Hello everyone!
As you might or might not have known, I recently ordered a batch of orchids from Al's. My first reaction was...... (suspenseful music starts playing)
. The plants came with extremely healthy leaves and pseudobulbs. Even the Coryanthes came without any serious problems (it took four days for the order to get here)! The plants were larger than expected. The Stanhopea tricornis I got was HUGE! The plant's roots were starting to grow out of the pot and there were over fifteen pseudobulbs WITH HEALTHY LEAVES. I got the plant for only twenty five dollars!
After digging through the pile, I found a Coryhopea Red Martian in a six inch basket. The bulbs were leafless and were the size of my fist! However, three new growths outlined the plant and were half done growing.
After more digging through styrofoam peanuts and dead flower spikes, I found the last two plants, Cory. vasquezii and Stan. wardii. The last two were a little worse than the rest but still very healthy.
As a conclusion, this is one of the best orchid stores you can buy from.