Marlow's and Akatsuka

[JScott]

Okay, I haven't bought anything from Marlow in almost a week, which might be a record. I haven't bought anything from him currently.

But I did buy a flask of seedlings from Akatsuka recently. I really liked the bottles they use. They're rectangular,plastic, so they lay flat on their and there's plenty of head room, and they have a twist on cap that has a tiny hole stuffed with waterproof cotton to let air flow occur without letting any contaminants in. They are really cool. Go look at the flasks on their website and you'll see.

I want to try my own little seed sowing project. I know home seed sowing is very difficult with an abysmal success rate, but it looks fun and I want to try it, and I want to use those bottles Akatsuka uses. I emailed them and asked where they got them. She wouldn't tell me. In fact she got real defensive about it, and kind of rude, like she couldn't believe I had the audacity to ask her where to get a plastic bottle. It was so weird. She wouldn't even give me the name of the lab they use so I could contact them.

Well, then I thought the best possible plan at this point would be to email Jonathan at Marlow. They know everything that goes on in the Orchid world. He said those bottle like that come from Asia, and he thinks he knows a lab, and he's going to try to remember the name of the lab, or figure it out for me. Easy as pie. No weirdness. He didn't ask why I wanted those particular bottles. I guess he figured it was my business, not his. He was super nice and super helpful, and he's actually going to try to locate these bottles for me. That's a real class act. Words have not been invented yet to describe how awesome Jonathan and all the team at Marlows is.

I'm a little disappointed in Akatsuka. I've always had good feelings about them before, but this kind of makes me want to find another place to shop, because she was so rude about it, and refused to help for no reason at all.