I have concerns of these Orchid seeds I purchased.

[Abel-Purete]

I bought some orchid seeds on ebay. And everytime I google, I'll see different varieties of orchid "seeds". But now I'm wondering if these are really orchid seeds or something else..Can anyone help me please? And does anyone know where to buy real Orchid seeds?

[campchi]

I dont think these are orchids seeds

[disalover]

Not all real orchid seeds to large

[Subrosa]

If those are seeds, they definitely aren't orchid seeds. However they could very easily be orchid seed pods.

[Leafmite]

I would have my doubts, too, about those. Still, I would plant them and see what you get. You might be surprised with something very nice.
Perhaps the confusion is that there are other types of flowers that are commonly called 'orchids' which are not really part of the orchid family. This happens quite a bit in the plant world with common names. Jasmines, lilies, gardenias, etc.

[Pat'sCatt's]

Absolutely no orchid seeds, i'm sorry, i hope Leafmite is right and that it is an honoust confusion of some sort.
But on the the other hand you might have been tricked on Ebay. Maybe the question should be: what kind of orchid seeds did you buy?

[Subrosa]

Fwiw unless you obtained an import permit, you just posted photographic evidence of your illegal importation on a public forum..............

[campchi]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

Fwiw unless you obtained an import permit, you just posted photographic evidence of your illegal importation on a public forum..............

:eek::eek::eek:

[Orchid Whisperer]

There are MANY scams on Ebay selling "orchid seeds". I hope you didn't pay too much. Sorry.

[MrHappyRotter]

I'm really sorry, but you absolutely did not receive orchid seeds. Even if you had, were you planning to flask them yourself?

For what it's worth, I've reported the obvious "orchid seed" scams to Ebay. Nearly all of them originate from China. Ebay has no desire to step in, and many of these sellers actually have very good seller ratings. It's a total scam, and Ebay's backing them on it.

Moving forward, you *may* be able to dispute the purchase with your credit card company. Also, Ebay does at least provide a "US Only" filter, though it doesn't "remember" your selection, it does at least filter out all the scams.