g'day jlst, try those bigger nurseries ie.,. hawkins etc.,. the nurseries are situated under various names on all sides of the city, they generally have a good range of orchids in stock. check out do a search for the orchid society qld site, they may have links there that will help, the best i reckon is to attend the orchid show at the mt coot-tha bot' gardens about this time of the year not sure? you can buy some realy special one there direct from the grower. len Here is a link that might be useful: len's garden page

The year before last I bought 1 kg of root pieces from Berryplant suppliers (I think that's what they are called) - I just looked up the yellow pages then got onto their website. They are a wholesale supplier - and 1 kg of root pieces gave me a thickly planted trellis of 15 metres - their would have been about 200 canes. The variety is Seppelts Willamette (spelling?). No thorns and great fruit. Heavy crop from mid Nov to mid-Dec then lighter longer Autumn crop. I recommend it. Only prob - too many raspberries - we could hardly keep up at peak season. They also freeze well and I've still got about 10 kg in the freezer - homemade pav and raspberies are the favourite desert at the moment. Puck

I dont know about your area, but some Asian type markets carry plants or may know where to get them. I got a nice grafted Michelia alba for $21 at an Asian Market in Jax FL. They had all kinds of cool plants. Have seen plants at other Asian food stores as well. That might not help you much in CA but just giving you another source idea to check on. Then there's always ebay lol. Top Tropicals carries Michelia alba and the regular and Dwarf Ylang Ylang. You may have to sign up for email notifiction if they are out of stock. They are certified to ship to Calif on a lot of their plants now. They also sell a lot of tropical seeds.

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