a blue real phal

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

How big of a group order?

Maybe 3 or 4 people who are 100% interested and committed is fine. More than 4 people is fine too. CITES, phyto, and shipping and handling costs are fairly reasonable with this particular seller, so a smaller group of people involved in the group order is feasible.

Originally Posted by Ordphien

What's the skinny lol?

I just contacted the seller, he should get back to me in a few days with some info.

Since it is growing season for Thelymitras right now in the northern hemisphere, I have to ask if they are able to be shipped right now, or if it is preferable to wait.

Once I find out more information, I will proceed to provide more information to those interested in placing a group order.

Originally Posted by Ordphien

I like small flowers so that's a plus for me..
I'd have to get the bluest one possible. It would match my yard so well lol.

If you're looking for species, they only have 3 species that are blue. The other 2 species are pink.

The largest tuberoid of the 3 blue species the seller has available belongs to Thelymitra nuda.

If you're looking for hybrids, they have tons of hybrids, but I don't know how many of them are blue.

Should your yard have rocky/sandy soil, you can grow them in your yard. In the wild they grow in soil that is composed of small granitic rocks and crushed/decomposed granite.

If you're interested in Diuris, Ophrys, Orchis, or Anacamptis, they have them for sale too.

[Wild Orchid]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Maybe 3 or 4 people who are 100% interested and committed is fine. More than 4 people is fine too. CITES, phyto, and shipping and handling costs are fairly reasonable with this particular seller, so a smaller group of people involved in the group order is feasible.



I just contacted the seller, he should get back to me in a few days with some info.

Since it is growing season for Thelymitras right now in the northern hemisphere, I have to ask if they are able to be shipped right now, or if it is preferable to wait.

Once I find out more information, I will proceed to provide more information to those interested in placing a group order.
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So what was the end of the story? Did anybody succeed in ordering the plants?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by Wild Orchid

So what was the end of the story? Did anybody succeed in ordering the plants?

Yeah, I got them in about a couple months ago. Some other people got their plants too. Don't know how theirs are doing, but for the most part mine are doing pretty good.

I bought 2 tuberoids of Thelymitra cyanea.

One died because I got too busy for a few days, and I forgot to water them.

The other one made it out of the neglect, but half the emerging shoot got eaten by a slug. The newly emerging shoot was about 1/2" tall before the blasted slug grazed through half the stem.

I got pissed at the slug and fed the s.o.b. to my Keeled Slug Eating Snake.

The remaining tuberoid is not doing too good. It may not make it.

Many of the plants I ordered this time around are doing well.

The only other plant I lost was 1 Ophrys omegaifera. It got watered during dormancy without me being aware that it was, and it rotted out.

It was never a matter of if I'd be able to get the plants into the US; I knew I was able to get them in legally before I placed the order. It was just a matter of taking the time to go through the process. Once the process was done, everybody who followed through with their order got their plants. I never had an issue with the seller.

The only plant from this order that I have photos posted of was for Disa sagittalis. I have several pics of this plant on my Flickr account. I'm doing a case study of this species, and have photographically documented some of the stages of growth for this plant. I will continue to do so for the next couple of years, until I fully understand this plant.