kalapana orchids

[RJSquirrel]

Kalapana Tropicals Orchids - Hawaiian Live Orchids
made a small order from kalapana orchids. couldnt help myself bec all of this is in low spike or initiated spiking Most of what they have is in spike bud or bloom was hard to pick


Anyone used them before?
I wanted to go for the 30 pack paph special at Lehua but I held myself back for now. I have to work next 14 days straight and wouldnt have time to repot everything

Well I can post pics when they arrive

got these coming

Paph. Adkins Impluse x Cocoa Cherry,
Paph. Pinnochio,
Paph. Hsingying Maru x Via Gloriosa,
Paph. Hsingying Maru x Hampshire Raven,
Paph. Black Buddha x spellbound,
Paph. glaucophylum,
Paph. leimianum x Avalon Mist,
Masd. amplex x calura,
Masd.princeps x mooreana,

can you tell I love the hsinyings?

[Marissa]

I have purchased from them in the past and was very happy with the plants.

[RJSquirrel]

sounds good

I chickened out on the masdys

I have 3 masdys and looking at them yesterday, they dont do much but sit there and do nothing...

I want results and paphs are working for me...

and to think a 10 dollar orchid at Lowes a year ago started all this....

marissa, what did you get and did you have any trouble with them adjusting? being taken from paradise could be traumatic experience for many things

[Lady Tottington]

post pictures when you get them! How exciting! I have wanted to purchase from them, but money is tight at the moment... just spent $650 on tires and allignment. BUT, the good thing is that I will be set for tires for at least 5 years, so I can hopefully get some orchids soon... um, make that in January

[RJSquirrel]

delivery date is today so have pics tonite

the reason I chose them this time was almost everything they had was in bud spike or bloom.The paphs take they time after blooming once in most cases to bloom again. I do have one thats re blooming after 5 months but thats still a long time for an old man to sit and watch a plant .

I really needed some blooms to pick me up and get me feeling right ya know. I want a WHOLE house full of paph blooms!!! I want them everywhere they can grow!!!

all the crap in a pot is headed out the door

[Marissa]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

sounds good

and to think a 10 dollar orchid at Lowes a year ago started all this....

marissa, what did you get and did you have any trouble with them adjusting? being taken from paradise could be traumatic experience for many things

I think this was how everybody's orchid addiction started. I started with a dendrobium from I think CVS Pharmacy or one of those Pharmacy's and when it didn't die on me I just kept on buying from different places (grocery stores, BBS...etc) until I started meeting orchid people and going to real orchid nurseries and eventually built my orchid collection of over 200 now, so be careful...

I got the LC. Love Knot 'Carmela's Blue', it was a bulk order of about 10-15 and all of them are healthy and overgrowing in their pots and they adjusted really well.

[RJSquirrel]

here some of them already have seats in First Class
....overgrown and healthy indeed!!!
7 plants with a total of 10 buds/blooms or spikes



got em today and I get some good pictures when Im blessed with more time.. but they are happy paphs!!!

hope I can keep them that way

[Lady Tottington]

Nice haul! Lovely!!!! They look beautiful! I'm SOOO jealous!

[RJSquirrel]

they have a few really nice multi floral paphs I would like they were not spiked budded or blooming. I needed some blooming pretties around the house to stare at endlessly.

"Men Who Stare At Orchids"

I'm going to be bud watchin for some time..

Making more room now for em

[nhman]

I have had GREAT experiences with this vendor.
All of their plants have been healthy, viral tested negative and were well grown with great root systems.
Excellent communications, good shipping - what else can I say???
An excellent vendor!