This is really why I now only buy orchids that I can personally inspect. It makes for fewer orchid purchases. I have been shocked, and surprised by the purchases I have made online, so I no longer do that. And it all comes down to not having a final say over the actual plant which is sent to me. As far as rescues, most I have purchased at $7.00 median price are still alive, and have taught me a good deal of knowledge. These days, people seem to become interested in orchids due to a gift of a BBS Phalenopsis. It is like anything else. When I see a plea for help from a new orchid lover that their favorite Phal is at deaths door,
I think of all the phals I have lost, and that Phals are not the right plant for me or many folks. But you simply do not say the secret to having great orchids is living in the right house, but it is.
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