The Orchid Garden

Broken Phal

Question:

I was thinking that with this business practice, a "complaint" would be of no use and it would be better for me to stop any future dealing with him.

You could always have asked for your money back (not that he necessarily would have easily said yes)! Howard

Response:

How about identifying the cad so that none of us have to do business with him? Buzz – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was thinking that with this business practice, a "complaint" would be of no use and it would be better for me to stop any future dealing with him. You could always have asked for your money back (not that he necessarily would have easily said yes)! Howard

Response:

  Possibly a better option would be filling out an OGRES evaluation: http://www.users.fast.net/~warlock2/growereval.html   Just a thought….   Karen How about identifying the cad so that none of us have to do business with him? Buzz

I was thinking that with this business practice, a "complaint" would be of no use and it would be better for me to stop any future dealing with him. You could always have asked for your money back (not that he necessarily would have easily said yes)! Howard

Before you buy.

Response:

- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!) I would have complained to the supplier who has either sent the orchid in poor condition or has poorly packaged it.  Well done for reviving it but do realise that Phalaenopsis leaves are slow growing.  I assume that most of the roots were alright? Paul

Actually, almost all of the mature roots were either broken into pieces or rotten.  On one of the phals, after pruning off everything, I were left with a leafless "stalk", two sections of mature roots and two new "eyes" of roots.  The two new roots grew extremely fast after the plant were repotted.  On the other also leafless phal, there were no new root at the time I pruned it but the remaining root mass was larger, about 4 o5 sections, the longest one was less than 3" long. I am not sure if the Superthirve has anything to do with the revival of the plals but it seems natural to think that when an orchid is in stress, it would try its best to come back with or without human intervention. I guess that these orchids are really resiliant as Karen said.  I wish it is the same with the other non-orchid plants. Vinh

Response:

Hi Kenni, when writing to the vendor via email, I asked him to select the healthy-looking plants, not the largest ones in the batch, (as I always request the same thing to any mail-order vendor.)  He assured me that he would do so. And it also seemed to be a small, one-man importing bussiness to me.  He did not sound much like an orchid grower either. But when the plants arrived in such a bad shape, I figured that he did not care much about customer satisfaction since any person with some "common sense" or business ethic would not send such bad plants to their customer without any explanation or justification.  (There was not a shipping label nor a shipping slip either, just an hand writing on the box itself to indicate the receiving address.) I was thinking that with this business practice, a "complaint" would be of no use and it would be better for me to stop any future dealing with him. Vinh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You really should contact the vendor.  If it’s a large nursery, the owner may not be able to personally supervise every box that goes out, and needs to hear from customers when there’s a problem so s/he can correct it and prevent recurrences.  Good growing to all, — Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!) I got so upset that I …didn’t even bother to contact the vendor.  ;-)  I almost threw out the plants if I did not feel bad for them.  What I did was to cut off ALL the leaves and rotten roots, repotted the plants and fed them with a solution of 1/8 teaspoon of Dyna-gro Bloom and two teaspoons of Superthrive (no kidding) per gallon of water. Now each of the phals already has two new leaves.  I am still counting to the day the "green" flowers blooming–probably in two more years, at least. -Vinh Dam- P.S.  Please don’t ask me for the name of the vendor.  I hate to ruin his/her business just because of one bad dealing. P.P.S.  I guess I am more eloquent than Karen now.   Allow me to expound on Mick’s eloquence   Yes, by all means it’s worth trying to save.  Does it have other leaves?  If it’s healthy it should grow new leaves and you’ll be right back on track   Best of luck,   Karen I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save? Before you buy.

Response:

I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save?

Response:

Yes Mick

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  Allow me to expound on Mick’s eloquence   Yes, by all means it’s worth trying to save.  Does it have other leaves?  If it’s healthy it should grow new leaves and you’ll be right back on track   Best of luck,   Karen I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save?

Before you buy.

Response:

I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!) I got so upset that I …didn’t even bother to contact the vendor.  ;-)  I almost threw out the plants if I did not feel bad for them.  What I did was to cut off ALL the leaves and rotten roots, repotted the plants and fed them with a solution of 1/8 teaspoon of Dyna-gro Bloom and two teaspoons of Superthrive (no kidding) per gallon of water. Now each of the phals already has two new leaves.  I am still counting to the day the "green" flowers blooming–probably in two more years, at least. -Vinh Dam- P.S.  Please don’t ask me for the name of the vendor.  I hate to ruin his/her business just because of one bad dealing. P.P.S.  I guess I am more eloquent than Karen now. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   Allow me to expound on Mick’s eloquence   Yes, by all means it’s worth trying to save.  Does it have other leaves?  If it’s healthy it should grow new leaves and you’ll be right back on track   Best of luck,   Karen I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save? Before you buy.

Response:

  P.P.S.  I guess I am more eloquent than Karen now.   Vinh Dam,   Yep!  You sure are   I’m glad to hear your poor plants are making a comeback.  Orchids really are resiliant.   Best of luck-   Karen   PS:  2 teaspoons of Superthrive?!  Are your plants glowing in the dark?  <g – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!) I got so upset that I …didn’t even bother to contact the vendor.  I almost threw out the plants if I did not feel bad for them.  What I did was to cut off ALL the leaves and rotten roots, repotted the plants and fed them with a solution of 1/8 teaspoon of Dyna-gro Bloom and two teaspoons of Superthrive (no kidding) per gallon of water. Now each of the phals already has two new leaves.  I am still counting to the day the "green" flowers blooming–probably in two more years, at least. -Vinh Dam- P.S.  Please don’t ask me for the name of the vendor.  I hate to ruin his/her business just because of one bad dealing. P.P.S.  I guess I am more eloquent than Karen now.   Allow me to expound on Mick’s eloquence   Yes, by all means it’s worth trying to save.  Does it have other leaves?  If it’s healthy it should grow new leaves and you’ll be right back on track   Best of luck,   Karen I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save? Before you buy.

Before you buy.

Response:

I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!)

I would have complained to the supplier who has either sent the orchid in poor condition or has poorly packaged it.  Well done for reviving it but do realise that Phalaenopsis leaves are slow growing.  I assume that most of the roots were alright? Paul

Response:

You really should contact the vendor.  If it’s a large nursery, the owner may not be able to personally supervise every box that goes out, and needs to hear from customers when there’s a problem so s/he can correct it and prevent recurrences.  Good growing to all, — Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I ordered two "green" phals a few months  ago.  The plants arrived in a very bad shape.  All the leaves were wrinkled and yellow.  They seemed to be dehydrated for months.  Add to that was the poorly done job of packing. The wrinkled leaves were crushed badly as the pots were moving almost freely inside the pots.  (I am not exaggerating!) I got so upset that I …didn’t even bother to contact the vendor.  ;-)  I almost threw out the plants if I did not feel bad for them.  What I did was to cut off ALL the leaves and rotten roots, repotted the plants and fed them with a solution of 1/8 teaspoon of Dyna-gro Bloom and two teaspoons of Superthrive (no kidding) per gallon of water. Now each of the phals already has two new leaves.  I am still counting to the day the "green" flowers blooming–probably in two more years, at least. -Vinh Dam- P.S.  Please don’t ask me for the name of the vendor.  I hate to ruin his/her business just because of one bad dealing. P.P.S.  I guess I am more eloquent than Karen now.   Allow me to expound on Mick’s eloquence   Yes, by all means it’s worth trying to save.  Does it have other leaves?  If it’s healthy it should grow new leaves and you’ll be right back on track   Best of luck,   Karen I managed to break the top two leaves out of an otherwise heathy, middle-aged phal.  Is it worth trying to save? Before you buy.

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