I understood what you meant Rob. That the retail vendor was being sloppy,
not Terry Root.
Its a pet peeve of mine too, that retail vendors only sell orchids for the
buck, and make no attempt to pass along the 'pedigree' of what they are
selling. Theres a nursery here who gets plants from the local flower mart,
nice plants too. Then STRIPS all identification off the plant and puts on
their own froo-froo label saying "Cattleya" or 'Phalaenopsis'. And then has
the gall to sell them for 3x the price of any vendor in the orchid world
(Fuchs included). Imagine, conciously making a no-nami then selling it for
3x the price! Ack!
And stop grinding.
K Barrett
"Rob Halgren" wrote in message
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profpam wrote:
Hi, Rob,
I purchased several phrags from G & B Nursery last year. They do a
booming business with Armstrong Nursery. Although the names of the
phrags were not on the tags, I also contacted Terry with their numbers.
Terry responded within a couple of days; therefore, perhaps, he was on
vacation.
Right, but my point was that the retail grower knows what the names are.
They ordered them, by number, from the wholesale list. Do they think
that everybody has to contact Terry directly to get the names of the
crosses? Did Terry sign up for that kind of abuse? He's a saint for
responding to anybody, and he is wasting valuable time (which I'd rather
he spent making crosses) because his customers (the resellers) are not
following the rules. An orchid specialist nursery should understand
that people want to know what they are buying. The reseller should put
the damn names in the pots. The end customer should have to call OZ,
ever.
Granted, a lot of plants are sold into the pot plant trade, where
florists and others don't particularly care what the plant is, only what
it looks like. That is fine. If a florist buys plants from OZ and
doesn't put the names in, I don't fault them. The people who I find
offensive are the ones who claim to be specialists in orchids. They
know better and are just being lazy. I will never do business with
someone like that.
Rob (who actually has a sore tooth, so hitting a nerve is easy).
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Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit