Thai Vendor
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Comments (6)Stitz I agree with everything you said, I'm going to make contact through eBay but I'm sure they also have a shopping cart one could utilize. I won't need a partner as the $ amount will not be overwhelming. The real problem I have is that we are about to descend into Winter, I would need to land these plants in the next 3 to 4 weeks in order to give them half a chance to establish before the winter rains and temperature drop, maybe I'll wait until Spring. My question relates to which of the three main vendors that I have seen sell on eBay would be the best contact. If some one asked me that question about Australian vendors I think I could give some advice at this time. I have zero experience with Thai vendors but, if no one else has either, will simply pick one and give it a shot. I have seen them advertise some neat stuff that I have never seen before at the shows. Who was your Brazilian seller? I just bought a whole bunch of neat stuff from Ecuador, nothing one could not get at our shows but at a major reduction in price, no need to import either as they brought it and I picked it up the next time they set foot in the US. Email me for details if interested. Nick...See MoreLooking for Dendrobium dearii or sanderae.
Comments (6)I finally got the goods on Dendrobium dearii. It was describd in 1880 and comes in Philippine and North Borneo forms. The North Borneo form has slightly larger flowers. Both grow at sea level and require year around watering. The Philippine variety has remained unscathed into current time, the North Borneo variety had a bumpy course. In 1909 Dendrobium oviopostiferum was described. It also grows at sea level in North Borneo, also belongs to the 'Hairy Dendrobiums' sporting black hairs on the old stems, but has only 2 to 6 flowers with an orange lip, the dearii have up to 20 flowers, no orange. Oviopostiferum acquired the synonym takahashii. It is not found in cultivation, pictures of it are available. In 1960, by error, the name oviopostiferum was attached to the North Borneo form of D dearii. This mistake was repeated in all publications. Cribb in the Kew species monocot, Jay Phal in his internet thingi and Woods in his reference book on Dendrobiums all assigned that name to this plant. It was not intended as a synonym or a varietal name, it flat out was the name given to this plant by mistake. In 2002 Jay Phal wrote an essay pointing out the mistake, this was accepted by the orchid world and order was restored in the universe. D oviopostiferum again was assigned to the plant with the orange lip, the dearii again was called dearii. All current publications have been corrected for this. Since for 40 years all North Borneo dearii were called oviopostiferum, there are a substantial number of them out there with that on their tag. If one turns up, the tag should be changed to read D dearii, North Borneo form. D oviopostiferum remains 'not in cultivation'. To further confuse the issue, in 1913 dendrobium sanderae was described. It comes from a different area of the Phillippines, the Luzon region hence the name sanderae var luzoniana. It grows at 3 to 6,000 feet elevation and prefers a dry winter rest, the others do not. It usually has a little red in the throat or on the lip. There is ample mislabeling occurring between sandrae and dearii, I have seen pictures of dearii with red and pictures of sanderae without red. I don't know a sure fire way of telling the two apart, maybe someone can help. I got all 3 of them now, D dearii, Philippine variety from Andy, D dearii, North Borneo variety from Marnie Turkel (who by the way bought it as a small plant labeled oviopostiferum) and several sanderae which are readily available. The 2 deariis are in spectacular bloom right now. At a species club meeting we had these 2 plus a sanderae from another member and were able to enjoy these 3 plants in bloom on the same table. Too bad oviopostiferum is not around. Nick...See Morejas sambac 'mali pikul'
Comments (4)My Flore Plena just refuses to flower. Lol. Thanks all for your responses. I'm looking forward to see both of those cultivars blooming for me in the future. :)...See MoreAbout Importing Plants
Comments (22)Doug, I had a friend in MD send me cuttings a couple years ago. Interestingly the USPS thought the route from MD to FL included a side trip through TX, then onto CA, then back through CO, then finally onto FL. Also apparently they consider a package staying in a sort facility for over a week part of the trip. Supposedly they lost it, but then they found it. I mention this because the little tour of the US my cuttings took, was just under three weeks. Until it was "lost" it showed the route on the tracking. amusing in a sad kind of way. And the cuttings arrived fine, a little dehydrated, but they perked back up quickly. I still have every one of them. So, I'm thinking your package might have been left in the hot sun for a good bit of time. Did you use EMS or just regular international mail? Maybe that is the difference? When I get my order, I'll take pics, see what happens. Renee...See Morebihai
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