don't mean the world wide web, but Willowbrook, Wellspring and Windy Hill 
I didn't realize until I was just uploading pics of plants I've just received that each came from a 'W' vendor. The fourth isn't here yet, but there are bletillas on the way from the Wild Orchid Company
About a month or more ago I started looking for certain phrag hybrids and species. One of my google searches turned up a Willowbrook Orchids in Georgia, which it seems I hadn't heard of before. After emailing a few questions I realized that the business was owned by David Kessler, who used to live in Central NY in Oswego and was a member of the Central NY Orchid Society while I was there! We caught up a bit, and he revealed that one day after Oswego had a roughly 214" total winter snowfall, he'd had enough shoveling I still need to call and find out how he ended up becoming an orchid vendor
package from Willowbrook that showed up at work today amidst a blizzard
from mid left up clockwise: Phrag Moriza Rolando,
besseae flavum 'chucks choice' am/aos x 'germany #2',
phrag manzurii 'waunakee' x 'wonder',
phrag besseae flavum 'chuck's choice' x ackers ballerina and a
free plant David sent my way for being patient with weather delays
phrag wossen!
all are excellent plants, the box was very well padded and wrapped, David has excellent
communication and concern for his plants and customers. he
has excellent stuff, lots of great phrags and paphs, and other orchids
and an excellent orchid image blog. by the way, he will have more phrag manzurii
for sale soon!
I also decided to try some bletilla orchids since they would now survive outside where i'm living in south jersey. I ended up getting part from Wellspring Gardens in Lakeland Fla. which has many tropical plants, excellent quality over a number of years, great ebay and dave's garden website ratings. They are seedlings at a seedling price, and excellent, not junk. I would highly recommend anyone to check them out
left to right: bletilla Yokohama 'kate', a primary hybrid between
bletilla striata and formosana; lemon grass (how'd that non-orchid get in there?!) and bletilla ochracea
i'm planning on putting these in pots, and two others from the Wild Orchid Company will also go in pots. Those will be mature tubers, while these are emerging seedlings
I also hemmed and hawed about other phrag seedlings, and decided to also get some from Marilyn LeDoux at Windy Hill Orchids in Missouri, who is an excellent grower and overall nice person, and I can prove this by the fact I emailed her and accidently called her 'marylin' a few times and she didn't object . I ended up deciding to get a phrag d'alessandroi 'Windy Hill' x self and a phrag elizabeth castle, and Marilyn also sent me a nice seedling of paph hirsutissimum var. esquirolei! All plants/seedlings were in excellent condition, and the packaging/wrapping was so neat and tidy that I felt bad tearing the packaging open (just like at Christmas!) Thanks very much!
left to right clockwise: phrag elizabeth castle, phrag d'alessandroi 'Windy Hill' x self
and free plant paph hirsutissimum var. esquirolei 'carolyn leonard' am/aos x self
whew! I looked at my bank account this morning, and was quickly reminded that it's a good thing that I get paid tomorrow, and that my federal tax return will be generous this year. definite halt on more purchases!
I didn't realize until I was just uploading pics of plants I've just received that each came from a 'W' vendor. The fourth isn't here yet, but there are bletillas on the way from the Wild Orchid CompanyAbout a month or more ago I started looking for certain phrag hybrids and species. One of my google searches turned up a Willowbrook Orchids in Georgia, which it seems I hadn't heard of before. After emailing a few questions I realized that the business was owned by David Kessler, who used to live in Central NY in Oswego and was a member of the Central NY Orchid Society while I was there! We caught up a bit, and he revealed that one day after Oswego had a roughly 214" total winter snowfall, he'd had enough shoveling
I still need to call and find out how he ended up becoming an orchid vendor
package from Willowbrook that showed up at work today amidst a blizzard
from mid left up clockwise: Phrag Moriza Rolando,
besseae flavum 'chucks choice' am/aos x 'germany #2',
phrag manzurii 'waunakee' x 'wonder',
phrag besseae flavum 'chuck's choice' x ackers ballerina and a
free plant David sent my way for being patient with weather delays
phrag wossen!
all are excellent plants, the box was very well padded and wrapped, David has excellent
communication and concern for his plants and customers. he
has excellent stuff, lots of great phrags and paphs, and other orchids
and an excellent orchid image blog. by the way, he will have more phrag manzurii
for sale soon!
I also decided to try some bletilla orchids since they would now survive outside where i'm living in south jersey. I ended up getting part from Wellspring Gardens in Lakeland Fla. which has many tropical plants, excellent quality over a number of years, great ebay and dave's garden website ratings. They are seedlings at a seedling price, and excellent, not junk. I would highly recommend anyone to check them out
left to right: bletilla Yokohama 'kate', a primary hybrid between
bletilla striata and formosana; lemon grass (how'd that non-orchid get in there?!) and bletilla ochracea
i'm planning on putting these in pots, and two others from the Wild Orchid Company will also go in pots. Those will be mature tubers, while these are emerging seedlings
I also hemmed and hawed about other phrag seedlings, and decided to also get some from Marilyn LeDoux at Windy Hill Orchids in Missouri, who is an excellent grower and overall nice person, and I can prove this by the fact I emailed her and accidently called her 'marylin' a few times and she didn't object
. I ended up deciding to get a phrag d'alessandroi 'Windy Hill' x self and a phrag elizabeth castle, and Marilyn also sent me a nice seedling of paph hirsutissimum var. esquirolei! All plants/seedlings were in excellent condition, and the packaging/wrapping was so neat and tidy that I felt bad tearing the packaging open (just like at Christmas!) Thanks very much!
left to right clockwise: phrag elizabeth castle, phrag d'alessandroi 'Windy Hill' x self
and free plant paph hirsutissimum var. esquirolei 'carolyn leonard' am/aos x self
whew! I looked at my bank account this morning, and was quickly reminded that it's a good thing that I get paid tomorrow, and that my federal tax return will be generous this year. definite halt on more purchases!
