Spring 2011 Project - Sign Up

[Connie Star]

Dendrochilum tenellum
Dendrobium mohlianum
Encyclia cochleata

[Lana]

I've been so looking forward to this! Please count me in!

[Call_Me_Bob]

I'm with Paul.

Shouldn't the suggestions be placed in rosie's suggestion thread?


You can call me Bob

[camille1585]

Like Bob says, plant suggestions should be posted here:
Spring 2011 Project - Plant Suggestions

[Becca]

Woohoo! Please count me in!

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

I'd like to participate, but most of the orchids previously part of the project were warm growing - I won't do well with them or anything similar - has to be intermediate-cool growing.

I'll put you on the list. We're aiming for intermediate, but it might end up the warm end of that depending on what gets picked. Hopefually it would be something you can grow and you'll be able to take part.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I just noticed that the size requirement is 16inches. Isn't that huge? In past projects 16in was the max size with the spike, but the actual plant had to be max 12in, or even 8in in another project.

I had actually coppied this from one of the last two projects so I thought it was what we normally do.

The general feeling from several comments has been that smaller would be good. I'll change the criteria, 12in but spike could take it to 16in.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I had actually coppied this from one of the last two projects so I thought it was what we normally do.

The general feeling from several comments has been that smaller would be good. I'll change the criteria, 12in but spike could take it to 16in.

I don't mind larger plants, but not so keen on it, since I can fit more minis in that same space!

[RosieC]

OK, I've updated the participant list with everyone up to this point.

If you signed up before this message and I've missed you from the list at the top then post again to say you want to take part.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Hedge

Add me if it is available in UK - I can't afford European postage rates just now!

OK, we now have 4 people, including me, from the UK.

There is a problem quite apart from postage for UK folks ordering from Europe and that is IBAN fees for currency exchange from £ to € (which can be €20).

As I said in my first post, I planned to put in an extra restriction if there were several people from the UK. That restriction is that it needs to be available to folks paying in £ without IBAN fees. This does NOT limit it to just UK vendors and anyone can buy from anywhere they like when we come to actually get the plants. There are a few nursaries in Europe who charge by Paypal and thus eliminate any IBAN fee.

In the last project I only actually found one of the suggestion list that I would have had a problem getting on this basis, so I don't think it's going to limit our suggestion list too much.

(I'll do the checking of the plant suggestions for this, so just check for it being available in Europe if you are suggesting plants).

I think limiting to only things available from UK vendors might be too restrictive though. There are some good ones in Europe whose shipping is not too much (Popow were just €9 shipping last I saw and have some great species).

I really want others from the UK to be able to take part this time, and as there are others that are interested I think this will help.