Clown Alley Orchids?

[isurus79]

John does make a lot of trips to the local societies, including ours in Austin. He recently did a talk here and brought a lot of great plants with him. I'm actually coordinating a lecture series with him for 2013 (and another speaker, not him) and am ordering plants from him at the same time!

[MollieMcP]

I am new to orchid growing and have bought several from Clown Alley locally. They are very knowledgable and have a great collection. Hopefully Sandy's experience was a fluke.

[shadytrake]

That must have been a fluke. John is really nice and usually the plants are way bigger than the price tag. He is a judge at our May show and I usually pre-order a couple hundred $$ worth from him (yes, I have a serious Dendrobium addiction). Last year, I got about 15 Formosae types and they were double the advertised size.

The amabile that I got re-potted into a 10" pot! Price $35.

Edit to add: I just looked at my Catasetinae's that I got from John last year and the new growths are starting. I would say that if you are looking for these, the best source is SVO because John gets his from Fred (the tag had SVO on the back). A couple of mine looked a little rough so I don't think these are his forte. That being said, I purchased 4 from him and I only killed 1. I did get a Rebecca Northen from him too. If you want, I can take a photo of it and you can determine if you like the quality or not.