My Ratcliffe Order arrived

[Gideon]

Well I got my order from Paul yesterday, and the plants are lovely.

This is what I got...

Paph Species
lowii ('Dragonfly' AM/AOS x 'Select')
malipoense ('Green Giant' x 'Giant Stripe')...IN BUD
micranthum ('Wild Rose' x 'Ethereal')
haynaldianum
tigrinum

Paph Hybrids
Black Maude (Maudiae 'Midnight', vini, x Black Rook 'Sam Isaacs')
Deedmannianum (spicerianum x chamberlainianum)
Golddollar (primulinum var. aureum x armeniacum)
Spicy Henry (henryanum x spicerianum)
Varuna (venustum x wardii 'Select')
Bel Royal (philippinense var. roebbelinii 'Serpent' x kolopakingii 'Richard')
Berenice (philippinense 'Victory' x lowii ('Limrick' x 'Hunabu')
(Booth's Strap Leaf x sanderianum)
(haynaldianum 'Kos' x Pinocchio 'Halo')
(haynaldianum 'Select' x supardii 'Leader')
Isabel Booth (Lady Isabel 'Rose Bouquet x philippinense var roebbelinii -A World of Orchids' AM/AOS)
Lebaudianum (haynaldianum 'Kos' x philippinense 'Ben's Select')
Moustache (Saint Swithin 'Angelica' x philippinense 'Victory')
(Moustache 'Sand Hill' x sanderianum)

And 2 free gifts...a Paph (Saint Swithin '15th July' AM/RHS x moquettianum 'Loriet' AM/AOS) and
Phragmipedium Olaf Gruss (besseae x pearcei)

And to top it off DavidM gave me a
Paph wardii forma album
Paph (Moustache 'Sand Hill' x sanderianum)
and Paph (Oberhausens Diament x philippinense #4 'Snowy')

 

[Marco]

That is a serious haul Gideon. :clap: I can't wait to see pictures of their blooms.

 

[Heather]

Score, dude!
Nice choices...You have a helluva collection there Gideon. Such the role model! :clap:

 

[ScottMcC]

In one day, you bought as many orchids as I have. Good job dude! Now lets see some pics!

 

[SlipperFan]

What a great group of plants you purchased!

 

[Greenpaph]

Gideon,

That is fantastic! Congratulations and we look forward to the flower posts!

thanks

 

[Stephan]

Dude

That's one nice collection all by itself.


Cheers
Stephan

 

[DavidM]

Wow, nice plants, I never saw the haynaldianum or the tigrinum on the list, what size are they?

 

[NYEric]

Good timing

I am curious, as Paul is shutting down his US operation, did you get the plants from the US or UK? E.

 

[Gideon]

I think some of the plants were from the US and some from the UK

 

[Gideon]

Wow, nice plants, I never saw the haynaldianum or the tigrinum on the list, what size are they?

Sorry I never saw this before, they are large multi growth plants...the haynaldianum was a special order and I ordered the tigrinum way back when it was listed on their website

 

[NYEric]

I wonder if I go down to Orlando [it's a cheap flight from NYC] if I could get good deals on plants... Actually, when I post pictures you'll see that I hardly have any room left for plants. However, if Paul specialized in Phrags I would drive down and load up. NO JOKE!

 

[Heather]

Unfortunately, Paul emailed me the other day that they're officially closed, having sold off or sent the plants to the UK already. They leave on 9/28.