I need to vent

[Amadeus]

So I have a friend who is in Taiwan for the next 16 months and I have tasked her with finding me a Paph. anitum flask. Today she emails me pictures of the local market and this is what I saw.

I'm lucky to see one of these at my local orchid meeting, and I only see them for sale online or at the major shows. I don't expect her to find an anitum at the market, but if those plants can be found there, I'm very hopeful that we'll be able to find it.

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Thanks for sharing the photos. Wish we could just order everything up that we need, or is it want?

 

[Heather]

Hard to believe and imagine!

 

[SlipperFan]

Wow!

 

[W. Beetus]

Amazing market! That looks like slipper heaven...

 

[Ernie]

Thanks for sharing the photos. Wish we could just order everything up that we need, or is it want?

Definitely "need".

 

[Amadeus]

Just to rub it in, she told me the seller said a flask of the plant in the second picture would cost $27-50. However, I'm quite aware that Taiwan does have some issues with people selling things that aren't what they say they are.

 

[NYEric]

I dont know about anitum but the yellow/greenflowers on the left in the bottom foto are !!! :drool:!!!

 

[paphioboy]

I wish that was my market... Nice ones, all of them.. I suppose these might be 'rejects' from some of the large paph factories in Taiwan... Yang-Ji and ICE, correct me if I'm wrong... Are they from your nurseries?

 

[polyantha]

Quite good philippinense plants. Should be Paph. Lady Isabel on the first picture. It seems to be a good market...