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07-06-2016, 03:47 PM
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Vendors sometimes send great blooming sized plants
In another thread a member wrote about receiving blooming-size plants:
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...I don't think I will buy bloom size again. Between my friend and I, we bought 4 bloom size ones and they had all previously bloomed. So that means for sure it won't be a real winner as those would be kept by the breeder I am sure.
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Not nececelery... I ordered a blooming size SVO1981 Paphiopedilum Transvaal ‘Merienda Lane’ HCC/AOS x Shin Yi’s Pride ‘SVO’ AM/AOS from SVO. Fred said he would send me a really nice one. He did. It came with two opened flowers, which have since faded, and a bud. Here is Fred's photo of what he sent me. The petals are 5" / 13cm long:
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07-06-2016, 04:18 PM
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Looks like good breeding stock, though, so he probably had quite a few good results. Contacting the vendor is always smart if you want something special.
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07-06-2016, 04:36 PM
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Fred uses high-quality parents in his breeding. Even still, beautiful parents can have funny-looking kids.
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07-07-2016, 12:11 PM
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So beautiful. He did well.
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07-13-2016, 10:30 PM
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fred at SVO is the best orchid vendor out there in my experience.
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07-13-2016, 10:51 PM
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I agree that Fred is an awesome vendor. A group of us always order from him and we haven't had any complaints. In fact, we normally marvel at how pleased we are with what we had received.
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07-14-2016, 12:45 AM
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I agree, the CTSM I got from him I mentioned in another post, was a dormant PB and now it is spiked and budded and he sent me a second , smaller one along with it.
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11-01-2016, 11:51 AM
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Nice, I never thought breeders would sell substandard stock on purpose.
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