Thumbs up for Paramount Orchids

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I have mixed feelings about Paramount. I have had good and bad experiences. I've never found a bug of any sort on their plants. Tey are usually healthy looking with good roots. However, one of the owners seems to be so curt by e-mail although is somewhat warmer when spoken to on the phone and in person. I realize sometimes e-mails do not come thru as intended. But I do feel that I've paid prices like $36.00 for bloom size plants and then wait 1 or 2 years for them to bloom. I know you need to wait for their bloom season. We've done tons of business with them as an orchid society buying supplies and some plants and never received a discount or a freebie of any sort. I also find if you are there in person and they let you follow them to where the plant is that you want, then you can pick or get a good one. I have had times when they were picked up by a non-orchid person with me pre-ordering in advance and they always seem small then.

But it is still a big loss for us that they are moving to the west coast and the island at that. Shipping will be more and farther and I never make a road trip that far (likely 1,000 miles or close) and I used to make the occasional road trip to Calgary.