Does anyone have any info on this creature? If the internet is to be believed, it does not exist...no mention of one anyway. I am not asking about topperi, the 'green form' of kolopakingii. I think I have true alba form blooming in my greenhouse and I find it hard to believe that I have the only one ever seen.
Best to send a picture to Koopowitz: snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net
K Barrett
Here are pictures of my plant. I am calling it; Paph. kolopakingii var. alba 'Millie's Ghost' for the time being.
For safety's sake, the plant is not in my greenhouse nor on my property, but is being kept in an undisclosed location. Honestly. I do not wish to step on anyone's toes here. But this is my plant and I want to show it off.
The walls have eyes... I think you did the right thing though. I know exactly who you are selling (and sending) the plant to, and you picked a good home.
It is kind of scary that I know who you are talking about. I guess you are right. Hopefully nobody is watching me... *grin*
Rob
I can imagine this little episode produced a nervous jump in the stomachs of many people for various reasons. I do hope everything settles out in such a way that everybody gets what they were hoping to get before I got things a bit tangled up here in this very public unmoderated forum where any fool can put his foot in almost anybody's mouth and not even know he's doing it. :-)
I have never seen the appeal of albas...
chuckle.
When the lightening of fortune strikes your greenhouse and you discover the elusive but personally unappealing Paph lowii var. album out there in the afterglow, I can send you a lengthy list of people who wish to be contacted first before anyone else if you want to rid yourself of it quickly. Handled correctly, that sale might pay for a few semesters of college.
Well I did spoke thusly and I am going to spoke thusly again ;-)
I had to think of its worth. I have no other means of support. I think of the worth of all of the plants I sell. I think the people who pay for those are getting good fortune for the price too. And I think the people who chose to keep their money in their pocket know where their fortune lies or lays, whatever...
I also think of the expenses of keeping them around. I like growing orchids. Selling them is a necessity. They don't have to be rare. In fact considering how this alba made me feel just having it around I probably would rather just grow and sell the other kind.
There are people who think I should have held out for 4 or 5 times what I sold it for and I can not even imagine that. There may even be people who would pay that much, some of them didn't get to me fast enough, apparenly. I feel I got fair value and good fortune for my plant and I think those who bought it feel the same way. I think those who would pay 4 to 5 times more will also pay for the names of the people I sold it to, if they can't figure it out.
But do remember i have that list now, and there is no reason you shouldn't think of its worth that I can think of if you find such a plant in a wholesale coffin from hawaii. It sure can't happen often. I wouldn't sell it to you. I will give it to you freely.
speak amongsth thyselves. I may spoke thusly again later.
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