best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!)
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!)
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
Register best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) Members best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) Today's Postsbest places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!)
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
Go Back   Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! > >
Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #21  
Old 03-17-2019, 12:56 PM
Lacie Lacie is offline
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 79
best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!)
Default

I'll second (or third?) Hausermann's and Olympic for cheap orchids, especially because they both tend to have a fairly wide selection (Hausermann's has more plants overall). Their plants tend to be young (some not quite blooming size) which is why they are cheap, but they are healthy and I always prefer to get smaller/younger cheap plants and learn how to care for them rather than getting big expensive plants and accidentally killing them!

Andy's prices seem reasonable but I have never bought from him. I also like Orchids by Marlow. His plants are a bit more expensive, but he sometimes has good sales, and also has a wide selection and some less common orchids. For Catts, Carter and Holmes have reasonable prices and good sales. All of these vendors are online!
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 03-17-2019, 08:27 PM
aliceinwl aliceinwl is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Nov 2017
Zone: 9b
Location: Central Coast of California
Posts: 1,163
best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) Female
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roberta View Post
Just to show what is possible with those SBOE $7.50 specials...Here is Dendrobium speciousum x gracilicaule (A huge beast crossed with a little species) that I obtained that way. (OK, I have had plenty of $7,50 specials that didn't perform like this, or at all, but have gotten some very nice and interesting things over the years) Some of these to take patience... got it in 2005, it first bloomed in 2010, but look at it now!
Very nice! I’ve got a couple of $7.50 Dendrobium speciosum from SBOE but I’ve had them less them less than a year. I was warned they could take 12 years to get to blooming size (fingers crossed they’ll be over performers)!

I went back to the Santa Barbara Orchid Show today and there were tons of last day of show sales. I bought everything I restrained myself from getting yesterday and then some

Last edited by aliceinwl; 03-17-2019 at 08:30 PM..
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 03-17-2019, 09:19 PM
Roberta's Avatar
Roberta Roberta is online now
Super Moderator
 

Join Date: Jun 2008
Zone: 10a
Location: Coastal southern California, USA
Posts: 13,858
best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!) Female
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by aliceinwl View Post
V
I went back to the Santa Barbara Orchid Show today and there were tons of last day of show sales. I bought everything I restrained myself from getting yesterday and then some


I managed to resist this year, a long drive. And I just got some neat things from Hengduan Mountains Biotech (spent yesterday sorting out and mounting) and besides, I'll be working at Andy's open house next weekend and I am sure that some things will be following me home. That's my candy store...
__________________
Orchids teach patience!

Roberta's Orchids (visit my back yard)

See what orchid species are blooming in Southern California(New page for DECEMBER 2024)
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 03-19-2019, 01:04 PM
imgliniel imgliniel is offline
Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 49
best places to pick up super cheap orchids (clearance and bargain hunting!)
Default

Apparently my old threads are picking back up this week for some reason? Thats ok!!

The girlfriend did go out to the santa barbara orchid show this past weekend, not on sunday, but she made it out. I was out of town for a prior commitment and didn't make it, but I am also super broke at the moment (yeah replacing a transmission!) so In a way I'm kinda glad she the one that went and spent her money on orchids and not me! but they still come live in our house so I get to enjoy them haha.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
cheap, kill, orchids, plants, super


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:14 PM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.