Slipper Vendors in U.S.

[watsgw1155]

Looking to buy some new slippers before weather turns cold. Any recommended slipper mega-marts in the U.S.?

[Phantasm]

Check out orchidmall.com

There are a bunch of good quality slipper vendors. It pretty much depends on what you are looking for.

[Pinebark]

I recommend the following 3 sources

Marriott orchids marriottorchids.com-Talk with Hadley Cash. Great guy.

Fox Valley Orchids-Talk with Tom Kalina

Orchids Unlimited -Talk with Jason Fischer.

See also the Slipper Orchid Forum

Let us know what you get.

[IdahoOrchid]

Matt at Gore Orchids is a #1 guy. The plants I got from him were a fair price and bigger than expected.

Gone Wild Orchids is another great vendor.

DO NOT use Orchids of Los Osis. EVERY plant I have gotten from them has had some sort of problem. I am still fighing the mealies that came on some of their plants. The pill bugs and centipedes were easy enough to get rid of. The totally decomposed media on my charlesworthii (which I detected too late) on an expensive plant was totally uncalled for.

[watsgw1155]

Thanks for the info!

I found the same thing with Los Osos. I repot upon receipt to make sure there is no funny business - each time I have bought orchids from Osos I have found decomposed medium and the leaves of a Zygo I ordered were yellow. It has recovered but has required some intensive care.

Thanks for the recommendations - I will take a look at their sites.

[Dorothy]

I can second Orchids Gone Wild - Lance has great plants - I have 4 of his hybrid phrags and am very happy with them