On the prowl - Aerangis species
 

Hey everyone :)

I'm on the search for plants or seed of various aerangis species and I know there are ang growers out there hiding, so come out wherever you are! I know these plants will never be as popular as cattleyas or dendrobiums, but they are wonderful and magnificent if not slightly higher maintenance.

In particular, I'm looking for aerangis distincta, splendida and arachnopus, three relatively hard to find species. I've searched all the major nurseries, as well as Troy Meyer's flasking website to no avail. Calorchids is out, J&L is out, Oakhill offered a distincta x biloba cross a few years ago which I'm also interested in and is also no longer available. Is there anyone out there that's willing to do a self-cross when their plant blooms/has keikis they'd be willing to sell for exuberant prices? Regarding the seed, I'd be very interested in starting the propagation of these species again, since they are so rare in cultivation. And if anyone has a secret source of these plants, please let me know! I'm willing to do a cross-border Canadian import order.

Any other aerangis seed of common or rare species is also welcome. I've flasked some rangaeris amaniensis seed and I see preliminary protocorm formation so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. :biggrin::biggrin:

wow, you really missed out. Hoosier orchid had a good selection of these just before they went out of business.

Orchids Ltd has a few species available, and is probably the best source right now.

Andy's Orchids also has a couple species.

arachnopus is going to be the hard one to find. good luck

Call Andy's Orchids to see what he has. Most are not listed on the web site. He has limited supplies of a few.

Thanks for the replies. Ross - I emailed Andy's and will see if they carry these ones anymore.

Yeah I'm a little annoyed...I wasn't AS into angraecoids as I am now and didn't jump on that hoosier bandwagon in time...although it would have been tricky either way cause I'm up here and they're down there.;)

As a suggestion, I'd call. It sometimes takes a while to get a reply to e-mails. If you are not in a hurry, then e-mail would be fine.

Check here...michelorchid.com. Erich Michel has set out on his own after the closing of Hoosier Orchids. The site does not offer much yet, but it will get you into contact with him. He acquired a vast amount of the flasked orchids, in addition to other collections.

Thanks so much for the lead, Dave! :) I've e-mailed Erich. :bowing:bowing

I got an Aerangis distincta from Andy's a few years ago, and it grows well, although I haven't convinced it to bloom yet. Cute mini plant.

Over at the TM conservatory under the "New Stuff" button Troy has very recently added Aerangis modesta & mooreana as flasks. I don't know if you are interested in either of those but he is adding new stuff almost every day these days. You could ask him if he is waiting for germination on any of the ones you are looking for.

Do you have a link for the TM conservatory? I did a search and could not find them.