Ordered Rhyncholaelia glauca, ended up with Rl. Aristocrat.

[papayj]

I ordered Rl. glauca from local nursery few weeks ago.
It had bud which opened yesterday, and the first thing I saw was the FRILLED LIP....

It turned out to be Rl. Aristocrat. (glauca x digbyana).
(...And I thought the plant was a bit big for glauca...)

I'm now bit disappointed and frustrated. I know that in Korea many nurseries do not give a damn about keeping correct name tag (I even saw a nursery who made up bunch of bogus names to the orchids they sell!), but seeing this from the seller I thought I can trust...oh my.

Anyway, I contacted the seller and am waiting for reply.


Nice flower btw.

[katrina]

It very well could have been an honest mistake...a tag mix up. I think we've all had situations like this from time to time. Hopefully the seller will come back w/an acceptable solution for you.

Whatever happens ...Aristocrat is a also a very beautiful catt.

[Brooke]

I like it better than the digbyana. The digbyana is too "messy" for me so gave it away to someone who loves it.

I do love my glauca and the fringe on the lip from digbyana blended with the big glauca bloom is much prettier to me. Enjoy your mistake - it is lovely.

Brooke

[Leafmite]

If the vendor's greenhouses are open to the public or he sells orchids in a market, he can't always control completely what happens. Some people pull the tags out of the pots to look at them and then stick them in...any pot. The growers/vendors don't always catch this and then they end up selling a mislabeled orchid to a customer. Another thing that happens is that a vendor buys orchids from another vendor and they are mislabeled by that other vendor. So, it may not be your vendor's fault. Good luck, though, on getting the right one.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Yes I can see your frustration, but it would be hard for me to be mad for too long. What a bloom.

Brooke what do you mean by messy? do you mean to much frill for you?

[Brooke]

Too much stringy frill for me. It was a division of an awarded one (don't remember the clonal name" but it wasn't pleasing to my eye.

Brooke

[papayj]

Well, thanks for the replies. By the way, here's the picture of the fully opened flower. The citrus-like scent is quite nice!

Really, the more I look at it...the more I grow fond of it. I'm beginning to feel more like...forgiving.

[Paphluvr]

Definitely very digbyana-ish but nice. The scent would be a plus.

[estación seca]

Is RL Aristocrat considered easier to grow, or more vigorous than its parents?

Almost wrote Aristocat.

[papayj]

The seller contacted me and apologized for the mistake. They seemed to be really serious about their reputation. And to my surprise...they promised to send me a seedling of Rl. glauca as a free gift(!!)

Well...just, WOW. I feel now grateful so much that almost sorry for them.