Sand. Ebay laugher

[daemondamian]

Originally Posted by smartie2000

An day away from the ending of the auction.
As evil as it is...I am interested in how many people were fooled and how some buyers are that ignorant and how much it will sell for....

Here's an ebay auction that just ended for an orchid which my friend reckoned was probably really only worth about $20.00

eBay Australia: WOW! Spectacular flowering cattleya orchid plant. (item 150110476237, end time 15-Apr-07 16:53:18 AEST)

Wanted to point out the seller didn't seem to misrepresent the plant at all. In this auction it was perhaps the buyers who were uninformed about the plants value?

[IdahoOrchid]

Now why can't MY auctions do that? Mine always seem to go for LESS than they are worth/valued.

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by daemondamian

Here's an ebay auction that just ended for an orchid which my friend reckoned was probably really only worth about $20.00

eBay Australia: WOW! Spectacular flowering cattleya orchid plant. (item 150110476237, end time 15-Apr-07 16:53:18 AEST)

Wanted to point out the seller didn't seem to misrepresent the plant at all. In this auction it was perhaps the buyers who were uninformed about the plants value?

Bidder 2 and Bidder 4 looks suspicious... perhaps a little "shill-bidding" to get the auction going

And how about Blc. Xanthette 'Chartreuse'? These go for some big money ($2,000 a division). The flower doesn't look like anything special, but it has a very large "family tree" to make the hybrid.

-Pat

[daemondamian]

Originally Posted by Mahon

Bidder 2 and Bidder 4 looks suspicious... perhaps a little "shill-bidding" to get the auction going

And how about Blc. Xanthette 'Chartreuse'? These go for some big money ($2,000 a division). The flower doesn't look like anything special, but it has a very large "family tree" to make the hybrid.

-Pat

That's what my friend first thought about bidder number 6 but the bidder must have been legit seeing as he bid right to the winning bid.

Pat I'm only a novice and I can't tell the good ones from the 'dogs' Don't know if I ever will

If you showed me these orchids:
ODOM'S ORCHIDS -- Selected Bare Root Cattleya Divisions
that include the Blc. Xanthette 'Chartreuse' without the price tags and asked me to place them from most high priced to least I would have had no clue

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by daemondamian

If you showed me these orchids:
ODOM'S ORCHIDS -- Selected Bare Root Cattleya Divisions
that include the Blc. Xanthette 'Chartreuse' without the price tags and asked me to place them from most high priced to least I would have had no clue

...me neither... they all look the same, and I swear I have seen more than half of them at Wal-Mart!

-Pat

[david]

heres another very iffy plant its supposed to be ang thong but the photo of the plant it self says to me a maudiae type pah eBay.co.uk: Paphiopedilum "ang-thong" selten (BLÜHSTARK) TOP (item 280104405181 end time 20-Apr-07 08:01:42 BST) thats the link

[smartie2000]

Originally Posted by daemondamian

Here's an ebay auction that just ended for an orchid which my friend reckoned was probably really only worth about $20.00

eBay Australia: WOW! Spectacular flowering cattleya orchid plant. (item 150110476237, end time 15-Apr-07 16:53:18 AEST)

Wanted to point out the seller didn't seem to misrepresent the plant at all. In this auction it was perhaps the buyers who were uninformed about the plants value?

The lip one that one is quite impressive. I understand why it was in high demand...but still over priced. Perhaps it has Catt dowiana in it.

And I hate shill-bidders, I think I've seen that on my auctions. The same person bidding on the same plants every week....and wanting to win the same plant twice. Then I end up paying a higher price

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by david

heres another very iffy plant its supposed to be ang thong but the photo of the plant it self says to me a maudiae type pah eBay.co.uk: Paphiopedilum "ang-thong" selten (BLÜHSTARK) TOP (item 280104405181 end time 20-Apr-07 08:01:42 BST) thats the link

The flower is a Paph. ang-thong, and I agree, the plant calls out "Maudiae"!

They should have done a little research... the leaves of Paph. ang-thong are like Paph. niveum, except more tessellated.

-Pat

[smartie2000]

Geez that is that looks nothing like a brachy's foliage...most people wouldn't bid. I'm sure the price will be low.

BTW how much light do brachy's need?
I thought it was light that is close to a maudiaes (maybe slightly more)....but this lady at my society says they need high light and I didn't want to interupt because it was her speach nor was I able to interupt because she wouldn't stop talking. I know Brachys don't need as much light as parvis.

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by smartie2000

BTW how much light do brachy's need?
I thought it was light that is close to a maudiaes (maybe slightly more)....but this lady at my society says they need high light and I didn't want to interupt because it was her speach nor was I able to interupt because she wouldn't stop talking. I know Brachys don't need as much light as parvis.

Actually, Section Brachypetalum species require higher light levels than Section Parvisepalum. Section Brachypetalum require very high light intensity, but not direct sun (unless it is Paph. godefroyae). Also, Section Brachypetalum species have more tuberous roots than other Sections, primarily because they grow in drier, sunnier areas. In order to bloom Section Brachypetalum species well, they require a small dry period in December (Paph. bellatulum requires a dry period in March)...

-Pat