Plants in bloom.........and new purchases....
 

Masdevallia Minaret 'Lollipop'

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Sarcochilus Little Rose 'Pink'

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Dendrobium Upin Red

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Cymbidium Francie Porter ‘Enid’ – FCC/AOC
Den (Yuzuki x Beautiful Egg) x (Larapinta Butterfly x Yellow Ribbon) (2)
Sarc hartmanii
Paph Ho Chi Minh
Den lasianthera - this one looks pretty special.

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I love that Masdie, and I love the name Lolipop, really suits it.

Nice purchases! What vendor did they come from? They look awesome! I too love lollipop's colors! Your dendrobium looks really pretty, as does the blooming one that I'm not familiar with. I love pics of blooms! :love: Thanks for sharing!

i love the first one too!!! so cute!

Note: The ones in flower I already owned, the plants in the last photo (the seedlings) are the plants that just arrived.

Thanks for the compliments!!!

Love the little sarcochilus! I'd love to get some of them, but they are so darn hard to find.

There are heaps of them over here.......you should see the colours they are getting in Sarcochilus now. I have seen some lovely Peach ones lately which are very desirable to own. I believe some Australian nurseries will export.

Do you have names of nurseries who do (either plants or flasks)? I think Australia is the only place to find something other than Sarcochilus hartmanii (which is not that easy to find here, they sell out quickly and it's never the same vendor who has some). A friend had given me a seedling of a nice hybrid out of a flask he imported from australia (I think), but it was one of the plants I lost in the mail this spring when I was sending plants to an orchid sitter while I went to the USA.

Yes, try these place for flasks, not sure if they all export or not........

Down Under Australian Native Orchids

The Australian Orchid Nursery - orchids for sale, Australian Orchids, Cymbidium Orchids, Cold growing orchids genus

Tinonee Orchids

WOOLF ORCHIDCULTURE HOME PAGE index

I hope this helps, there are some sensational plants. They are extremely easy to grow so I'm surprised you don't find more over there.

Thanks for the links, when I see the catalogues I want to move to Australia!! I love the Aussie Dens as well, but those are extremely difficult to find here as well, I only know of one UK grower who has some every few years.

So far my best bets are the 1st and 3rd places you list, the other 2 either don't have flasks or ask a $500 minimum order for overseas. Might be the case for the other 2 as well, but I'll have to email. Hope not, that way I can order lots of little flasks in the spring! :biggrin:

I'm thinking that this would be a perfect excuse to go visit my australian cousins!

Wow, I love that Masdevallia! :drool:

With the Sarcs and Dens, is it possible for a group of you to band together and do an order you can share? That way you spread the costs and get some new hybrids in some cases that no one over there has ever seen before.

What a beautiful Masdie and it's so well named!! Really stunning!

I had thought of that also, but assuming I find enough interested people it's going to be a logistical nightmare dividing everything up and mailing it out to everyone. May have to do that anyway if it's still too expensive (shipping and paperwork) to buy alone from Down Under for example.