Wow tibean, they looks so nice. I love that preatorii.

Very pretty I love the variegated ones. I've had my eye on heuschkeliana variegata for a while now. Just wondering do they have a minimum order requirement?

lisa7310 no there is no minimum order requirement. But its best to get more than one plant if you plan to get the fast shipping which is upwards of $60 bucks. I think the economy shipping is around $18 dollars.

Dear tbean, Thanks so much for getting me that lovely pachyclada! I'll treasure it!! Love, Mom.......... ; )

Very nice haul there my friend ! They are all so beautiful. You have great taste,

Marco

I'm green with envy. I love the pachy's and subq. Very nice. Thanks or showing us. So were these cuttings or rooted plants?

brsucculents All the plants he sells are rooted plants unless you specifically ask for cuttings.

I actually took a small cutting from the pink pachy and hope to sell it next spring.

Great collection. I ordered 12 plants, only have 2 plants left unfortunately, it took 7 days to get here but the box was in Thailand for 3 days. He refunded 4 plants, the other ones he said he will replace it on my next order. 4 came rotted so I paid $60 shipping for 2 plants, very expensive. I am going to wait until little cooler or wait until Spring.

Jan, what all did you order and why did they come rotted in only 7 days?

I don't know why it was rotted in 7 days but Ahhoya said it was really hot when he packed my stuff.

benvergarai ,carmelea ,gps 7-35 , kloppenburgii , megalaster , Perak reddy bear srq 3227 (red corona,sigillatis , soligamania , siariae red

and undulatas.

Only 2 survived are carmelea and sigillatis, maybe gps 7-35 doesn't look too great.

Jan, how big your undulata plant? Is undulata one of four plants arrived rotted and will be replace in your next order. That plant is expensive. I bought it last year alone from ebay@ "iyares" and custom inspector handled it stole it. Claim it was missing pytho certificate, it was tape outside the box and send me empty box.

I ordered from iyares and have yet to receive my plants. Now I'm scared to order from out of the country.....I'm so jelly! Your plants came in so healthy looking. A package I did receive, the cuttings were barley holding on to life....congrats on your knew babies! They are so beautiful!

Iyares sends via registered mail (really). I had bad experiences with him. Plant arrived dead.

AHHoya sends EMS (priority express International). Out of the many times I ordered from them, I only had one plant that looked upset, but it did end up making it.

Lydia

What did you order from iyares?

Black dragon, the square leaf hoya, kalimantan and white dragon. I paid $121 including shipping....I've since purchased black dragon from Susan and white dragon from eliptica <-- I think that was the website.

Have you ordered from AH yet? If i was gonna invest over a hundred bucks i would definitely have went with them.

I think amost of those have leaves on the thicker side so hopefully they will arrive in ok condition.

Lydia, you mean Epiphytica? Jakk is awesome! My 2nd top Thai vendor!

Lol yes, That's them....I did get a good vibe from them too. Very kind and quick to respond. Only 1 cutting died from their hoyas. He even sent me a free one.

I'll try Ah Hoya next. Your hoyas look awesome!

My (8th? 14th?) order from AHHoya is shipping later this week (Tomorrow or Thurs.). It should arrive by Tues. of next week. Will post pics of some of the plants (huge order-29 plants).

I wish you would have done a group order! lol

I want that Polyneura silver so bad.... :)

I'm working on a group order with Monica and a couple other people, but AH doesn't have polyneura silver in stock.

Maybe you could get my undulata that he is holding for me and i want the pachy new moon sooo bad......

I can't GET you the undulata, lol. Group orders aren't free. You still have to pay for your part of the order. The perks to group orders are the split shipping/phyto cost. I always try to get people who want roughly the same amount of plants, so the split is fair.

Of course i would pay for it..... How many is everyone getting?

I have 4 from one person, 5 from another, ? from Monica, 4 for myself (pot filling), so far.

If the undulata is a replacement, let me know before I send out the request :)

Ok, so tentatively 8 from Monica.

I want 4. The undulata is not a replacement. Are we limited to small size only?

No size limit, as shipping "balances" itself out. For example, you could order 3 medium size, small leafed hoyas (think lacunosa) and one large size, medium leafed hoya (think aldrichii) and it could weigh as much as if I ordered 1 large size, small leafed hoya and 3 small size, medium leafed hoyas or if I ordered 4 small sized, large leafed hoyas (think some pottsii types, latifolia, etc.).

Either way, the shipping will be cheaper, as well as a split phyto cost. For example, 5 people order together. You order 8 medium sized plants, as do the majority of others. The total number of plants equals 26. Say they all fit into a box that would cost $140 to ship and phyto is $17.

You would split the phyto between the 5 of you, and that would only cost $3.40. The cost of shipping would also be divided equally, USUALLY.

I don't divide unequally, UNLESS someone in the group is ordering ALL extra large plants or if they are ordering 4 more plants than anyone else.

In other words, if I want 9 medium sized plants, while everyone else wants 4 medium sized plants, I would divide the original shipping cost (let's pretend the total comes to $140) by 5, and then multiply that number by 2 (so $140/5=28x2=$56). That would be MY shipping contribution. I would then subtract that $56 from $140 and then divide it by 4 ($140-56=84/4= $21), the end number is how much everyone else pays for shipping (in this case, $21.00).

Now, depending on how many you order (and their size), it may actually be more cost-effective to do a group order.

Say you order 4 medium sized hoyas BY YOURSELF: the total for the plants is $65. The shipping is $32 (it can be prohibitive with smaller orders) and phyto is $17. You gotta pay for that all by yourself. So, your total is $114. If you do a group order, your cost would be the $65+3.40+21, which equals $89.40. That is a savings of $24.60.

Aurora, do you think i can participate for the group order? I want four(undulata and the 3 variety of praetorii).

Thanks.

sweet

I have two of the pink corona and they are both trying to bud at this time.

But they also both are getting yellow leaves!

Sweetheart, sure!

Count me out aurora.

I cant make up my mind of what and how many i want. I will just place my own order in the spring.

Thanks.

Keep an eye on those praetorii, tlbean! Be prepared to do a quick cutting/re-root. I had the same problem. First thing I did was try to see if the yellowing was caused by nutrient issues or a pH problem. None there. Checked roots, that was the problem. No rot, but they were close to approaching rot (small, weak root system). Took cuttings immediately. Apparently, you will have to restart praetorri and lasiantha frequently throughout their life.

I finally found a balance that works for me, as far as watering goes. I tried taking AH's advice and water lightly daily, but that didn't fly, for my conditions. Instead, I stuck it in GrowStones, and grow semi-hydro, but only water when the reservoir is COMPLETELY dry. It also recieves mistings twice a day, as well as bottom heat. So far, it is finally very happy.

That seems too much trouble. lol

I think i have been letting it dry out too much. Im not sure. I used to water it every other day but then i slowed down now that it is winter. But it is also not growing any leaves now so i dont know.... If these die i wont try again.

They are such pretty plants i hate to cut them up and start over. :(

Update on iyares from ebay....ebay refunded my money because tracking info they submitted was invalid. Learned my lesson.

I feel you! At least they seem to hold their leaves and peduncles well, when cuttings have to be made!

What happened? Did they even send anything out? Thats strange!

Lydia, that sucks! Still, keep a lookout for the box, though! It may have been that the vendor mixed up some numbers/letters on the tracking info. I've done it before (but always caught and corrected it in time)!

I'll stick to buying from Susan. She has a great selection but I just might go broke if I keep looking at her auctions :-P

It's close to 2 months now. Doubt anything with survive that.

Lydia

I decided not to participate in the AH group order.

You can take my place if you want.

Thank you very much Aurora. Tony, are selling one of your pink praetorii( you said you have two of them).

Im not planning on it.(Especially with yellow leaves)

But i do have a cutting that i took when i first got one of the plants back in September. I think it still only has 2 leaves. But i plan to list it on Ebay in the spring time.

Oh okay!

I'll wait for another group order. I just spent $200. On the other order. Then I keep ebaying. I need to stop for a tad :-O

Hi Aurora,

Take me out in that group order (sorry). I haved been looking @ Ah hoya's website list and I cannot make up my mind. I want all of he/ she's Hoya list.

I need about$5,000, lol, to buy all the hoya's she/he has.

I am getting excited for y'all just watching your group order conversations, guys! Good luck.

I was starting to feel a serious itch for the last few weeks to get something new and exciting, and I was considering a Thailand order - but then a big Catasetum orchid vendor announced a sale at prices that are impossible to resist, so I am hosting a big group order among a few of my orchid friends. We are up to 7 people, 29 plants and well over $400 in cost even after all the generous volume discounts. Everybody is pretty excited.