Orchids Vendors in Europe

[Swimmingorchids]

anyone used The OrchidGarden. We grow botanical and hybrid orchids. before?

[meridiannight]

Originally Posted by Swimmingorchids

anyone used The OrchidGarden. We grow botanical and hybrid orchids. before?

A bit late maybe, but I have used them.

I ordered a few Cattleyas from them once. They weren't the best or healthiest available.

Attached are a couple of pictures of a Blc. Waikiki Gold 'Lea' that I received from them.

In all fairness, they might have decent orchids. I received one Cattleya that was in a decrepit state, but I can't say more about their plants because I have only placed that one single order.

[bogdan]

Most of their plants come from Asia and we know how those arrive in Europe. I am not quite sure about some of the Cattleyas they sell, recently a supposedly C. labiata bloomed with small deformed blooms and the lip wasn't quite labiata type. Another one, warneri alba this time, is a bifoliate plant with pink harrisoniae type blooms.

I have ~20 more primary or secondary hybrids from them, I hope to God they're not all the same wrong stuff.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by bogdan

Most of their plants come from Asia and we know how those arrive in Europe. I am not quite sure about some of the Cattleyas they sell, recently a supposedly C. labiata bloomed with small deformed blooms and the lip wasn't quite labiata type. Another one, warneri alba this time, is a bifoliate plant with pink harrisoniae type blooms.

I have ~20 more primary or secondary hybrids from them, I hope to God they're not all the same wrong stuff.

From which vendor?

[bogdan]

Sorry, I forgot to quote. Orchid Garden from Poland.