It’s been a while…selling my collection

[Denver]

Hi everyone,

This will be a number of posts to list everything. I'm sure I missed some plants that I'll add later.

I took a new job in February and have been considering significantly downsizing my collection ever since then as the new job has me much busier and has made my collection more of a chore than a pleasure. Last week, my mom fell out of her attic and broke some bones. She was super lucky and doesn't even need surgery to correct anything but since she is in her upper 60s it'll take her a while to heal and she is fairly incapacitated as she can't put any weight on one foot and also broke a bone in her shoulder. She is the main caregiver for my dad who has severe rheumatoid arthritis. So I will be moving in to assist them over the next few months--luckily I live close enough to them and them to my job that this is possible, but I do not think it is going to work to move my collection.

The silver lining in all of this is that my girlfriend and I have been wanting to change jobs and have a couple of months to travel as she has not seen much of the world and moving in with my parents for a few months will give us the means to do so. But that further cements my need to get rid of pretty much the entire collection.

If anyone is local and could pick them up or meet me halfway (I live in Dallas), I would gladly part with the whole collection for $1000 just to not have to deal with packaging so many plants for shipping. I’m putting them for sale on here first as I have loved this forum and would prefer the plants to go to people who will fully appreciate them. Depending on what the demand is here, I will probably end up just contacting my local orchid society and may end up just donating to them the majority of the plants.

I’m going to give it a couple of days to see if someone wants to meet up to take the whole collection as right now it is really more about the time than the money. If no one wants the whole collection, it’ll be first come first served. I will consider discounts for large quantities as I am mostly just trying to get rid of them before they become too neglected while I stay with my parents—and I have to be out of my current place by the end of August. I’m hoping to do minimum orders of $100 as between my job and helping my parents it is going to be a struggle to get them shipped out so I want to make sure it is worth my time—depending on demand, I may not hold firm to this idea. Prices do not include shipping, shipping to be charged at cost. All pictures in this thread of the current state of the plants; all links are links to previous bloomings.


Starting off with some of my favorites:

1. Paph delenatii Dunkle –Taking offers as it is a fantastic plant; Last blooming was tri-floral; here’s the thread of that blooming and a picture of it currently, one big new growth that should bloom this winter and two smaller growths coming out of the base instead of the previously bloomed growth:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43115
one month old picture:

Today:

2. Paph Toni Semple—Taking offers; In BLOOM! Probably awardable; looks like it’ll finally be 6 flowers this year; This is probably only for local delivery if you want it in bloom as I let the spike go mostly natural and it is HUGE—otherwise, I can try to ship it but I anticipate $50 or more to ship and there would be no guarantees on the flowers surviving. It is a massive plant with an even larger spike; 2 PB, 1 in bloom, One huge NBS, one new growth; links to the last two bloomings:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42187
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39090
current pictures:

3. Phrag Frank Smith--$200 this spring’s blooming had 3 huge flowers, this plant is huge and will cost a lot to ship; has two new growths that I am confidant would bloom next spring if it continued to grow in its current conditions; here’s its first blooming in spring of 2016 which only had 2 flowers and only resulted in 1 new growth—so the plant is improving with age:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40758
plant today: picture is deceiving as it is a really large plant

4. Paph Lady Isabel ‘Crystelle’ x Booth’s Stone Lady ‘Crystelle’--$150; it just finished blooming with the spike in these pictures which results in it having 2 pb and one good sized new growth; flower measurments: 4.5DS, 1.1PW, 15.5NS horizontal, 18NS vertical; the pictures really don’t do the flowers justice

5. Paph philippenense--$100; big clump of a good philippenense; honestly, its hard to count how many new growths there are but there are a lot; here’s the last blooming I have good pictures of:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40047

6. Paph Stone Addict “Yellow Hawk”--$100; 1PB, 1BS old growth that looks like it will never do anything, 2 BS growths; here is it’s last blooming, it sulked for a long time after that but the 2 BS growths are doing quite well now and should bloom anytime:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34521

7. OZ Roth Dazzler x Buff--$75; In Bloom and spike!
1st bloom is found below, was 5.4/1.9/27.5 has the PB from this link/the in spike growth/and a good sized new growth
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36834
and here it is today with dimensions on 1st flower of 5.8DS/1.8PW/27.7NS:

8. OZ Roth Red Baron x Wide Horizon--$75; 1st bloom at Orchid Zone was 6.8DS 2.0PW 27NS, its new growth is a little weak as it has been a little neglected hence the low price for a plant with a fantastic original blooming

9. Paph Shun Fa Golden--$60; 1 PB, 2 NBS with a small chance of blooming this fall/winter; here is the thread of its first bloom followed by it today:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42186

 

[Denver]

10. OZ Roth Red Baron x Wide Horizon--$50; 1st bloom was 5.9/1.7/28; 1PB/1 good sized NBS or possibly small BS—should bloom next year

11. Paph roth ‘Knight Sunshine’ x ‘Tarantula’ from Tokyo Orchid Nursery via Paphioland--$50 40cm LS

12. Phrag (kovachii x (kovachii x schlimii ‘Hercules’))--$50; neglected compot from Peruflora; 3 strong plants, 2 of which have new growths and 3 decent seedlings in 6” pot; 40cm+ leafspan on the bigger plants
Done very well considering I grow fairly warm and these are 75% kovachii; whoever takes these will have to email me pictures when they bloom!

13. Phrag Fritz Schomburg--$50; in spike! Below is a link to its first blooming; it has had 1 better blooming since and this is the third time to bloom with it taking about 10-11 months to mature and bloom new growths
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38837

14. Phrag besseae flavum x3 plants--$50 package deal for all three plants. One of the three is not doing too great although it certainly does not look diseased nor like it will die, 1 is doing ok, 1 is doing quite well. Here are the best pictures I have of them blooming:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39379

15. Phragmipedium andreettae--$50 In bloom/spike as shown, looks like one more bud; 1 blooming growth, 1 tiny new start

16. Phragmipedium hirtzii--$50 In bloom/spike as shown; flower NS 17.5cm; right plant of the two

17. Pragmipedium hirtzii--$40; as far as I can tell this has not bloomed, bought at the same time as the above plant, both from Peruflora, left plant of the two

18. Prag wallisii--$40; also from Peruflora; 1 old growth that has not bloomed but will not bloom; 1 BS growth

19. Paph roth ‘black diamond’ x ‘Tarantula’ from Tokyo Orchid Nursery via Paphioland--$40 29.5cm LS

 

[Denver]

20. Paph Addicted Phillip x Michael Koopowitz--$40; 1 BS/1NBS

21. Paph roth ‘Rex’ x ‘Mont Milias’ Best’--$40; unbloomed, vigorous plant; 1 BS/2 new growths; 4” pot approx. 26” LS

22. Paph kolopakingii var topperi x gigantifolium--$40; 1 unbloomed old growth; 1 huge NBS or possibly BS growth; 5” aircone; tall vertical leaf is 3” wide and 25” tall

23. Paph roth ‘Z2135’ x anitum ‘Bear’--$40; big plant in 5” aircone; 1 PB; 2 or 3 blooming sized growths; 1 or 2 NBS growths; 2 new growths; the PB growth blasted; I bought it as unbloomed but there is an old stump in the middle that certainly looks like it spiked at some point; but big healthy plant ready to put on a show once it starts throwing spikes

24. Paph adductum ‘MH-5’ x self--$40

25. Paph stonei #1 x 2008--$40; 26” LS with each progressive leaf getting much wider

26. Paph liemianum ‘wide petal’ x roth ‘simba’--$35; In low spike!; 1PB/1 in spike/1 new growth; was a good flower on the first blooming the in spike growth is very nice and I anticipate this flowering to be an improvement

27. Paph stonei ‘Jean’ x Kolosand ‘Windy Hill’--$30; 4” aircone

28. Paph Dollgoldi (roth ‘Early Bird’ x armeniacum ‘Golden Globe’)—$30 1PB, 2 NBS, good flowers

29. Paph Dollgoldi (roth ‘Early Bird’ x armeniacum ‘Golden Globe’)--$30 1PB, 1 new growth, better flowers than above and they lasted 3+ months

 

[Denver]

30. Paph stonei ‘bear’ x ‘giant’--$30; 1PB not under my care; 1 BS/ 1 new

31. Paph Deperle--$25, super prolific, had 4 spikes last year, has 2 spikes just starting right now

32. Paph Betty Glenn--$25 in spike/bloom, 1PB, 1 Blooming, 1 NBS, 1 new start
Here is the thread from its first blooming, followed by it right now:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33818

33. Paph vietnamense--$25; growing well, each new leaf is getting much larger and wider

34. Paph (anitum x philippinense) x roth--$25; 1 PB, 1BS; link to 1st blooming, picture of current plant
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40309

35. Paph delenatii var album ‘Snow White’ x ‘As White as Virgin’--$20; in spike! Compact plant in 2.5” pot

36. Paph PEOY ‘No 1’ x anitum ‘Chen’--$20

37. Paph sanderianum x anitum--$20; 3” pot NBS seedling

38. Paph Shin Yi Omar--$20; 2PB, 1 BS, 1 NBS, 1 new start, link to last blooming, picture of plant currently

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40179

39. Mighty x Red Baron--$20; 1st bloom was 5.35/1.5/22; 1PB/2 new growths

40. Paph Addicted Phillip (philippense x anitum)--$20; listing as the label says…

 

[Denver]

41. Paph lowii ‘Outreach’ x ‘Dark Secret’--$20; 1PB with good but not great flowers; 1BS growth

42. Chester Hill x Red Baron--$20; 1st bloom was 5.9/1.5/23; 1PB/1 good sized but floppy NBS; 6” pot

Paph stonei seedlings; Justin’s breeding—super healthy and vigorous seedlings
43. stonei $15; 2 plants in 3” aircone; 17.5cm LS and 20.5cm LS

44. $20; 6 plants in 4” aircone; biggest two have LS of 16.5 & 17.5cm

45. Roth compot originally from Justin—these have not done as well as the stonei seedlings, I probably should have repotted them into the same mix I did the stonei; New Horizon x Raptor
$15; 7 babies in 4” pot

46. Paph gigantifolium seedling--$20; 40cm leafspan, needs to be repotted

47. Paph gigantifolium seedling--$15; 35cm, needs to be repotted

48. Paph delenatii vini ‘Full Moon’ x ‘Purple Lantern’—$15; in spike; 2PB, 1 in spike

49. Paph Magic Lantern-$15, spike is fading but has one BS growth that looks like it might spike any day now

50. Paph (Loco Bueno ’11-08’ x Hampshire Green Glass ’11-08’)--$15 1PB, 1 BS 27cm, nice compact green complex; looks like it is in very low spike

 

[Denver]

51. Paph Shin Yi Williams in full bloom--$15; 1PB/1 blooming/1NBS; 4cm DS

52. Chester Hill x Red Baron--$15; 1st bloom was 4.9/1.2/21; 1PB/1 new growth

53. Paph sanderianum--$15 28cm LS

54. Paph delenatii vini x normal--$15; 2PB; 1 in low spike

55. Phrag Memoria Mariza Rolando--$15

56. Paph roth Gigantic x Perfection--$15

57. Phrag Nicholle Tower--$15; 2PB/1BS that should spike soon; good but not great Nicholle tower, last flowering lasted over 6 months; very nice flowers but does has not branched yet

58. Phrag Eumelia Arias from Orchid Inn--$15; 1 old non-bloomed growth; 2 new/NBS growths

59. Paph philippenense ‘Super Twister x Alford’--$15; 1 40cm growth + new growth

60. Paph philippenense ‘Ching Hua’ x ‘Super Twister’--$15; 1BS + 2 new growths

 

[Denver]

61. Paph Lady Isabel (roth ‘Raja Kumis’ x stonei ‘Cindy Hill’)--$15; 2 PB, 1 NBS spindly growth, 2 new growths that are rather spindly, neglected and didn’t get enough light but nice blooms last time as shown in the link:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38027

62. Paph (Lady Rothschild ‘Grace’ x gigantifolium ‘Hsinying’)--$15 40cm+ LS

Paph godefroyae: do not expect to receive with flowers
63. 1 flower plant $10—1PB, one in bloom, flower is now on its last legs; 8cm NS
64. 2 flowers plant $10—1PB, 2 in bloom, flowers are on their last legs; left flower 8cm NS; right flower 9cm NS

65. Paph lost tag--$10; 99% sure it is Paul Parks x gardeneri—hasn’t bloomed, 5 BS growths

66. Phrag besseae flavum x dalessandroi--$10; 1 tiny old PB growth; 1 strong BS growth; this plant was very much on the yellow side for this cross on its first bloom but pictures were lost on an old phone

67. Paph niveum x roth--$10; 2PB with deformed spikes, they arrived in spike and I think the shipping might have been part of the cause; 3BS growths that are much larger than the PB growths; multiple new growths

68. Phrag kovachii x richteri--$10; never been bloomed, relatively small growths for a kovachii cross so it is still probably NBS

69. Paph liemianum x Johanna Burkhardt--$10; 1 PB, 1 BS, 1 TINY nub of a start

 

[Denver]

70. Paph Jolly Holiday--$10; 1 PB, 1 BS, 1 small new growth; the plant has gotten a little floppy so cheap despite it being a nice plant; link to PB growth’s blooming, picture of plant’s current state
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33821

71. Paph chamberlainianum--$10; 1 PB (before I bought it), 1 NBS

72. Paph primulinum var purpurascens--$10; 1 PB under my care but can’t find picture, good flower but not great; 1 BS

73. Paph micranthum--$5; 1 blasted withered growth/1BS/2 new starts

74. Paph lost tag—95% sure it is Hsinying Franz x Anitum--$5; 3” aircone

75. Phrag wallisii x Conchiferum--$5; blooming now but probably won’t last to shipping; had two spikes this year, 1 with 3 flowers, 1 with 4; some NBS growths

76. Paph roth ‘Revolution’ x ‘Mont Milais’--$5; 1 old unbloomed growth that will not bloom; 1 new growth

77. Paph Prim-N-Proper ‘Ron’ x stonei ‘Jean’--$5; 3” aircone

78. Paph Chiu Hua Dancer--$5; nice but not great on first bloom; 1 PB, 1 new start

79. Paph gardinerii--$5; 1 PB/1BS/1 new start; been neglected a little, needs repotting

80. Phrag caudatum from Orchid Zone--$5; 1 old stub/1PB/1 new; first flowering is in this link:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38834

 

[Denver]

81. Phrag Fireworks--$5; nice flowers, neglected plant probably needs repotting and I have definitely been keeping it too dry; 1 PB withering growth, 1 BS, 1 start

82. Paph armeniacum--$5; 1 PB; 1 BS; 2 new starts

83. Phrag kovachii from Littlefrog—hasn’t liked my temperatures but it has survived--$5

84. Phrag Memoria Mariza Rolando—hasn’t liked my temperatures but it has survived--$5

85. Paph roth ‘Green Valley’ x ‘Dou Fang’--$5

86. Brassia rex ‘Walomao Spotless’ FCC/AOS--$5, been neglected but doing ok and keeps putting out new growths so should recover quickly; picture of plant’s current condition and link to last blooming

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34679

 

[Justin]

Tough to say goodbye to such an excellent collection but that is life and it sounds like you are making the right decision.

You did a great job growing those stonei! I am sure you will find a good home for them and all the rest of these high quality plants.

 

[Chicago Chad]

11. Paph roth ‘Knight Sunshine’ x ‘Tarantula’ from Tokyo Orchid Nursery via Paphioland--$50 40cm LS
19. Paph roth ‘black diamond’ x ‘Tarantula’ from Tokyo Orchid Nursery via Paphioland--$40 29.5cm LS

46. Paph gigantifolium seedling--$20; 40cm leafspan, needs to be repotted
47. Paph gigantifolium seedling--$15; 35cm, needs to be repotted

83. Phrag kovachii from Littlefrog—hasn’t liked my temperatures but it has survived--$5

I will take these and pay you now via paypal is that is acceptable. I would like to add some more and make it worth your time but I didnt want someone to snatch these first

 

[Linus_Cello]

I'll take:
9. Paph Shun Fa Golden--$60; 1 PB, 2 NBS
12. Phrag (kovachii x (kovachii x schlimii ‘Hercules’))--$50; 40cm+ leafspan on the bigger plants
23. Paph roth ‘Z2135’ x anitum ‘Bear’--$40; big plant in 5” aircone; 1 PB; 2 or 3 blooming sized growths; 1 or 2 NBS growths; 2 new growths; the PB growth blasted;
36. Paph PEOY ‘No 1’ x anitum ‘Chen’--$20
37. Paph sanderianum x anitum--$20; 3” pot NBS seedling
55. Phrag Memoria Mariza Rolando--$15
68. Phrag kovachii x richteri--$10; never been bloomed, relatively small growths for a kovachii cross so it is still probably NBS
80. Phrag caudatum from Orchid Zone--$5; 1 old stub/1PB/1 new;

I will also pay now via paypal if you like.

 

[Heather]

Nice collection! Sorry you are having to sell but, having been there, I get it! Good luck in your new endeavors (and the sales!)

 

[Slipper lover]

#44,#51,#64,#73,#75,and #78

 

[Tom Reddick]

I live in Dallas and would be interested in,

45, 53, 56, 59 and 60.

I would be interested in more, but I am also being careful about space until next spring when I might be making a move.

It would have to be a weekend, but if I can help with packing and shipping plants- happy to do so. I am fairly new to the forum here, but have been growing a very long time and have sold/shipped orchids at shows in the past- so I know the drill.

Best of luck to you.

 

[Tom Reddick]

PS- thinking on this, members of the forum- if some of you want to pitch in with me and buy this collection for $1,000 as originally offered, I am happy to take delivery here in Dallas provided I can ship plants out to people within two weeks (US shipping only.)

As long as there is non-overlapping interest in most of the stock, I will volunteer to take on that task. I will front $300 with the expectation I get the 5 plants listed in my reply post plus other things based on whatever other people want/don't want.

Fairly new here- but a grower for 35 years now and there are trade people on this forum who can vouch for me.

The mechanics would be like this- a few of us iron out 80%-90% of the split of plants (or all if we can do so quickly), I pay Denver $1,000 so he has his money and can move on, and then once he confirms he has his money from me (and publicly indicates as such in this thread), I retrieve the plants, the other buyers pay me and I ship. As noted above, I can provide references to vouch for me- and may request the same of others based on forum history, as needed.

 

[Denver]

Tough to say goodbye to such an excellent collection but that is life and it sounds like you are making the right decision.

You did a great job growing those stonei! I am sure you will find a good home for them and all the rest of these high quality plants.

thanks Justin, I'm sure I'll be back someday...maybe not quite as large of a collection unless I actually get a greenhouse...

 

[Denver]

I've gotten a bunch of PMs as well as the replies in here. I will provide an updated status of the plants tomorrow.

 

[Slipper lover]

#44 what are they $20
#45 roth compot $15
#64 Paph godefroyae $10
#73Paph micranthum $5
#75 Phrag wallisii x Conchiferum $5
#78 paph chiu hua dancer $5
I will pay via paypal if that is okay

 

[bulolo]

I'm interested in 21, 24, 25, 72, 85, and 82. Can pay by PayPal.

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