Wanted Wanted Phrags.

[awesomei]

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

I apologize for themistake on my part. I confused email addresses. I meant to say that I had ordered seval Phrags from Woodstream, not creekside. I am located in the Dallas Texas area.
George

 

[southernbelle]

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

Huntingtown, MD

 

[yaliu]

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!

I would echo this
I ordered a box as a society fund raiser as well, and Graham was great to work with (he also sent the giant box of large and multi growth plants with an invoice to pay after the plants arrived).
The entire experience was great.

One thing that's happened only a handful of times - I have had mislabeled plants, which happened with our auction a few months back. The plants were generally in bloom though, so you'd be able to see what they are and I would think he would be able to help clarify the identity of the plant if that was important to you.

 

[Morja]

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.

I actually thought that too. I appreciate the clarification!

 

[Califoutdoors]

I’ve been trying to order some phrags from Woodstream for months after initial contact with Bill and getting updated lists (from which to order).

Now—radio silence for some time. Contacting them has been, for me, a waste of time and an orchid chasing folley at best…

 

[kman]

I'm in no position, nor can I defend the Goldner's communication record. Not responding is not good by any standard. I do know they go fishing across the country regularly, as well as being active in orchid meetings and speaking. I guess I'm just patient. But for me any waits have been worth it as their offerings are first class.

 

[Ray]

…and having a full-time job with the government AND raising a child.

 

[Morja]

I’ve been trying to order some phrags from Woodstream for months after initial contact with Bill and getting updated lists (from which to order).

Now—radio silence for some time. Contacting them has been, for me, a waste of time and an orchid chasing folley at best…

While I agree with others that they are busy but have good plants etc, if you do get any plants from them, keep them separate for a long while and just do some preventative treatments... my latest purchase was from them in September (my first from them ever!) and I am 90% sure that's where my recent thrips problem came from.
I am not the only one who has talked about this in recent months, sadly.
The plant I got was not with their most recent batch of seedlings, it was an older plant that they found for me elsewhere, which I REALLY appreciated as I really wanted that particular phrag hybrid. It's possible that if you get the last of something, or if they find something for you that they thought they didn't have initially, it was set aside for treatment or something a while back. Maybe they thought it was treated and fine when they sent it to me if that was the case (I'm just speculating of course). I give them the benefit of the doubt there anyway because I know they have a great reputation. Just be aware!

 

[Cody]

If you're still waiting, send a follow up email. Bill also told me he would ship sometime in September but i think it was the first week of October that they actually went out. But he also said they had more than 50 orders to pack up

 

[Tom-DE]

Bill G. isn't good at communications... Communication is very important for many hobbyists, myself included. Unless he has something that you can't get elsewhere, look the other way.