Piping Rock sold!

[justagirlart]

I met Glen a few weeks ago. He was planning on retiring years ago. He sold all of his breeding Phragmipedium to Kyle at Quintal Farm before he sold the rest of his plants to George Crosier including the greenhouse. He keeps 500 plants as his personal collection and become a hobby grower again with his new 12x24 greenhouse. It seems like he has planned his retirement well and he is happy with it so far.

That is so good to hear. He is a good man

 

[justagirlart]

Wish I could get my kids interested. It seems like I buy a lot of collections these days (two big collections this year, one commercial grower and one former commercial grower). I'm well past my limit for a one man operation.

Where are you located?

 

[abax]

Hey LilFrog, I can sell you 100 acres of land with a few thousand
trees and plenty of space for your collection...greenhouse, shop,
two barns and a house. ;>)

 

[SouthPark]

I heard he sold out. I will miss him greatly. He has so much knowledge.

This is like around 1 year after the last batch of posts. Do you mean he sold his nursery?

 

[Ray]

If you mean Glen Decker, yes.

 

[SouthPark]

If you mean Glen Decker, yes.

Thanks Ray.

 

[cnycharles]

George who bought piping rock has been a member here for awhile, though not as active in recent times

 

[e-spice]

Seems like the new owner has had the site closed for orders for a long time.

 

[Ray]

Operating an orchid plant business is a LOT of work, and has led to several failures by the new operators.

Parkside?, Orchid Zone? Will this be another?

 

[SouthPark]

Will this be another?

I certainly hope not!

George ----- what's the hold-up? (only kidding hehehe).

 

[geogeo21]

Makes me feel like I should've bought Parkside Orchids 15 years ago

 

[richgarrison]

would have been great to still have a source like that still local...

although it would have been expensive

(for me ;-) )

 

[cnycharles]

would have been great to still have a source like that still local...

although it would have been expensive

(for me ;-) )

Main Street orchids is still nearby

 

[Heather]

Just heard this. George Crozier makes sense. He’s got some cash and is well known with the New Hampshire society. Interesting! I wish all the best to all involved.

 

[richgarrison]

Main Street orchids is still nearby

indeed he is... we used to make that part of the outing... he's posting stuff online, and has some great phrags...

 

[SouthPark]

Nobody wants our tree nursery, least of all my husband's children/his grandchildren.

Selling the children and grand-children too? Now that's going a bit too far.

 

[e-spice]

What's is your tree nursery name Abax?

 

[e-spice]

Operating an orchid plant business is a LOT of work, and has led to several failures by the new operators.

Parkside?, Orchid Zone? Will this be another?

My guess is, yes, this is another one that fails. The fact that the site has been disabled for purchasing for over a year probably means it isn't ever coming back.

 

[Cheoah]

Growing is one thing, then there's customer service and order fulfillment, which guys like Ray and Tom make look easy. Who knows how much appetite they'll have for retail eCommerce.

If they're successful with some grow cycles, they'll have extra plants to deal with. So there's that. Lots of headwinds when scaling, I wish 'em all the best.