and would like some advice on where to buy the following:
spicerianum, urbanianum and a henry or two. I'd prefer
BS plants. HELP!
spicerianum, urbanianum and a henry or two. I'd prefer
BS plants. HELP!
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I just lost two bids on ebay for species Paphs.hs.
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Eric Muehlbauer
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If you're talking about orchidsnw, she regularly posts the same plants...well, maybe not henryanum, but spicerianum and urbanianum are regularly offerred. If you don't win one week, there is always the next. I got a spicerianum from her last summer that was multigrowth and in spike. it then put out another spike later in the season. Her spicer's are excellent and large. All her plants are good. (But they tend to be overpotted....so I usually have to repot them in a smaller pot with a tighter fit.)
Hi Angela,
Send me a PM. I might be able to help to help you out on the spicerianum and the henryanum.
Send me a PM. I might be able to help to help you out on the spicerianum and the henryanum.
littlefrog
Hop-meister
I probably have divisions of all three... I just repotted all the paphs.
Rob
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Rick
Well-Known Member
I'm also going to be selling a few blooming size henry's after I see how they bloom out this fall. I also have way too many seedlings in compot that will need homes soon.
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Kramer Chids
Guest
Rick - Any parvi seedlings that need homes? 
Rick
Well-Known Member
Rick - Any parvi seedlings that need homes?
Not presently. I recently sent some delenatii seed in. But if its any good we're talking 3 years out.
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Kramer Chids
Guest
Put me down for three years out.
The problem with ebay is sneaky bidders who are better at it than I am. The sneakers always seem to outbid me at the last minute by a few cents. It's disheartening and I'm
not in the mood to try again right now. Also she doesn't have henrys at the moment. A pox on whomever outbid me!
not in the mood to try again right now. Also she doesn't have henrys at the moment. A pox on whomever outbid me!
Stone
Well-Known Member
Angela, I believe ebay has a few tips on becoming sneaky yourself.
The same thing happened to me..I thought I had something in the bag and in the last few seconds someone from nowhere beat me by $2
Thanh Nguyen-Springwater orchids.
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Kramer Chids
Guest
Thanh is a great guy with wonderful plants.
Angela you can buy them direct from them also at http://www.orchidaceae.com/
Even if it's not listed, they most likely have it and will sell direct to you.
Even if it's not listed, they most likely have it and will sell direct to you.
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
I use to feel the same way Angela but I realized the best way to play the game on Ebay is to bid the maximum you are willing to pay for any given item as your first bid. If you're out bidded then you feel good that you wouldn't paid anymore anyway. On the other hand if you win with a far smaller amount then GREAT!
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Leo_5313
Guest
Oh...I lost all (nine of them) of the standard complexes, except one, in the last 10 seconds last week! And then, I have been bidding on the Catasetum for WEEKS and I got none so far. Always, there are some new bidders (e.g., they have 4 feedbacks) that outbid me in the last few seconds! I have been bidding on Joan's (orchidsnw) plants for a long time...and most of the time, I ended up nothing- but I just keep bidding (I only managed to get one Nori's Song after many months, or was it a year?, of bidding)! Many times, I resorted to buy it now items! Sigh...just keep bidding!
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Eric Muehlbauer
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People put in a large bid, and set it up so it is bid robotically at the last second. I agree with Rick...sometimes it pays to just set out your highest bid and then forget about it. If you win, great, and if you lose, well, it was more than you were willing to pay. I am actually far more surprised (and my wife far more angry) at the stuff I actually win on Ebay. I've gotten deals that have really shocked me, so it really does pay to bid on any plant that interests you, if the price is right.
Eric explained it well. ebay uses what is called "Proxy Bidding". You put the amount that you are willing to pay for the item. Say starting bid is $25. You put $100 bid. Another bidder saw the auction and put $30. The system will automatically put $35 bid for you (depends on the increments as I don't know the exact increments). This goes on and on until the bid reaches the $100 that you set as a max bid. Until you increase your max bid once again and the cycle continues until the time has ended.
