That may be true but there are australian orchid nurseries that do export
orchids.

Do some searches, you might be surprised.


"K Barrett" wrote in message
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I have never seen them here at all. As far as I know many many of the
Australian orchids aren't imported over here. Sure we get the various
Dendrobiums (Dockrillias) and of course the Sarcochilus, but these
terrestrials and the Promenea hybrids forget it. I suppose I should
contact
Adelaide Orchids and see if they'd send a flask. As far as I know Adelaide
is the only Ozzie firm with a branch in the US.

K Barrett

"Bolero" wrote in message
u...
Yes they will grow outside in California.

I don't understand why you can't get them there, they are a dime a dozen
here. There must be importers over there bringing them in?


"K Barrett" wrote in message
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Personally, thru this article, ausdigi's photos on APBO and Tony
Watkinson's
presentation (to come up Wed on OrchidSafari) I think Aussie
terrestrails
will be the next rage orchid. I think they may even grow outdoors here
in
Calif. I know many people see ausdigi's photos and want some for
themselves.
(or maybe I should speak for myself. If I could figure out how to get
them
here I'd buy a flask in a heartbeat.

K Barrett

"sneff" sneff at d2 dot net dot au wrote in message
s.com...
Its amazing what you can come up with when you visit Google's News
Search
(http://news.google.com), and type 'orchid' into the search field.

This story from the Melbourne Age newspaper
(http://tinyurl.com/v32a)
is
currently only a few hours old, and outlines some of the steps
different
groups are taking to protect threatened orchid species. As well as
the
possible discovery of a new species! It's a little light on binomial
nomenclature, but hey - this is a weekend broadsheet newspaper after
all.
Still interesting. Along with all the other local orchid news
stories
to
be
found at Google's news search. Happy hunting.

Best, Matthew