papheteer
Well-Known Member
I've have alot of not so nice experiences with orchid inn. Runts, plants with no roots, plants way smaller than advertised, twisty wire for roots, etc.. But I decided to give it one more try and order again. Decided to order 5 plants.
So this morning i went to the show to pick up the plants. As usual they were smaller than what was said on the website. But one plant in particular, a supposed BS delenatii dunkel, looked limp. So when I got home i unpotted it. Voila! Bad roots! Just one short dried up one. And it looked like it was just repotted too. I haven't checked the rest.
So I drove back and showed him the plant. He said that the short root was enough to establish the plant and that I have to wait 4 mos for the plant to recover. And he even said "that's why I tell my buyers not to repot right away?". Lol! So i mentioned to him all the plants with bad roots he sold me in the past. He said that its normal coz most of the plants were recently repotted. Doesn't make sense.
So the ending, he didnt wanna take the plant bareroot. He asked me to repot it coz he didnt have any media with him. And the plant needs to go back to his sales table!! That shocked me....
He does great breeding but what good is that when the plants are not healthy??
I vow to never buy plants from orchid inn again.
I don't know if it just happens to me or its happened to other people as well.
Here's a photo of the plant:
So this morning i went to the show to pick up the plants. As usual they were smaller than what was said on the website. But one plant in particular, a supposed BS delenatii dunkel, looked limp. So when I got home i unpotted it. Voila! Bad roots! Just one short dried up one. And it looked like it was just repotted too. I haven't checked the rest.
So I drove back and showed him the plant. He said that the short root was enough to establish the plant and that I have to wait 4 mos for the plant to recover. And he even said "that's why I tell my buyers not to repot right away?". Lol! So i mentioned to him all the plants with bad roots he sold me in the past. He said that its normal coz most of the plants were recently repotted. Doesn't make sense.
So the ending, he didnt wanna take the plant bareroot. He asked me to repot it coz he didnt have any media with him. And the plant needs to go back to his sales table!! That shocked me....
He does great breeding but what good is that when the plants are not healthy??
I vow to never buy plants from orchid inn again.
I don't know if it just happens to me or its happened to other people as well.
Here's a photo of the plant: