Hey Canadian members. . .

[FairyInTheFlowers]

As I mentioned when I started visiting here frequently after my hiatus, I lost all the plants that I once had. But I'm getting back up on my feet with a renewed vigour and am hoping to once again get a great orchid collection, one that I hope will stick around. To my dismay, however, I'm finding that a lot of the plants I'm looking for specifically are all sold by US vendors, and the Canadian vendors we do have don't have much of what I'm wanting. Now I don't have a lot of money to spare now (yay university life), but I'm making this post to extend my feelers out for future reference. I'm pretty much just looking to see if there are any fellow Canadian members who have spare backbulbs or divisions they'd be willing to trade/sell in the future. Given how large this site is and how varied each person's collection is, I thought this would be the best bet for finding some specific plants.

[Ryan Young]

Hi and welcome. What part of Canada are you located, and what specifically are you looking to get?

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by Ryan Young

Hi and welcome. What part of Canada are you located, and what specifically are you looking to get?

I'm from the (normally) frigid Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I'm interested in a few things. Because I have breeding in mind, first and foremost I'm looking for stuff with a definite ID. Also, intermediate to warm plants. I'm looking for mini-Catts, similar to what Fred Clarke from SVO has been making. Hybrids that are comprised mostly of rupicolous Laelias (formerly Hoffmannseggella), S. coccinea, and other mini-Catts, such as walkeriana, alorii, loddigesii, pumila, etc. Pretty much plants that stay decently small. Besides that in the Catt Alliance, I'm looking for unique plants that have something of merit to breed with. Besides that, I'm also looking for Oncidium and Tolumnia types that are a small to medium sized to breed with.

If you check my blog that is linked in my signature, in my "Most Wanted" page I have several plants with links to what they look like that I've made for self reference.