20-2014, 11:17 PM
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Matsui orchids web sight doesn't show them growing Cattleyas.
---------- Post added at 07:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:12 PM ----------
Thanks Ordphien, but it's not potinara paradise beauty 'marcela' although I wish it was.
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11-20-2014, 11:44 PM
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According to their website, Chisan Orchids supplies Cyms to TJ's and others.
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11-20-2014, 11:46 PM
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Send Matsui an email. They are usually happy to help you come up with an ID, it's how I got an ID for my NOID Den that I purchased at TJs along with a couple of other plants.
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11-21-2014, 08:17 AM
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I would bet that the TJ's in different parts of the country have different suppliers.
It seems unlikely that east coast stores would get plants from California.
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