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Originally Posted by Keysguy
If I remember correctly, a lot of those "not for sale" plants are Andy's personal collection. His brother Harry used to have a lot of his there as well and may still.
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Yep, the Stanhopea was his brother's, and it had the most intoxicating smell of anything there at the time. I know what you mean about "swimming" through the orchids. They managed to use the space very efficiently, to say the least.
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Originally Posted by Roberta
Actually, there are several reasons why Andy may have plants labeled Not for Sale. Some are his personal plants not to be parted with . Others he may be saving for propagation, others yet he may be just growing until they are large enough to divide. Or has a limited number, for which he's still working on determining the best culture. Especially in the last category, plants may move from the "not for sale" to "for sale for the right price" ... it is dynamic, and labels don't get switched out. So yes, some things are in the "ask Andy" category... can depend on how desperate he is for space.
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I figured so. Also some of the "Not For Sale" ones have some suspicious looking spots, but I won't speculate.
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Originally Posted by Roberta
As for labeling, it's getting better but there are still plenty that don't have them... often there will be one or two on the rack that do and the others don't... and Andy and Katrin know exactly what they are. And for something specific you're looking for, they know where. (I find both amazing) If you could find everything in one go, you'd have to rob a bank... so it's OK to leave a "few" for next time.  I have a standing joke with Andy that there is a vortex from my bank to his cash register, sucking vast numbers of dollars. |
I'm guessing the labels they print aren't inexpensive, so it's pointless to print all of them before the point of sale.
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Originally Posted by Roberta
Some strategies for navigating Andy's Open Houses...
If you have that list, bring it with you... then if you can buttonhole someone fairly early in the process, you get get things found for you. Finding specific things on your own, when they could be anyplace on any of 3-4 different vertical levels, the highest only reachable with a "grabber", is impossible. Sunday mornings are the lightest crowds in my experience. Unlike shows where you have to be early to get "pick of the litter", the nursery is so vast that there are plenty of plants to choose from on any day.
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Wish I'd known Sunday mornings are light. I assumed that the weekends would have more people, so I risked rush hour traffic going there Friday. It's an 80-100 minute trip, not one I would make often. Since I know the names of some of the ones that caught my eye, I could just ask about them through email. The shipping cost is worth the 3-4 hour round trip and gas, in my opinion. But I do think that any orchid fan in SoCal should visit at least once. It was an interesting experience.
Unfortunately, Norman's place is nowhere near as interesting even though it's much closer.
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