I don't really buy Phals, but occasionally Taiwanese vendors will arrange orders to be shipped overseas when they get large orders, and you could get your order put into the same batch (so you don't have to deal with the importing yourself). I had an opportunity with (if I recall) POM orchids, but ultimately didn't go through it since they had no virus policy, and in asking a bunch of such questions I missed the deadline. But if I get into Phals this will be my approach. Rather than getting ripped off (in my opinion) by a domestic importer like Norman's or Big Leaf that charges 50-120 for one of these plants, you could just go straight to the source and buy them for 5-25. They have a whole list of hundreds of plants to choose from. Sometimes I do a reverse image search out of curiosity of a Seattle Orchids offering or an ebay vendor, and match their catalog up to one of the Taiwanese distributors. See like a $25 plant marked up to a random number like $78.50, and they're still getting sold. None of the aforementioned vendor have virus policies, since their sources don't, so you're getting the same service.
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