San Diego Spring Show

I will be flying out for the show and to visit Andy's. Any of you orchid nuts going to be there?

 

Thank god for tax returns!

 

So my trip was a success and I bought all I could. Here is the official damage:
Thank you to the vendors who I bought from. You know who you are.

1. Paphiopedilum violascens 'Select' x sib
2. Drymoda siamensis
3. Phloeophila (syn. Ophidion) carrilloi (2)
4. Paphiopedilum malipoense ('Sears Tower' x Dark Tower')
5. Paphiopedlium concolor var. longipetalum
6. Paphiopedilum vietnamense 'Pearl' x sib
7. Paphiopedilum micrantum
8. Dendrobium cuthbertsonii var. agathodaemonis (pink form)
9. Dendrobium petiolatum
10. Dendrobium seranicum (pink form)
11. Dendrobium vexallarius var. elworthyi
12. Lepanthes discolor
13. Lepanthes inca
14. Platyrhiza quadricolor
15. Pleurothallis amphigya
16. Sophronitis coccinea var. aurea
17. Comparettia langkastii
18. Dresslerella cloesii
19. Lepanthes persimilis
20. Lepanthes pilosella (2)
21. Lepanthes platysepala (2)
22. Lepanthes tsubotae
23. Masdevallia deformis
24. Masdevallia lychniphora
25. Masdevallia wageneriana var. pteroglossa (2)
26. Masdevallia xanthine (red)
27. Ophidion pleurothallopsis
28. Pleurothallis barbulata
29. Pleurothallis dejavu
30. Sacrochilus falcatus
31. Lepanthes jubata
32. Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides (2)
33. Bulbophyllum ankylochele
34. Bulbophyllum pleurothallidanthum (2)
35. Eria pusilla
36. Coelogyne shilleriana
37. Bulbophyllum planibulbe
38. Dendrobium (pentapterum type/Oxyglossum species)
39. Orchids of Java book by Comber

 

Thanks Tom and Marni. Coming from you're collections I feel a bit validated with the financial setback. There were MANY things that I could not pry from Andy that I tried in good faith. The rest of the stuff I wanted you (Marni) had already picked up in SF, which is just how it goes sometimes. Plus another guy from CA bought every single Paph species from Manote, which was good fom him and crap for me. Hopefully I can get a preorder into him and Katai for Redlands. The have some very rare stuff. Also if anyone (Tom perhaps) may want anything from Andy/Phuphaman Orchids in Thailand, they can also get the plants to Katai if you give them proper notice. Katai said they are good friends and about an hour away from each other. Tom- I am still working on the Bulb. repens. I am hoping they can come in for the Redlands. I will take the risk and purchase a few if you are still on the hunt.

And by the way, those who may not know or have dealt with Katai Phrao before (Chiang Mai, Thailand) she is excellent to deal with and always a pleasure to speak with. By far she is one of the most consistently happy people I have ever talked to.

 

[QUOTENice haul, Chad. I'll take #10, #11 and #33.][/QUOTE]
I wouldn't have expected any less! I guess the vex. was the first piece Andy said that he has ever sold, which originated from Ron Parson's a while back, so I guess we win a few here and there.

 

Andy. Seedling size for far cheaper than the $200 price tag on some.

 

Zach- I got it from Tropical Exotique. It wasn't until after I ID'd a number of his pics and chatted with him for a bit that he pulled it out of a box under the table. It is not in the best condition but it looks like its perking up. He actually gave me this and a few others for about $5 each. I certainly can't complain.