sanderianum

[ehanes7612]

Bought this today from Seattleorchid.com in Ballard , seattle. The petals are only 18 in long but they are nice and dark...and there's the novelty of buying a sanderianum in bloom ...

 

[Dido]

great done, would have bought it too.
Sand it over to me

 

[paphioboy]

Gorgeous!!! How big a whole did that burn in your pocket?

 

[Shiva]

Good buy! I'm envious.

 

[ehanes7612]

Gorgeous!!! How big a whole did that burn in your pocket?

275...3 growth plant

 

[Rick]

275...3 growth plant

I think that's a good price, but I detect a trace of justificationoke:oke:

Does your spouse know you bought it:evil:

 

[ehanes7612]

I think that's a good price, but I detect a trace of justificationoke:oke:

Does your spouse know you bought it:evil:

divorced..............but i have three other sanderianums that are putting out second growths , so yes.. a bit of justification

 

[John Boy]

looks like a 3-growth plant to me. I'm amazed anyone would sell something like that (no matter for what money), but: I'd have bought it too!!! (twice! too) :drool:

 

[Wendy]

Wow....that was a steal for that price. It's a really fantastic flower too! Great buy! :clap: :drool:

 

[W. Beetus]

Great buy! Nice petals.

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

275...3 growth plant

So you didn't loose an arm & a leg on this beauty. oke:

 

[emydura]

That is really nice. Better than a lot of sanderianums you see. Amazing price as well. I'm envious to say the least.

David

 

[Justin]

no justification needed there...very decent sand for not a bad price.

 

[Heather]

Wow! Nice! Certainly not something you often get the opportunity to buy in bloom!

 

[SlipperFan]

Oh, My!!!:drool:

 

[luvsorchids]

:drool: I admired this plant just a couple nights ago. I was at Seattle Orchid for a NWOS show committee meeting. Another member bought the other one they had that had even darker flowers. He also got a great deal.

Susan

 

[ehanes7612]

They have access to three more in bud that they would be willing to broker...if anyone is interested give them a call...i dont represent them so i cant say what kind of deal they would offer

 

[emydura]

And you didn't buy it Susan? You have more will power than me. I would have bought both.

David

 

[Kevin]

Okay, so I don't really know, but why would a three growth sanderianum in flower go for $275? Are they rare?, hard to grow?, slow growers? or is it just that it's a sanderianum, and sanderianums are cool? I've seen quite a few showing up on this forum, so it seems that a lot of people are having success with them.

 

[Pete]

Are they rare?, hard to grow?, slow growers? or is it just that it's a sanderianum, and sanderianums are cool?

ironically enough, all of the above. i suppose the species is not so rare in cultivation nowadays, but still fairly rare in the wild (often occurring in larger populations, however not so many populations left these days).
on top of being slow growers and difficult to grow really well, they can be a pain to coax into blooming.