Marlow Orchids is closing

[OrchidSue]

Marlow Orchids is now conducting a GoFundMe campaign. They also offer rewards of plants, services, discounts for different levels of support.

Fundraiser by Jonathan Jones : Help support Marlow'''s Orchids




Susan

[DirtyCoconuts]

i just got my box from marlow's… a tad bittersweet to think it is the last one and i really just found them

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i have not opened it yet, still pretending to work...i just don't let anything sit in the sun with live plants

[estación seca]

Very sobering the contemplate. Lots of people here operate small businesses and understand.

I've been watching their Web site since this thread started. I intended to order an Oeceoclades perrieri and Epidendrum oerstedii. I really like Madagascar orchids, and the Oeceos do very well here. The falcatum group of Epis mostly do well for me and I like their flowers.

Marlows lists new items almost every day, sometimes more than once a day. I missed Eurychile mariae the other day; I saw it when I was doing something else and couldn't order. Then the few plants were gone.

I went to look at the site today and found plants of both Eurychile mariae and citrina have been posted, under Prosthechea. I'm not going to try the citrina because it's too warm here, but I did order several other things. A number of Bulbophyllum have been added today, too.

[SouthPark]

Maybe the orchid nursery world is like the plant world. Sure ----- every once in a while, a disaster comes along - eg. bushfire, that ploughs things down. But interestingly ------ once things settle, things may eventually come back ------ new things, new growth.

Even quite unique special things like Marlow's can come back - once everything settles.

[WaterWitchin]

Agreed. As a former small business owner, it’s always a gamble to figure out how the world around us can affect one’s business. I started two in 2007, just in time for a big recession. Fortunately, both flourished because of it. I don’t call it luck, but also hadn’t planned the business model with recession resilience in the mix.