Wanted Wanted Phrags.

[awesomei]

I built up my Phrags collection to a couple 100. We had a 100 year freeze here in Dallas of Feb. 2022 and I lost many initally and have continued to loose plants until I am only down to 60??? I am now trying to rebuild my collection. If you have Phrags you would sell, please contact me.
George

 

[Ray]

Have you considered Lehua Orchids? I won’t say Graham has the most sophisticated phrag crosses for sale, but I’ve gotten tons of nice ones over the years, and it’s hard to beat his prices.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Or considered attending the Feb 8, 2025 Paph Forum?

https://ncos.us/44th-annual-paphiopedilum-forum/

 

[awesomei]

Have you considered Lehua Orchids? I won’t say Graham has the most sophisticated phrag crosses for sale, but I’ve gotten tons of nice ones over the years, and it’s hard to beat his prices.

Thank you Ray. Do you know if he has a website?

 

[Weaver]

I purchased some paphs and the phrag Devil’s Fire from Lehua last January and the plants I received were very large and healthy, fwiw. Website is, lehuaorchids.com

 

[Tom-DE]

I thought Lehua only did wholesale business...I would have given them a try if they also did retail business for hobbyists.

Edit: Okay, it looks like they do retail as well...for some reason, it showed wholesale only when I looked them up a few months ago.

 

[Weaver]

Lehua has a minimum order (15 plants, I think it was?), so sort of retail/sort of wholesale.

 

[Phragper]

I built up my Phrags collection to a couple 100. We had a 100 year freeze here in Dallas of Feb. 2022 and I lost many initally and have continued to loose plants until I am only down to 60??? I am now trying to rebuild my collection. If you have Phrags you would sell, please contact me.
George

have lots i could sell.
Phrag Demetria. large
Phrag Grande. good size.
Phrag Professor Braem
Phrag Lou’s Love
Phrag Fall River ‘Purple Passion’ x kovachii
Phrag Anthony Omeis x kovachii

 

[NYEric]

Lehua has a minimum order (15 plants, I think it was?), so sort of retail/sort of wholesale.

Group order to the mainland?

 

[NYEric]

have lots i could sell.
Phrag Demetria. large
Phrag Grande. good size.
Phrag Professor Braem
Phrag Lou’s Love
Phrag Fall River ‘Purple Passion’ x kovachii
Phrag Anthony Omeis x kovachii

Want to sell the last 2?

 

[Phragper]

Want to sell the last 2?

sure. sorry. i just saw this post. how many. still have several if each

 

[Roots]

Or considered attending the Feb 8, 2025 Paph Forum?

Apologies for hijacking this thread. I keep seeing Woodstream referenced. And in fact they are listed as vendors at this Paph Forum. But the link on the Forum page goes to a website from 2020. Does anyone know if they deal with the general public or if it is more limited? I don't want to be pushy but what is listed on the 2020 website looks really interesting.

 

[kman]

Woodstream issues lists every spring and fall and one orders via email from these lists. Just contact them directly for a copy. Every plant I have obtained from them has been a good grower, and some of the clones they offer are the very best you can generally find.

 

[Phragper]

i have their list downloaded and would send or Bill would. be morev than glad to email it to you.

 

[NYEric]

A lot of these are sold out until next Spring. I only got 3 of 10 requested the day after the list came out.

 

[kman]

Good stuff always sells out rapidly. I scored this fall late with three fine clones, after some back and forth over what was still in stock.

 

[awesomei]

I ordered several Phrags from Woodstream in Aug . I received an email that they would ship in Sept. and I am still waiting?????
George

 

[Phragper]

I ordered several Phrags from Creekside in Aug . I received an email that they would ship in Sept. and I am still waiting?????

I ordered several Phrags from Creekside in Aug . I received an email that they would ship in Sept. and I am still waiting?????
George

where are they located. (my email is [email protected]).

 

[big923cattleya]

My two cents worth.
Lehua orchids has good plants. Mostly Paphs though, never ordered Phrags. from them.
I really think that if you order 15 Paphiopedilums, his Half Box Special, you’ll get 15 gorgeous plants. Many with several fans and some have multiple spikes. He normally will select plants that you like, say greens/ white, vinicolors, or callosums. Or like me if you like spots!!
He has a list of all his crosses. I get the distinct impression that he doesn’t like to hunt for one of this, one of that, two of this, because it takes time. But if you like vini’s and let him choose the bulk of the 15 plants, he will try like heck to make you happy! Get a full box with 30 plants!!
I ordered a Half Box last June for the MOS auction. They came safely in bud. Many opened for the picnic/auction. I saw three or four that I thought were awardable but I resisted and did not keep them, the members got to bid on all of them.
Since the auction, I have had several members tell me how pretty they are!!
What did I pay?? Hold on to your hat! $251 for 15 Paphs., all in bud. That price included shipping. Do the math, it is like $17 per plant! I pay by personal check AFTER the plants came. Now who does that? Graham Wood does. It is like ordering from your Grandpa!!!
Just look at your AOS magazine in the back pages. So many of the awarded Paphs. are Lehua crosses.

BTW the plants brought in $513 at the auction. That doubles the money I spent. The club made a pure profit from that since I donated them. The club had a record income from the picnic/auction!! Lehua is partly responsible for that!

 

[Roots]

Thanks for the info. I will contact them directly and see if I can get on the list for the spring and see what might still be available for this fall.