My newest orchid: Phal mannii 'chocolate'
 

Here is my newest orchid, Phal mannii 'chocolate'. I love it! :love: I just recieved it this morning, and I'm pleased at how well packed it was. I won it 2 weeks ago on ebay from a german grower (lepantes, aka Popow Orchids), but with the extreme cold he waited to ship. Lots of shredded paper and layer after layer of bubblewrap, and a heat pack. Absolutely no signs of cold damage despite -5°C temps and the blooms are a bit beat up, but they held up surprisingly well. And there's 3 fat buds still to open. :)

That's really nice, Camille!

That is one awesome mannii!

Kim

Very cute.

I love it when vendors put in the effort to make sure we are satisfied.

Very cute indeed. Nice and dark.

Camille it's a heart stopper! I love it!

Very nice Camille! How is the rest of the plant and the roots? Great to hear he packed the plant well and to know I happily can buy from him.

Nicole

The plant is perfect, not a thing wrong with it! The pot is filled with nice happy green roots, not a single rotten one. I'll take a pic of the plant this weekend. I'll repot though since it's in a mix of bark and coir and I'm not sure how to water that. Did I mention that there's a second spike starting on it? :biggrin: Too bad I won't be able to enjoy the blooms.

One thing though, if you do buy, go to ebay preferably because he sells plants much cheaper there than on his website. He also has a greater variety of orchids on ebay. Shipping is really low too, only 8,50€ (for up to 4-5 medium plants) which is nothing compared to the 20-30€ that most german growers charge! I'm addicted to this grower, this must be my 4th-5th purchase from them.

Wow, that's a nice Phal Camille. I've made a note of the grower, I'll have to see if he ships over here. Shipping does look good, I usually have to pay 20€ shipping from germany to here... I will have to look how much this grower charges for the UK.