Sophronitis cernua (Project 14 - Spring 2012)

[Rowangreen]

For anyone in Europe still looking, I've found a quirk with the Schwerter website. I did a search for just cheaper plants, and to my surprise several popped up that I hadn't seen in the general listings. In particular, I thought they only had cornu-cervi in chattalaidie and flava, and it turns out they have it in a couple of other varieties if you search for under 10 euros. Another plant I'm looking at they have a cheaper version that didn't show before. I'm guessing the standard links on the side of the website just show the biggest versions, unless you specifically look for cheaper.

Which means I have to bump something off my list and decide which version of cornu-cervi to get. Decisions, decisions...

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

For anyone in Europe still looking, I've found a quirk with the Schwerter website. I did a search for just cheaper plants, and to my surprise several popped up that I hadn't seen in the general listings. In particular, I thought they only had cornu-cervi in chattalaidie and flava, and it turns out they have it in a couple of other varieties if you search for under 10 euros. Another plant I'm looking at they have a cheaper version that didn't show before. I'm guessing the standard links on the side of the website just show the biggest versions, unless you specifically look for cheaper.

Which means I have to bump something off my list and decide which version of cornu-cervi to get. Decisions, decisions...

I don't see what you mean??? How do you search for cheaper plants? I just type the name of the orchid in the search box, but don't know if it does the same.

[camille1585]

Oh, I think I found what you did? Advanced search and give a price limit? Because I think I'm seeing lots of nice orchids that I've never seen before!!!

[Rowangreen]

Great! Just to clarify, I am talking about using advanced search and setting a price limit (and a catagory to limit numbers), versus using the straight listings links (eg 'species') on the left.

The cernua and picta still don't show up, but he's said they are not on the website!

PS: Just fallen in love with Paraphalaenopsis labukensis. But it's a giant plant and needs conditions I can't supply by the sound of it, so one for the 'one day' list. He has young plants, so maybe once they get to flowering size...

[camille1585]

Schwerter has a ton of stuff which isn't online. A couple years ago someone sent me the PDF of the entire catalogue. Less than half of the plants had 'online' written next to it!

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Schwerter has a ton of stuff which isn't online. A couple years ago someone sent me the PDF of the entire catalogue. Less than half of the plants had 'online' written next to it!

Camille, this is a list you can request from them if you are a private customer and they have you registered in their database (not the online registration in the website!)

and as you mentioned, they always have much more plants which are not in the online catalogue... in most of those cases, these are either in very limited numbers or seedling (too young to be sold to regular website clients) or plants which are too large or expensive and for "collectors"

[kavanaru]

Those plants under 10€ are actually young plants, which you can see as well if you go to Phalaenopsis>species>jungpflanzen...

[Rowangreen]

Ah well done Kavanaru, you've solved the mystery! I had clicked they were younger/smaller versions, but hadn't noticed the young plant list, eg on species. The link appears on the left after you've gone into the larger category.

[camille1585]

Me too, I've never paid attention to that category.
As for the private customer list, I can forget that, I don't count on ever going to shop there in person, too far!

[Wynn Dee13]

Mine is out for delivery too. It should be here any minute!