SelectOrchids -> My first plants and flasks order (with pictures)

[treefrog]

I made my first purchase of plants and flasks from Xavier last weeks. I must first point out that I live in French Guiana (Oversea department of France in the Amazon) and shipping logistic is always…a bit complicated. So, since one of my friends was in Paris, I had the package sent to his hotel. Shipping from the SelectOrchids in the Netherlands was extremely fast and plants arrived the next day! They then waited in the box at the hotel for a bit less than a week before being squeezed into a suitcase in anticipation of the long 9h flight to French Guiana. Upon arrival in French Guiana, I was first impressed by the quality of the packaging! Even after this very long trip all plants were in perfect shape and the majority had flowers or spikes. Of course, with all that squeezing, some flowers did suffer a bit, but still, I’m very impressed by the quality of the plants.

Here are some pictures:










Then there are the flasks! Extremely strong and healthy seedlings with big roots!
Some Roths:

 

[treefrog]

Some bellatulum 4n



And finally some compots. Very hard leaves and long roots for this Roth cross



No need to say I'm very very satisfied, and I will order again without hesitations.
Cheers,
Math

 

[treefrog]

I just found this 3 pictures my friend took when he opened the box to have everything fitted in the suitcase



It was tight!

 

[CharlesD]

Wow you should be pleased! Those flasks almost have too many roots! I’d like to at least feel like I’m adding more roots for deflasked plants but would be tough to grow those any better!

 

[Pleurothallidan]

Woo nice haul! Those all look great