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can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara
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"solaara" wrote can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara I've recently seen some Paphs in a Wyvales GC at Windlesham amongst the usual Phals (also had some Cattleyas and Dendrobiums) and there were lots in the GC at Syon Park the other day so they are around if you look. Longacres GC at Bagshot always has a good display and are notoriously cheaper/better than most. Alternatively for a better choice you need to look out a specialist Orchid Nursery in your locality but they are specialist plants and will be more expensive although it won't cost you to look. I may be able to help find a nursery, so where, roughly, are you in the UK? I might say that most orchids are not expensive these days considering what they were costing just 30 years ago when the sort of Phals you seen in the sheds at £9.99 (or Sainsburys at £5. ! ) were costing £25 then. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote "solaara" wrote can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara I've recently seen some Paphs in a Wyvales GC at Windlesham amongst the usual Phals (also had some Cattleyas and Dendrobiums) and there were lots in the GC at Syon Park the other day so they are around if you look. Longacres GC at Bagshot always has a good display and are notoriously cheaper/better than most. Is Syon park your natural habitate Bob? I was up there on Sunday doing a rare plant fair! (always Easter Sunday apparently because the GC is shut) I worked there for a season decades ago when there was a summer only Bank within the GC. It was Cogswells GC then. Still have a look around when in the Isleworth/Brentford area which we have been a lot lately (long story). Sorry I missed you there last weekend. Doing any more fairs up this way, the Saville Garden perhaps? -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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writes can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara It so happens that a good friend is in the hierarchy of the orchid world - so I asked him. His reply is as follows: QUOTE Paphs are sometimes available at garden centres, M & S etc.,but for some reason seem to be more expensive than other species. I have seen them at Castle Gardens (Sherborne) and Yeovil Marks & Sparks. An orchid nursery that specialises in them is Ratcliffe Orchids Ltd., Pitcott Lane, Owlesbury, Winchester, SO21 1LR. Telephone 01962 777664,Website is ratcliffe.uk.com You will get good quality plants from them but pay the price. Hope this helps! UNQUOTE As the man said .... HTH! -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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On Apr 15, 8:12*pm, Gopher wrote:
In message , solaara writes can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara It so happens that a good friend is in the hierarchy of the orchid world - so I asked him. His reply is as follows: QUOTE Paphs are sometimes available at garden centres, M & S etc.,but for some reason seem to be more expensive than other species. I have seen them at Castle Gardens (Sherborne) and Yeovil Marks & Sparks. An orchid nursery that specialises in them is Ratcliffe Orchids Ltd., Pitcott Lane, Owlesbury, Winchester, SO21 1LR. Telephone 01962 777664,Website is ratcliffe.uk.com You will get good quality plants from them but pay the price. Hope this helps! UNQUOTE As the man said .... HTH! -- Gopher .... I know my place! I have an orchid bought for me for my birthday on 5th February. I have followed, strictly, the instructions. It is still in flower. How do I keep it from hereon in? Judith |
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"solaara" wrote Bob Hobden;838861 Wrote: "solaara" wrote - can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara - I've recently seen some Paphs in a Wyvales GC at Windlesham amongst the usual Phals (also had some Cattleyas and Dendrobiums) and there were lots in the GC at Syon Park the other day so they are around if you look. Longacres GC at Bagshot always has a good display and are notoriously cheaper/better than most. Alternatively for a better choice you need to look out a specialist Orchid Nursery in your locality but they are specialist plants and will be more expensive although it won't cost you to look. I may be able to help find a nursery, so where, roughly, are you in the UK? I might say that most orchids are not expensive these days considering what they were costing just 30 years ago when the sort of Phals you seen in the sheds at £9.99 (or Sainsburys at £5. ! ) were costing £25 then. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London I live in Harrietsham, Kent...Solaara The nearest orchid specialists to you would seem to be ... McBeans Orchids Cooksbridge, Lewes, Sussex BN8 4PR Tel: 01273 400228 http://www.mcbeansorchids.co.uk/acat...nd_Phrags.html They have about 3 acres under fully automated glasshouses. Laurence Hobbs Orchids Ltd Bailiffs Cottage Nursery, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down, W. Sussex RH10 4LN Telephone 01342 715142 Phone before visiting. You like Paphiopedilums so also look at Phragmipediums, possibly easier to grow into a good sized specimen and not something you will find anywhere other than a specialist nursery IME. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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"Judith in France" wrote I have an orchid bought for me for my birthday on 5th February. I have followed, strictly, the instructions. It is still in flower. How do I keep it from hereon in? Judith, what sort of Orchid is it? :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote "solaara" wrote can anyone tell me where I can buy paphiopedalum (ladies slipper) orchids, .. The ones on line are expensive and they don't seem to get them in the garden centres..!!!!!!!!!!!!solaara I've recently seen some Paphs in a Wyvales GC at Windlesham amongst the usual Phals (also had some Cattleyas and Dendrobiums) and there were lots in the GC at Syon Park the other day so they are around if you look. Longacres GC at Bagshot always has a good display and are notoriously cheaper/better than most. Is Syon park your natural habitate Bob? I was up there on Sunday doing a rare plant fair! (always Easter Sunday apparently because the GC is shut) I worked there for a season decades ago when there was a summer only Bank within the GC. It was Cogswells GC then. Still have a look around when in the Isleworth/Brentford area which we have been a lot lately (long story). Sorry I missed you there last weekend. Doing any more fairs up this way, the Saville Garden perhaps? I am up at Sunbury in September (6th) doing a clematis festival with the British Clematis society and at Chenies Manor in Bucks 19th July, but we will not be back in Syon Park untill next Easter -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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On Apr 15, 11:10*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Judith in France" *wrote I have an orchid bought for me for my birthday on 5th February. *I have followed, strictly, the instructions. *It is still in flower. How do I keep it from hereon in? Judith, what sort of Orchid is it? *:-) -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London Bob, no idea as the little plastic card has disappeared, I will post a pic later for identification. Judith |
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"Judith in France" wrote "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote I have an orchid bought for me for my birthday on 5th February. I have followed, strictly, the instructions. It is still in flower. How do I keep it from hereon in? Judith, what sort of Orchid is it? :-) Bob, no idea as the little plastic card has disappeared, I will post a pic later for identification. Phalanopsis (moth Orchid) perhaps? Thick leathery tongue like leaves and a flower spike with a number of flowers. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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