SLO Gardens Orchids - Page 2 - Orchid Board

bethmarie · #11 03-15-2013, 07:16 PM

What plants did you order David? I'm eyeing Bulbophyllum masdevalliaceum from SLO. Anyone growing one of these want to chime in with whether I should try this one as my first Bulbophyllum?

Davidcee · #12 03-16-2013, 01:20 AM

Beth, from SLO I ordered:

Haraella retrocalla
Angraecum leonis 1895
Encyclia Green Hornet (n4.0)
Encyclia prismatocarpum
Anacheilium garciana
Baptistonia echinata

I can't speak to the Bulbos, no experience at all with them. But the plants I got from them were great. I will be ordering from them again very soon.

bethmarie · #13 03-16-2013, 03:39 PM

Thanks for the update David. You got a lot of plants that are new to me. Angcm. leonis I know and love. Enc. Green Hornet too. the rest I'm going to look up, because I've never hear of them. Glad you got good plants. Now I have to figure out whether to respect the budget (ha!) or go ahead and order a couple specials from SLO. Anyone care to wager which way it'll end up going? ;-)

Davidcee · #14 03-17-2013, 12:55 PM

I finally was able to make photos of the SLO & Smiley's plants I got this week. So here goes... The den Chrysotoxum, Chysis bractescens, and the Chilochista parishii 'smiley'ccm/aos are from Smiley, who gave me very good deals on these plants.

bethmarie · #15 03-17-2013, 03:31 PM

Great plants. Thanks for sharing. Now I want an anacheilium-garciana.

WhiteRabbit · #16 03-17-2013, 07:53 PM

Nice!

shadytrake · #17 04-10-2013, 04:39 PM

Yes SLO is great. They are different as they ship lots of divisions as dry bare root. Nothing wrong with that. It's a nice way to get a lot of plants for a good price. I've been happy with mine though they took a little longer to establish (my conditions).

pipsxlch · #18 06-09-2016, 06:52 PM

I'd decided that I wanted a var. carnea for a Cattleya/Laelia purpurata. Been looking for a reasonable one if possible, and found them on SLO Orchid's list- on sale for the month of June, to boot! Ordered Tuesday night, and got it today (Friday). Decent looking young plant, shipped bareroot (fine by me, I always repot). Roots are good, it's plump and ready to go. It's just about the same size as the grandis I got last year and hopefully will be ready to start blooming next year. Now all I need is lobata and I'll have all 5 I know of in this group. (sadly my tenebrosa had color break last year, so it's off in the side yard in purgatory now and will need replacing. It's hard finding a nice dark one though, most vendors seem to have aureas now, and I prefer them medium to dark. Guess that's why it was at a flea market.)

Also received my end of a trade with the ebay vendor ozarkgirl101- very nice little division as described, growing well, and packed well/ shipped quickly. I'd buy from her based on this trade.

katrina · #19 06-09-2016, 08:56 PM

I've ordered a few plants from Rudy and I have always been very pleased w/the quality.

kentaki · #20 06-09-2016, 10:14 PM

Ordering itself was easy and I do not think they charge you for shipping. I have posted pictures of plants I received in another thread. I would say the quality was marginal and a bit pricey for the size.

The thing I have an issue with communication. I shot an email one time. No response. I called them, and Rudy asked me to send an email to which he never responded. So he asked me to send a reminder, but does not respond?